Sunday, May 23, 2004

The Honeymoon is Over - Time to Get Down to Business

“Newly Married Lesbians File Medical Malpractice Lawsuit."

"One day after marrying, a lesbian couple filed a medical malpractice lawsuit on Friday asking that one of the women receive damages because doctors had failed to detect breast cancer in her spouse."

Posted by John Venlet on 05/23 at 04:40 AM
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It's Just a Funny Remark

Here’s how Drudge notes John Kerry’s reaction to the President’s bicycle mishap.

"President fell off bike today… Kerry told reporters in front of cameras, ‘Did the training wheels fall off?’... Reporters are debating whether to treat it is as on or off the record… Developing..."

Developing?  What’s to develop?

Posted by John Venlet on 05/23 at 04:27 AM
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The Glories of Canadian Socialized Medicine - Coming to Amerika Soon

"* One in 13 people who go into hospital suffer an adverse event.

* Based on 2.5-million admissions in 2000, that means 140,000 to 232,000 people suffered them.

* 37% of those were preventable.

* These events added an average of six days to a hospital stay.

* One in five people who had an adverse event went on to die; 9% of adverse events were categorized as highly preventable.

* The most common types of adverse events related to surgeries, followed by drug- or fluid-related events."

“Hospital death toll alarming."

Via Google News.

Posted by John Venlet on 05/23 at 03:53 AM
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