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A surgeon’s birthday may be a dicey day for older patients

Older people who undergo emergency surgeries on their operating surgeon’s birthday may be more likely to die within a month than patients who go through similar procedures on other days 

Patient deaths higher on surgeons' birthdays

Patients were more likely to die when surgeons work on their birthdays, researchers found, perhaps because of the attendant distraction

Depression, anxiety among young women high in Japan amid pandemic: researchers

Pandemic is causing more depression, anxiety among young woman in Japan.

ACA has helped protect low-income patients from catastrophic spending for surgery

ACA has helped protect low-income patients from catastrophic spending for surgery