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• Ventricular Pacing Saves More Lives than Dual-Chamber Pacing

• Inhaled Corticosteroids Raise Hip Fracture Risk

• Inadequate Pacemaker Checkups Risky for Surgery Patients

• New Devices and Technologies to Prevent Medication Errors

• Diabetics Improve as Much as Others After Bypass

• Noninvasive Device Measures Glucose Levels in Ear

• Manifesto to Improve Lives of COPD Patients

• New Guidelines on Cervical Cancer Screening

• Risks of Halting Corticosteroids in COPD Patients

• Embolic Protection with Stenting Safer than Endarterectomy

• Electrical Stimulation for Back and Neck Pain

• Radiotherapy Adds to Impairment Associated with Gliomas

• CRP Predicts Heart Problems Better than Cholesterol

• VAD for Permanent Treatment of CHF

• Zinc Reduces Death in Children with Diarrhea

• Homocysteine Levels in Smokers Show CVD Risk

• Heated Decompression Treatment for Herniated Discs

• Water Jet Can Be Used for Laparoscopic Surgery

• Gender Differences Found in Stroke Symptoms

• Death Risk of Surgical Patients Linked to Nurses' Caseload

• Dying Patients Need Better Palliative Care

• Early Use of Ventricular Assist Devices Saves Lives

• Hypoglycemia Screening of Coronary Patients