What you don't understand could kill you
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Plenty of evidence suggests that having trouble understanding medical information is bad for your health. Now new research says it could even be deadly.
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When something right can do you wrong.
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A review of the accidental overdose of a central Alberta man in hospital last summer has concluded that a number of things went wrong that led to the death.
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Tycho:  It is often the case that we are jumped by four or five horde ten levels higher than us.  This is often because we've jumped a friend of theirs, ten levels lower than us, as retribution for some earlier act of aggression, in slavish iteration of a behavior that has - as its culmination - the end of all life, everywhere.  Kara marveled that Gabriel and I were able to escape these confrontations with such regularity.  What was our secret?  "Fear," I said, bending the microphone closer.  "Fear, and selfishness."
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Don't jump to the wrong conclusion -- you might lose a lot.
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Many of us are bewildered by common documents -- with dangerous results.
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Intensive-care doctors monitor patients from miles away. Also: Vioxx might be responsible for more deaths than thought.... New network in southern India gives government a big boost.... and more.
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Stress can prove fatal for people with 'faulty wiring' between the brain and the heart, research suggests.
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Now that you know how you scored, you probably want to know why. Check out the answers below for the gory details. And be sure to return next week for another news quiz, ripped straight from the tech headlines.
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One misstep on this former U.S. Navy bombing range can be fatal.
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Frightening incidents often take place, especially when shooting at different locations. But one incident
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When Dr. Robert Wachter&#39;s wife underwent surgery in October to donate a kidney to a friend, her chief anxiety, he said, was &quot;the possibility that she might be killed by a medical mistake.
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Fish could give you cancer, snails  meningitis and baby milk may kill your children -- barely a day  goes by without some new food horror story in China.
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The Sept. 11 attacks were horrific. But U.S. fatality statistics say terrorism is still among the least likely ways you could die. Here's our color-coded guide ranking the homeland threats. By Ryan Singel.
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Lead may raise the risk of death at levels much lower than those widely thought as safe, research suggests.
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High levels of  may be killing off people living in cities around the world, experts suspect.
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None of us are smart enough to understand how these things wind up happening.