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Caregivers often expose asthmatic kids to smoke (Reuters)
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 10:26am EDT
Reuters - Secondhand exposure to cigarette smoke is an asthma trigger in children and a new study shows that smoking by the primary caregiver and daycare provider are important sources of smoke exposure in children with asthma. -
Health Tip: Giving Medications to People With Alzheimer's (HealthDay)
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 9:01am EDT
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- As a caregiver of someone with Alzheimer's, administering their medication -- and preventing missed pills or the wrong dosages -- can be a daunting responsibility. -
Smokeless Tobacco Products Do Raise Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 9:01am EDT
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Smokeless tobacco products (STPs), which include products such as snuff and chew tobacco, do increase the user's risk of cancer -- just not as much as smoking does. -
Salmonella probe adds foods served with tomatoes (AP)
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 6:21am EDT
AP - Adding to tomato confusion, the government is about to start testing numerous other types of fresh produce in the hunt for the source of the nation's record salmonella outbreak even as it insists tomatoes remain the leading suspect.
L.A. Times - Health
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Dirty pools face a wave of closures
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT
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California sues Prime Healthcare over balance-billing practice
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT
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Dirty pools face a wave of closures
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 3:00am EDT
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Mental Test Spots Alzheimer's Risk (HealthDay)
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 11:47pm EDT
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- A new questionnaire may help in both diagnosing older adults facing dementia and also in identifying individuals who need help with daily living. -
Smokeless tobacco linked to cancer risk, but safer than smoking (AFP)
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 7:12pm EDT
AFP - Oral and nasal snuff and chewing tobacco increase the risk of certain types of cancer but are probably safer than smoking, according to a review published on Wednesday in the journal Lancet Oncology.
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Clinical Trials Update: July 1, 2008 (HealthDay)
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 7:03pm EDT
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -
Mental Test Spots Alzheimer's Risk (HealthDay)
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 7:03pm EDT
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- A new questionnaire may help in both diagnosing older adults facing dementia and also in identifying individuals who need help with daily living. -
Salmonella probe adds foods served with tomatoes (AP)
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 5:13pm EDT
AP - Adding to tomato confusion, the government is about to start testing numerous other types of fresh produce in the hunt for the source of the nation's record salmonella outbreak even as it insists tomatoes remain the leading suspect.
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Children ill after water poisoned in China school (Reuters)
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 1:50pm EDT
Reuters - More than 60 children fell ill after drinking water that may have been deliberately poisoned at a primary school in southern China, state media reported on Tuesday. -
Study finds long benefit in illegal mushroom drug (AP)
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 8:59am EDT
AP - In 2002, at a Johns Hopkins University laboratory, a business consultant named Dede Osborn took a psychedelic drug as part of a research project.
L.A. Times - Health
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Burger King adds healthier kids meal to menu
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 3:00am EDT
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Providence Health to buy Tarzana Regional Medical Center from Tenet
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 3:00am EDT
NYT > Health
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Global Update: A How-to Book for Everything From Water Filters to Fly Traps
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 1:50am EDT by By DONALD G. MCNEIL Jr.
“A Community Guide to Environmental Health,” took eight years and $1.6 million to put together, according to its authors.
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Cases: Her Skin Erupted, and the Detective Work Began
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 1:42am EDT by By INGFEI CHEN
Making the effort to understand a medical condition and the details of how best to treat it really pays off.
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National Briefing | Washington: Delay in Medicare Cuts for Doctors
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:51am EDT by By BLOOMBERG NEWS
Medicare will delay processing doctors’ claims to give Congress time to pass legislation that would block a scheduled 10 percent cut in payments.
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Scientist at Work | David Pritchard: The Worms Crawl In
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:51am EDT by By ELIZABETH SVOBODA
Can hookworms protect against allergies? In a quest to find out, David Pritchard infected himself.
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Medical Helicopter Crashes Stir Concern
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:49am EDT by By BARRY MEIER
The last two months have been one of the deadliest periods in the history of the fast-growing industry of medical helicopters.
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Really?: The Claim: Mayonnaise Can Increase Risk of Food Poisoning
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:39am EDT by By ANAHAD O’CONNOR
Food poisoning typically spikes this time of year, and mayonnaise always attracts suspicion.
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Myriad Genetics Stops Work on Alzheimer’s Drug
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:38am EDT by By ANDREW POLLACK
Flurizan, a drug developed by Myriad Genetics to treat Alzheimer’s disease, failed in a closely watched late-stage clinical trial, dealing another blow to efforts to combat the illness.
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Black Lawmakers Seek Restrictions on Menthol Cigarettes
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:37am EDT by By STEPHANIE SAUL
The Congressional Black Caucus is demanding that menthol cigarettes not be exempted from a bill that would ban flavored cigarettes.
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Well: Diabetes: Underrated, Insidious and Deadly
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:35am EDT by By TARA PARKER-POPE
Vision, hearing, sexual function — you name it, diabetes harms it.
