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MILWAUKEE (AP) – A new study gives fresh evidence that many people with clogged heart arteries are being overtreated with stents, and that a simple blood-flow test might help prevent unnecessary care.
Fewer deaths, heart attacks and repeat procedures...
DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A simple checklist to confirm a patient's name, what procedure is to be done, check allergies and count needles and sponges to make sure nothing got left inside halved the rate of surgery-related deaths, doctors reported this w...
DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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US Consul General Gregory Slayton is to remain in his post, despite a Democrat taking the White House.
Yesterday the US Consulate would not comment on a story in The Washington Post saying Mr. Slayton, who is a Republican, would be staying put despit...
DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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Legendary West Indies paceman Colin Croft has offered his services as a bowling coach as Bermuda's national squad prepare for the ICC World Cup qualifiers in South Africa, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The 55-year-old Guyana-born cricketer, who scalp...
DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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In the coming months The Royal Gazette will be following the running careers of two participants in the Argus 400 Challenge, Marquita Thorne and Charmaine Thomas. The Argus 400 Challenge is a training programme that offers ordinary people the opportu...
DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices flirted with five-year lows yesterday as unemployment benefit claims rose and Opec cut demand expectations for 2009.
Any belief that energy prices had bottomed out were wiped away early in the day as crude plumbed new depth...
DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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Charities geared toward young people are to benefit from the 2009 Catlin End-to-End.
Organisers behind the annual fundraiser yesterday named 11 organisations which will this year receive its support.
The number is a marked increase on previous years,...
DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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NEW YORK (AP) — Google Inc. is closing three engineering offices and cutting 100 recruiters from its work force as the recession dampens hiring at the Internet search company.
"Given the state of the economy, we recognised that we needed fewer people...
DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's struggling retailers posted a mixed bag of trading statements yesterday, with sales of cheap clothes and baby equipment staying strong while electronics and home improvement goods slumped.
Associated British Foods PLC said sal...
DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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Less than a third of voters have a good impression of the Premier.
Ewart Brown's popularity has slipped slightly since the last quarter, from 33 to 29 percent of voters reporting a favourable impression a four percent decline in his approval rating.
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DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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