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Diagnostic Errors in Medicine Causes Up To 80,000 Deaths Per Year

The high rate of deaths attributed to misdiagnoses in medicine could be addressed if the problem was more accurately reported, according to a new study.vvAccording to the research, published in the British Medical Journal of Quality and Safety, shows that diagnostic error is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for between 40,000…

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One Dead, Three Injured in West Virginia Car Crash

What Happened: The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reports that a terrible accident in West Union, Doddridge County, West Virginia claimed the life of the at-fault driver and sent three other people to the hospital for their injuries. The crash, which occurred on Long Run Road in Doddridge, took place when the at-fault driver allegedly lost control…

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