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Surgeons experiencing burnout, worried about medical errors
A new study of surgeons has concluded that they're tapped out and may be making more mistakes than people think. The survey, designed to measure burnout and assess surgeons' quality of life, found... Read more...
Study: Dialysis linked with lower quality of life for nursing home seniors
A new study has drawn an unpleasant conclusion about dialysis for seniors based in nursing homes--that it typically does little to improve their quality of life. The study, which was published in the... Read more...
Study focuses on helping seniors avoid rehospitalization
In one of a growing number of efforts focused on reducing rehospitalizations, a common, costly phenomenon among elderly patients, researchers at Rush University Medical Center are studying the... Read more...
Trend: Very elderly patients getting more aggressive procedures
Should surgeons implant a defibrillator in a 99-year-old patient's heart? This question, which might have seemed academic years ago, is becoming increasingly relevant as patients live longer and ask... Read more...
