Saying `sorry' pays off for U. of Michigan doctors

When a treatment goes wrong at a U.S. hospital, fear of a lawsuit usually means "never daring to say you're sorry."

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Correction: Cancer Docs story

In a Jan. 1 story about Dr. Trevor Banka, who became a colleague of a doctor who once treated his bone cancer, The Associated Press erroneously reported Banka's specialty. He is a resident in orthopedics, not oncology.

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Doctor, former patient now colleagues in Detroit

When Dr. Trevor Banka treats cancer patients alongside Dr. Michael Mott he is working with not only his mentor, but the physician who helped save his life.

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Fewer US med students choosing primary care

Only 2 percent of graduating medical students say they plan to work in primary care internal medicine, raising worries about a looming shortage of the first-stop doctors who used to be the backbone of the American medical system.

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How they voted: Senate roll call on medicare bill

The 69-30 roll call by which the Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that would void a 10.6 percent pay cut for doctors treating Medicare patients.

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Senate passes doctor reimbursement bill

The Senate, with Democrat Ted Kennedy casting a crucial vote, approved legislation by a veto-proof margin Wednesday that would void a 10.6 percent pay cut for doctors treating Medicare patients.

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Number of US Primary Care Doctors Down

Fewer American doctors are focusing on primary care, but the decline is being covered by physicians from other countries. The General Accountability Office said Tuesday that as of 2006 there were 22,146 American doctors in residency programs in the United States specializing in primary care.

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Medicare Issues Rate Cut for Doctors

Doctors who treat the elderly and disabled will face a 10 percent cut in their reimbursement rates from Medicare next year under a federal rule issued Thursday.

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Internet search giant Google has lifted the lid on its operating system, known as Chrome OS. The free and open source system is initially aimed at low-cost netbooks and does away with many of the features of a traditional program.

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Google on Thursday wrote in a blog post that "in about two weeks, we will be launching a change for published docs.

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Seventeen doc films (nine world preems) have been added to the festival, but still no mention of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, while The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights Update: Michael Moore's doc is also coming

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Sunday April has wisps of red hair, a sunny disposition and is drawn to the sounds of people talking and laughing around her. But for reasons unclear to everyone but the woman who brought her into the world, this little girl does not know her parents.

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Health authorities in Sweden have decided not to punish two doctors who mistakenly stitched a 65-year-old patient's bladder to his large intestine.

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The Department of Community Services says it could have looked closer at the case of a 12-year-old, now pregnant and set to become one of NSW's youngest mothers, but it had to deal with more urgent cases.

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The Tribeca Film Festival unveiled its narrative, documentary and Discovery competition roster Monday morning, featuring a new streamlined event with 84 features and 46 shorts screening April 22 - May 3.

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Article covers: Motion Hearing Scheduled, Baez and getting paid and a little bit on the documents just released.

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MyFoxOrlando reports.

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Video Report: In documents released on Jan. 21, Cindy Anthony feared the worst for her then-missing granddaughter, Caylee.

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Two New South Wales Government departments have apologised to the parents of a girl who was mistakenly taken out of school by a DOCS worker.

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It seems that while Google is putting a finger in every single pie it can find, it's not finding success in all of them

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The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DOCS) has defended the use of psychotropic medication for children in care.

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Police allege a home in Sydney's west smelled of urine and faeces when they went to investigate reports of six children suffering neglect in August.

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The New South Wales Opposition says the public is being kept in the dark over the extent of problems at the Department of Community Services (DOCS).

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The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DOCS) says eight children are in its care after police removed them from a house in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

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A baby boy, delivered by Caesarean section on Monday, was born with two heads. WARNING: Some of the following pictures are of a graphic nature. Viewer discretion is advised.

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The New South Wales Department of Community Services has taken out a Supreme Court order to force the parents of a three-day-old baby to immunise the child against Hepatitis B.

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Director Ari Folman couldn't take his plane back to Israel as planned. He had to stay longer at the Cannes Film Festival because of the intense interest in his animated documentary, "Waltz With Bashir."

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Google is rolling out office access to Google Docs over next few weeks.

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"Don't use euphemisms," said Grodin, who teaches his students to say "died" and never "passed away" in situations of emergency room traumas. "You have to use the words 'terminal illness' and explain it's quite serious."

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The New South Wales Opposition has attacked the leadership of the Department of Community Services (DOCS) and renewed its call for a royal commission.

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AT LEAST 15 calls were made to the Department of Community Services warning that a child was at serious risk but despite the desperate pleas, the department marked the case "closed" and decided there was no response required. The child died soon after.

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What happens when Google's server has gone to lunch and you need to access your online documents IMMEDIATELY? Just how vulnerable is YOUR information.

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Web Worker Daily has published the excellent review of 10 alternatives Microsoft Word2. In article are considered both usual (offline programs), and on-line applications.

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