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All Types of Alcohol Linked to Breast Cancer Risk
A recent study by Kaiser Permanente Researchers has found that the effects of alcohol on breast cancer are the same, regardless of whether a woman drinks wine, beer, or liquor. The ethyl alcohol found in those drinks and the quantity consumed are the factors that weigh heavily on breast cancer risk. Researchers believe the increased risk from three or more drinks a day is similar to the increased breast cancer risk from smoking a pack of cigarettes a day or more. They claim that "Population studies have consistently linked drinking alcohol to an increased risk of female breast cancer, but until now there has been little data, most of it conflicting, about an independant role played by the choice of beverage type."
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EXERCISE REDUCES DEPRESSION
“It’s just like getting a caffeine kick. I don’t need my coffee because exercise is my caffeine,” says exerciser, Rodney George.
“When I come here in the morning, I’m depressed and tired. But once I start I don’t feel like stopping, they have to kick me out!” says Irene Petrakis.
Rodney’s and Irene’s obsession with exercise might have something to do with the connections between exercise and depression, specifically, the positive effects of exercise on depression.
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WRONG SITE SURGERY
The idea of a wrong site surgery is almost unthinkable--going in for an operation at a well-respected hospital, and having the wrong arm, or wrong organ being operated upon. According to surgical unit experts, a major cause of wrong site surgeries is a lack of proper communication. This is because there are several doctors and nurses caring for one patient, with care being handed from one to another. Somewhere, like a horrific game of Telephone, the message becomes incorrect, resulting in a wrong site surgery. Confusion also occurs because documentation varies from hospital to hospital, with doctors working at different hospitals on different days. A new set of mandatory guidelines aims to eliminate such inconsistencies, and thus completely prevent wrong site surgeries.
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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Three years go, Julie and Phil Hunt’s lives changed forever because of a case of medical malpractice. Phil was in a tragic motorcycle accident. “Phil had a spinal cord injury as a result of medical malpractice,” explains Phil’s wife, Julie McCormick.
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