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Cardiac attacks a leading cause of death for kidney failure patients

November 3, 2008 — 12:49pm ET | By Dan Bowman
According to a new report by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of death for kidney failure patients. Of 1,041 ESRD patients on dialysis, 658 deaths... Read more...

CMS posts death rate estimates for hospitals

August 21, 2008 — 12:04am ET | By Anne Zieger
For a long time, hospital-specific death rates were secrets. Administrators argued that publishing such rates was unfair, as it would be easy to make unfair comparisons if rates weren't adjusted... Read more...

Doctors are debating when to declare organ donors dead

August 13, 2008 — 12:18pm ET | By Anne Zieger
In the past, transplant procedures were fairly cut and dried: Doctors only removed a patient's organs after their brain stopped working completely. Lately, however, three heart transplants have taken... Read more...