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Officials Praise New Test for Drug-Resistant TB
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:20am EDT by By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
The World Health Organization said that the new test promises to help significantly improve treatment and prevent the spread of the airborne infection.
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Scientists Identify the Brain’s Activity Hub
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:18am EDT by By BENEDICT CAREY
A new report provides the most complete rough draft to date of the electrical architecture of the brain’s cerebral cortex.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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Medication managers, drug stores merge networks (AP)
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:15am EDT
AP - The drug store and pharmacy benefit management industries on Tuesday will announce a combination of their information systems in order to boost electronic prescribing by physicians.
NYT > Health
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Mind: Decades Later, Still Asking: Would I Pull That Switch?
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:05am EDT by By BENEDICT CAREY
New papers illustrate the continuing power of Stanley Milgram’s shock experiments — and the interpretations they still inspire.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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Health Tip: Keep Calm During Pregnancy (HealthDay)
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 11:46pm EDT
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Hormones, anxiety, emotions and all the changes that come along with pregnancy and expectant parenthood can make any mother-to-be experience mood swings. -
Clinical Trials Update: June 30, 2008 (HealthDay)
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 11:46pm EDT
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -
Promising Cancer Treatment Ready for Human Trial (HealthDay)
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 11:46pm EDT
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- A clinical trial will examine whether a new cancer treatment is as effective in humans as it's proven to be in mice, say researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. -
Population-Based Strategy Urged to Cut U.S. Obesity Rate (HealthDay)
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 11:46pm EDT
HealthDay - MONDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Reducing the high rate of obesity in the United States requires a comprehensive, population-based strategy, says a new American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement.
NYT > Health
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The Evidence Gap: Weighing the Costs of a CT Scan’s Look Inside the Heart
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 11:27pm EDT by By ALEX BERENSON and REED ABELSON
Driven by financial incentives, many doctors are adopting CT scans, but there is scant evidence they benefit most patients.
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Personal Health: For Botox Users, a Few Words of Caution
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 10:54pm EDT by By JANE E. BRODY
As the number of uses for Botox grows, it is no surprise that reports of unwanted effects are growing, too.
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Vital Signs: Prognosis: Low-Tech Clues to Future Illness
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 10:53pm EDT by By ERIC NAGOURNEY
Minor neurological weaknesses may offer doctors an opportunity to see which older patients are at higher risk of illness and begin treatment, researchers have found.
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Vital Signs: Aging: Good Cholesterol, Good Memory
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 10:53pm EDT by By ERIC NAGOURNEY
High levels of good cholesterol may also help prevent a decline in memory, a new study says.
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Q & A: Fruit, Cut and Dried
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 10:21pm EDT by By C. CLAIBORNE RAY
How does dried fruit compare with fresh fruit in nutritional value?
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A Quandary on Blood Drops in the Brain
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 10:20pm EDT by By GINA KOLATA
Improvements in scanning techniques are making it easier to see microbleeds in the brain, but it’s unclear what should be done about them.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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3-D mammograms, cameras may improve breast exams (AP)
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 9:18pm EDT
AP - Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids' toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D.
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Surprising fact: Half of gun deaths are suicides (AP)
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 9:18pm EDT
AP - The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves.
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Bush administration delaying Medicare fee cut (AP)
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 7:56pm EDT
AP - The Bush administration said Monday it will delay paying doctors for treating Medicare patients in early July to give Congress more time to block a scheduled 10.6 percent fee cut.
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"Good" cholesterol may protect memory, study finds (Reuters)
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 4:48pm EDT
Reuters - Middle-aged people with low levels of so-called good cholesterol may be at higher risk for memory decline that could foreshadow Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, European researchers said on Monday. -
Cleveland Clinic hooks up with Weight Watchers (AP)
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 7:32am EDT
AP - The Cleveland Clinic, highly regarded for its cardiac care, doesn't hire smokers or allow trans-fats on its menus, and now it's joining with a nationally known weight control program to help its employees shape up and slim down.
NYT > Health
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Drilling Down: Overindulgence in Small Packages
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 3:32am EDT by By ALEX MINDLIN
While food companies have reduced portion sizes to respond to concerns about overeating, a new study shows that small packages can also lead to over-consumption.
L.A. Times - Health
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Hands-free cellphone use while driving won't make the roads safer, studies show. Why? Brain overload.
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
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Cancer risk from cellphone use is still a matter for study
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
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Claims that shoe insoles relieve back pain are unsupported
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
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Treating hip bursitis with bromelain
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
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Drug, alcohol abuse study measures the high cost of under-treated addiction
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
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As Amy Winehouse shows, signs of emphysema can begin early
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
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Home care for comatose Bubbie in 'Weeds' not a likely scenario
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
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Stigma of leprosy can derail patients' care
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
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Waiting for a liver transplant, she tries to reclaim the rhythm of her life
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
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Parents don't need to be sneaky to get children to eat nutritiously
Posted: June 30th, 2008, 3:00am EDT
NYT > Health
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Chief of 9/11 Health Programs Gains Support
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 1:17am EDT by By ANTHONY DePALMA
Dr. John Howard has coordinated the federal government’s health programs for ground zero workers since 2006, and many fear that those programs will become endangered when he leaves his job.
