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Want Your Hospital to Give Back to the Community? Start With the Laundry.

(MedPage Today) -- PHILADELPHIA -- How can urban hospital systems give back to their communities -- and save money at the same time? Consider starting with your hospital's laundry.

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A cocktail that’s too much of a good thing | Letters

The Glasgow variant of the Brompton proved alarmingly effective, writes Peter Waterson.

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The case of Nicola Packer tells us this: Britain is shamed by its abortion laws – and must change them | Jonathan Lord

The court of appeal said even those found guilty should be treated with compassion, not punished.

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UK woman who took pills during lockdown cleared of illegal abortion

Nicola Packer, 45, was prescribed medication but was accused of believing she was more than 10 weeks pregnantA woman has been cleared of illegally terminating a pregnancy, after taking abortion pills

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Why RFK Jr.’s data plans might hit a real world snag

You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s Health Tech newsletter, our guide to how technology is transforming the life sciences.

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At least 216 children died in first high severity US flu season in seven years, CDC says

Number of child deaths is highest in 15 years and cumulative hospitalization rate is highest since 2010-2011At least 216 children have died of influenza in the US during the last flu season in what th

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More Inclusive LGBTQ+ Language Can Bring Tangible Benefits

(MedPage Today) -- Using language that's more inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and more (LGBTQ+) patient populations may help improve the patient-clinician relation

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Minor Papilla Sphincterotomy Did Not Reduce Risk of Acute Pancreatitis

(MedPage Today) -- Minor papilla endoscopic sphincterotomy did not reduce the risk of acute pancreatitis in patients with acute recurrent pancreatitis and pancreas divisum, a sham-controlled randomiz

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Cancer before age 50 is increasing. A new study looks at which types

Cancer before age 50 is increasing. A new government study provides the most complete picture yet of these early-onset cancers.

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