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• Half of Older US Adults Now Take Aspirin

• Patient-Specific Diabetes Report Helps Understand Test Results and Implement Recommendations

• Video System Monitors Patients’ Vital Signs

• Multidrug-Resistant Shigellosis Spreads Throughout the United States

• New Surface Selection Algorithm Helps Prevent Pressure Ulcers

• Alternating Antibiotics Eliminate Drug-Resistant Bacteria

• Innovative Monitor Advances Safety of IV Therapy

• Wireless Vital Signs Monitor Improves Patient Safety

• New System Simplifies Emergency Patient Transfers

• Dying Patients' Priorities Differ from Those of Their Caregivers'

• Sterile Urine Notion Shown to Be a Myth

• Breath Test Aids Diagnosis of Delayed Gastric Emptying

• Alcohol Dependence Significantly Increases Hospital Mortality

• Hand-Held Probe Measures Bone Strength

• Combination CPR System Increases Cardiac Blood Flow

• Women Retain Insulin Sensitivity Better Than Men

• Excessive Phlebotomy in Cardiac Surgical Care Leads to Anemia

• Automated Monitoring Spots Growth Disorders in Children

• Screening Strategy Reduces Incidence of Immigration-Related Tuberculosis

• Arm Approach Safer for Cardiac Catheterization

• New Hepatitis C Drugs Entail Economic Burden

• In-Line Analyzer Monitors Blood Gases Bedside

• Injectable Polymer Helps Impede Severe Bleeding