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US hospitals at risk of spreading Mad Cow disease
Thirteen hospital patients in the US states of Massachusetts and New Hampshire may have been exposed to a fatal brain disease, officials say. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23982626 Authorities say potentially infected surgical equipment was used in procedures at two hospitals. They suspect a brain surgery patient had Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, which has proteins that can survive standard sterilisation measures. […]
Doctors profiteering from radiation treatments
Doctors who have a financial interest in radiation treatment centers are much more likely to prescribe such treatments for patients with prostate cancer. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/us/doctors-who-profit-from-radiation-prescribe-it-more-often-study-finds.html?ref=us Medicare beneficiaries were often unaware that their doctors stood to profit from the use of radiation therapy. Alternative treatments may be equally effective and are less expensive for Medicare and for […]
Dirty Babylon 