Early discharge boosts newborn's risk of rehospitalization

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Newborns discharged from hospitals within 30 hours of birth have a higher rate of rehospitalization than those discharged later, according ot a study by Lenna L. Liu and her colleagues, and published in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. The study concluded that the cost-saving practice of early discharge, especially for first-born or those born to mothers under 18. Early discharge was also cited in a feeding-problem study by M. bruce Edmonson.

Health aspects, Care and treatment, Infants (Newborn), Newborn infants, Hospitalization, Hospital care

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Junk science is dangerous wherever it turns up, and that is especially so in the courtroom

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Allowing trial judges the right to dismiss testimony deemed too speculative will help eliminate junk science from the courtroom. Although plaintiffs' attorneys claim this gives judges the power to act as scientists, it is the judges' role to decide whether testimony is relevant. Junk science, or tenuous cause-and-effect scenarios, harms the medical industry by concerns over possible litigation, reducing needed research and development.

Editorial, Medicine, Cases, Health care industry, Practice, Medical practice

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