A drug for advanced prostate cancer, which can extend life by more than three months, is likely to be approved for NHS use in England and Wales after the medical watchdog reverses an earlier decision.

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The safety questions that dogged device makers years ago are resurfacing amid a controversy over how St. Jude Medical handled disclosures about a wire that connects a defibrillator to a patient’s heart.

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St. Jude’s Pledge to Improve Safety of Heart Device Falls Short

Antibiotics may be a better alternative to surgery for treating appendicitis, according to a doctor at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham.

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‘Use antibiotics’ in appendicitis

An American man who received a full-face transplant is recovering well, according to the medical team that carried out the operation.

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The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.

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Malaria toll ‘is twice as high’

After the chief executive of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center was abruptly dismissed, a member of a Cuomo administration task force was appointed to take over.

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Troubled Wyckoff Heights Abruptly Gets New Chief Executive

KOLKATA, India — Medical staff at an Indian hospital abandoned their patients and fled for safety early Friday as fire and smoke poured through the building, leaving 73 people dead, many from smoke inhalation, officials said. As rescuers scrambled to evacuate survivors, police filed a case against the hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata for violating safety procedures. Top government officials vowed to hold the hospital accountable for the tragedy, and began proceedings to cancel its license. Read full article > >

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Reforms meant to streamline military health care for severely wounded service members have in many cases worsened the bureaucracy, causing duplication, confusion and turf battles, according to families, congressional overseers and advocates for veterans. After reports that troops recovering from catastrophic wounds at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other facilities were getting lost in the military’s system, a high-profile commission recommended in 2007 that every severely wounded service member be assigned a federal recovery coordinator. This “single point of contact” was to cut red tape and shepherd the wounded through recovery and the transition back to military duty or civilian life. Read full article > >

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Military health-care reform leaves wounded warriors entangled in more red tape

Washington Redskins tight end Chris Cooley, who was placed on season-ending injured reserve this week , said Thursday he was “a casualty” of the NFL lockout because he was barred from consulting with team trainers and doctors while rehabilitating from offseason knee surgery. Cooley had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee the day after the 2010 season ended. But because the NFL players and owners spent the offseason at a labor impasse, he was not allowed into the Redskins’ team facility and was unable to consult the medical staff. Read full article > >

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Redskins tight end Chris Cooley says NFL lockout hurt recovery from knee surgery

SEPANG, Malaysia — Italian rider Marco Simoncelli died after wrecking in the Malaysian MotoGP motorcycle race. He was 24. Simoncelli died at the track medical center. “He was already unconscious when the medical team arrived,” MotoGP medical director Michele Macchiagodena said. “We attempted to resuscitate him but failed. He died 45 minutes later.” Read full article > >

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After sustained pressure from animal rights groups and a member of Congress, the Army has agreed to stop injecting monkeys with high doses of a nerve-blocking drug meant to simulate a nerve gas attack. The practice, carried out at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County, Md., is designed to train Army medical personnel to respond to chemical attacks on troops. Read full article > >

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Army to phase out animal nerve-agent testing

It’s Day 3 of the involuntary manslaughter trial of Conrad Murray — or, as CNN is currently calling it, the Michael Jackson Death Trial — and already the details coming out during court proceedings are very personal, upsetting and sometimes both. This morning, Alberto Alvarez, Jackson’s logistics director, testified about the medical equipment attached to Jackson at the time of his death (including a catheter) and how Jackson’s daughter Paris screamed for her daddy after his almost lifeless body was initially discovered. This all happened while the jury — and anyone watching on television or online — got to see dim photos of the bedroom suite where Jackson reportedly overdosed on propofol. Read full article > >

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The Michael Jackson death trial: Is it too upsetting to follow?

The leading accreditation board listed the medical centers most diligent in following protocols to treat certain conditions, and the best-regarded hospitals in America were mostly not on it.

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Hospital Performance Improved, Report Finds

Two of the nation’s flagship military hospitals will be combined into one on Saturday, the culmination of a costly and controversial decision six years ago to close Walter Reed Army Medical Center and expand the Bethesda National Naval Medical Center. A parade of ambulances is scheduled to carry the last 30 patients from Walter Reed the seven miles to Bethesda on Saturday morning, effectively closing the historic Army hospital in Northwest Washington. The move, initially planned for Sunday, has been accelerated by one day in the hopes of beating Hurricane Irene. Read full article > >

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Two military medical icons become one

The discovery that many Asian-American girls were vulnerable to being lured into the sex trade led to a change in how the medical and legal systems treated these girls.

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In Oakland, Redefining Sex Trade Workers as Abuse Victims