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Experts to Discuss One Puzzling Autism Case, as a Second Case Has Arisen
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 1:06am EDT by By GARDINER HARRIS
Leading experts will meet to discuss the debated connection between vaccinations and autism.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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US checks if tomatoes caused Salmonella outbreak (AP)
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 1:05am EDT
AP - As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes.
NYT > Health
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Senate Democrats Attack Republicans on Medicare
Posted: June 28th, 2008, 12:56am EDT by By ROBERT PEAR
Democrats moved swiftly to assail Republican senators for voting against a major Medicare bill that would have averted a 10 percent cut in payments to doctors.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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Staying Social May Keep Dementia at Bay (HealthDay)
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 11:47pm EDT
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- The key to a healthy mind in old age may lie in an active social life, a new study suggests. -
Clinical Trials Update: June 27, 2008 (HealthDay)
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 11:47pm EDT
HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: -
Antibiotics Effective for Vaginal Injury After Childbirth (HealthDay)
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 11:47pm EDT
HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Antibiotics can make a big difference in the healing of vaginal tissues damaged during childbirth, a new study finds. -
Obesity may interfere with prostate cancer screen (Reuters)
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 9:14pm EDT
Reuters - The test commonly used to
screen men for prostate cancer may be more likely to miss
tumors in obese men, a new study suggests.
NYT > Health
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The Way We Live Now: Stress Test
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 1:59pm EDT by By PEGGY ORENSTEIN
Why Americans want to believe that our mental states can control our physical maladies.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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South African TB patients rampage (AP)
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 1:37pm EDT
AP - Authorities increased security Friday at a tuberculosis hospital where patients with drug-resistant forms of the disease went on a rampage to protest prison-like conditions.
NYT > Health
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E. Coli and You
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 12:58pm EDT by By PETER DIZIKES
A history of the bacteria shows how the study of tiny creatures has helped answer some of science’s biggest questions.
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Advisory Panel Approves 2 New Combination Vaccines
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 10:36am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A federal advisory panel has endorsed two new vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks that young children must endure to get the recommended immunizations.
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Iran Fights Scourge of Addiction in Plain View, Stressing Treatment
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 4:07am EDT by By NAZILA FATHI
Iran’s government has been more supportive of drug treatment than any other government in the Islamic world, according to the U.N.
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H.I.V. Diagnosis Rates Continue to Rise Among Young Men, African-Americans
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 3:52am EDT by By DAVID TULLER
Younger men, particularly minorities, bear the brunt of the AIDS epidemic in disproportionate numbers, according to a new report by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Yahoo! News: Health News
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NYC urges docs to do routine HIV testing on adults (AP)
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 2:19am EDT
AP - Health officials are trying to persuade doctors to offer HIV tests to nearly every patient in a New York City community hit harder than most by AIDS.
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Breast Cancer Vaccines Look Promising (HealthDay)
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 11:47pm EDT
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Women with metastatic breast cancer who developed an immune response to an investigational vaccine lived twice as long as those who didn't have an immune response, new research shows. -
New study pinpoints HIV risk within existing African couples (AFP)
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 7:12pm EDT
AFP - HIV infections among heterosexual Africans could be slashed by more than a third if safe-sex counselling was directed at married or cohabiting couples, a new study says.
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US advisory panel OK's 2 new combination vaccines (AP)
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 4:58pm EDT
AP - A federal advisory panel on Thursday endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks that young children must endure to get the recommended immunizations. -
Reserving Tamiflu for workers in case of pandemic (AP)
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 4:58pm EDT
AP - Fears of bird flu are receding and sales of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu have slumped. Now its maker is offering a deal to U.S. employers: Pay an annual fee and reserve enough to protect every worker if a new super-flu strikes.
NYT > Health
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Gene Testing Questioned by Regulators
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 12:29am EDT by By ANDREW POLLACK
Regulators are cracking down on companies that sell genetic tests directly to consumers, threatening to crimp the growth of one of the hottest sectors of the biotechnology industry.
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City Is Pushing for H.I.V. Tests for All in Bronx
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 12:24am EDT by By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
Officials are planning an ambitious effort to give an H.I.V. test to every adult living in the Bronx.
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Skin Deep: Coming Soon to YouTube: My Face-Lift
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 12:18am EDT by By ABBY ELLIN
Doctors have long recruited patients to help advertise, but is it ethical for a doctor to reward a patient for posting a promo?
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Fitness: Out of the Loop and on the Run in Central Park
Posted: June 26th, 2008, 12:10am EDT by By LIZ ROBBINS
Central Park was designed for refuge, discovery and communing with society. 150 years later, its 843 acres are a paradise for runners.
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Television Review: Hospital’s True Traumas, for Patients and Doctors
Posted: June 25th, 2008, 11:47pm EDT by By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
“Hopkins” provides an extraordinarily intimate look at doctors and desperately ill patients that is gripping but not groundbreaking.