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Most hospitals now require workers to get flu shots — except those that treat veterans: Nearly 70 percent of non-VA hospitals require vaccination, compared with 4 percent of VA hospitals, survey finds
Surgical technique improves sensation, control of prosthetic limb: New study describes the first human implementation of novel approach to limb amputation
Electronic health records fail because they are merely digital remakes of paper charts: Researchers ask, ‘What if doctors could just subscribe to news feeds about their patients?’
Painless real-time proteomics may one day speed up cancer surgery
Early physical therapy benefits low-back pain patients: Analysis of 150k claims shows health, cost upsides
Label-free method for rapid cancer diagnosis: As fast as traditional methods, the so-called IR imaging offers several additional advantages
Buyer beware: Some water-filter pitchers much better at toxin removal: Study finds some purifiers remove twice the microcystins from risky water
MR spectroscopy imaging reveals effects of targeted treatment of mutant IDH1 gliomas
One medulloblastoma subset requires less aggressive therapy
Emergency contact info helps researchers branch out family tree
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