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News Articles Related to Patient Safety
Patient Safety news articles from HealthDay

Smoke-Free Policies Prove Effective
They not only cut secondhand exposure but also helped current users cut back, study finds
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Population-Based Strategy Urged to Cut U.S. Obesity Rate
Heart association seeks policy, social changes that boost healthier eating, exercise
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Spray Cuts Kids' Pain When Getting IVs
But it may not be much more effective than placebo, one expert says
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Activity-Linked Heat Illness Needs Prompt Attention
Trainers' group warns summer's temperatures can also bring severe injury
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Tomatoes May Not Be Only Source of Salmonella Outbreak
As numbers rise, CDC officials wonder if another food might be contributing
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Barefoot Lifestyle Has Its Dangers
Surgeons group offers tips on how to be footloose and injury-free
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Drug Helps Heroin Addicts Stay Clean
Those taking buprenorphine lasted almost twice as long until using again, study says
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Drugs With Marijuana Compounds Don't Boost Adverse Events
But Canadian study finds increase in non-serious side effects
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Start Packing for Great American Backyard Campout
National Wildlife Federation says turn off TVs, computers, venture into nature
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Golf Cart Injuries Give Rise to Calls for Regulation
Study finds safety standards needed, especially for use on public roads
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Chronic Kidney Disease Growing Globally
Researchers urge countries to make condition a public health priority
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Patients With Medicaid Co-Pay Cut Out Certain Drugs
Prescription use dropped about 17% after introduction of policy, Oregon study finds
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Sudden Hearing Loss May Portend Stroke
It could foreshadow trouble by as much as 2 years, Taiwanese study suggests
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Guidelines Updated
New rules called 'extensive' but not meant to crowd physicians' clinical judgment
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Parkinson's Drugs Again Linked to Compulsive Disorders
Impulsive gambling, shopping, sex and binge eating common among patients, study shows
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