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Corrections to Best Children's Hospitals 2012-13
Tweet Share on Facebook June 14, 2012 CommentFollowing online publication of Best Children's Hospitals 2012-13, we learned from our contractor about programming errors that affected the rankings of hospitals across seven specialties as well as the order of several Honor Roll hospitals.
In Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, and Pulmonology, a measure of hospitals' success in eliminating a particular kind of bloodstream infection was improperly programmed. Some hospitals did not receive partial credit.
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CT Scans Boost Cancer Risk in Young Patients, Study Finds
Tweet Share on Facebook June 6, 2012 Comment (6)A study involving thousands of British children provides the first direct evidence that low-dose radiation used in diagnostic imaging produces a small but real increase in a child's risk of developing cancer within 10 to 15 years, researchers say. The study, published today in Lancet, found that two to three head CT scans can triple a child's risk of getting a brain tumor. Five to 10 scans that deliver radiation to the bone marrow triple the risk of leukemia, the research showed.
In absolute terms, however, the estimate translates into one excess brain tumor or case of leukemia per 10,000 young patients, the study says. This finding is critical, researchers say, because it indicates that an individual's odds of getting brain cancer or leukemia from CT radiation exposure is low.
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Trove of Health Insurance Data Released at 'Health Datapalooza'
Tweet Share on Facebook June 6, 2012 Comment (1)For decades, individuals and families shopping for health insurance have been unable to easily lay their hands on the most basic information on costs and coverage that they need to make an informed choice. That's about to change.
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