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Texas Tribune Daily Brief

The Brief for May 4
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John Reynolds, Texas Tribune 05/04/2016 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Issues

Researchers: Medical Errors Now 3rd Leading Cause of Death in US
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An analysis, published in the BMJ, shows that "medical errors" in hospitals and other health care facilities are incredibly common and may now be the third leading cause of death in the US -- claiming 251,000 lives every year, more than respiratory disease, accidents, stroke and Alzheimer's. Martin Makary, a professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who led the research, said in an interview that the category includes everything from bad doctors to more systemic issues such as communication breakdowns when patients are handed off from one department to another. "It boils down to people dying from the care that they receive rather than the disease for which they are seeking care," Makary said.
Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post 05/04/2016 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Laws/Cases

Father to Appeal Decision in Lawsuit Over Boy's Swimming Death
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The father of a young boy from Minnesota who died of a rare brain disease after swimming in Lily Lake in Stillwater will appeal a decision dismissing his lawsuit against the city. The plaintiff's 9-year-old son died in 2012 of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a disease targeting the central nervous system caused by infection from the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. Two years prior, a 7-year-old girl also died of the rare brain disease after swimming in Lily Lake. The lawsuit filed by the father of the boy who died alleged that the city was aware that the lake contained the disease-causing parasite, but did nothing to warn swimmers.
Mary Divine, TwinCities.com 04/29/2016 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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