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Hospital death rates unveiled for first-time comparison
USA Today
August 20, 2008
By Steve Sternberg and Anthony DeBarros, USA TODAY
Motorists heading through the Lehigh Valley from Allentown, Pa., earlier this year passed two giant billboards proclaiming: "Fast Heart Attack Care Saved My Husband's Life."
What the billboards didn't say was just how fast. It took 24 minutes for Richard Silverman's doctors at Lehigh Valley Hospital to clear a 100% blockage from his heart's most vital artery. That's a third of the 90-minute goal that hospitals strive for.
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New 'Eat This' tells parents what not to feed kids
USA Today
August 18, 2008
By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY
David Zinczenko was not surprised by the report this month that found most kids' meals at popular chain restaurants are far too high in calories.
"There's a lot more that needs to be done to get smart and healthful choices at restaurants for kids," says Zinczenko, best-selling author of a new book, Eat This, Not That! For Kids! with Matt Goulding.
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