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US Infant Mortality Rates Rise for First Time in Two Decades

We live in a country with significant resources, so the infant mortality rate and the increase are shockingly high, said Sandy Chung, MD, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. ....

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New Guidelines for Determining Brain Death Released

New guidelines on determining brain death released today offer the first updated recommendations in more than a decade for adult and pediatric patients. ....

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5 who survived cardiac arrest describe what they saw and heard before reviving

Every year, more than 350,000 people have a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital. Few survive. While many people who have been resuscitated have no memories of. ....

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ACP Revises Standard on Determining Cardiorespiratory Death

The American College of Physicians revisited the Uniform Determination of Death Act and revised only the determination of cardiorespiratory death standard. ....

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