Blog Posts in July, 2011
Posted on Jul 13, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Until recently there was little proof that medical errors spike in the summer when new medical trainees start working at teaching hospitals - a phenomenon known as the "July effect." But a new review ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The lawyer for a Chinese gymnast says she has settled claims against the United States Gymnastics Federation and insurance companies after she was paralyzed in a vaulting ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
When Julie Hirschfeld opened a bicycle boutique for women, she envisioned fashion-obsessed customers with a disdain for spandex flooding in to buy bikes and accessories they would model along New York ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
City Workers' Bias Suits Rise, Despite Softer Bloomberg Tone By DAVID W. CHEN and JO CRAVEN McGINTY The number of discrimination cases filed by city employees in New York has risen even as Mayor ...
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