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Monday, September 01, 2003

Health Check: 'During the doctors' strike in the 1970s, death rates fell' 

It is a standing joke among cardiologists that death rates fall during their conferences because fewer of them are out there attempting to cure moribund patients by doing dangerous surgery. The treatment can be worse than the disease.

This week in Vienna, doctors are busy discussing the latest drugs and treatment strategies for heart disease. Will they save more lives? That is debatable.

# posted by SV @ 9/01/2003 03:45:00 PM

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