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Jury selection continues in capital murder trial - Lufkin Daily News

Lufkin Daily News
Jury selection continued this week in the capital murder case of a former Lufkin dialysis nurse accused of causing the deaths of at least five patients in 2008. Kimberly Saenz, 37, is also charged with five counts of aggravated assault for other

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New Engl J Med Op Ed article questions wisdom of Medicare 3 year limit on immunusuppressive drugs after transplantation.

NEJM: H.R. 2969 represents a key opportunity to correct an irrational, needlessly wasteful policy that has harmed many U.S. patients. Its passage would achieve three important objectives: protect Medicare's investment in each renal allograft, help bring U.S. kidney-transplant outcomes up to par with those in other developed countries, and most important, save the lives of people with kidney failure.

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Triglyceride levels predict stroke risk in postmenopausal women.

EurekAlert: A new study by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and colleagues found that traditional risk factors for stroke – such as high cholesterol – are not as accurate at predicting risk in postmenopausal women as previously thought. Instead, researchers say doctors should refocus their attention on triglyceride levels to determine which women are at highest risk of suffering a devastating and potentially fatal cardiovascular event. The study appears online today in the journal Stroke.

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Clopidogrel with aspirin does not prevent smaal subcortical strokes; increases bleeding risk

AHA: The anti-blood clot regimen that adds the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to aspirin treatment is unlikely to prevent recurrent strokes and may increase the risk of bleeding and death in patients with subcortical stroke according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2012.

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Dialysis center board still waiting for another inspection - Le Mars Daily Sentinel

Le Mars Daily Sentinel
By Joanne Glamm Supporters of dialysis services in Le Mars will delay their annual Valentine's dance until they can host an event to celebrate the opening of Le Mars' new dialysis center. The date of the celebration is unknown even though it has been

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