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Medical tip sheet from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

One of the nation's top cardiologists available to discuss findings of study related to medicare patients and high-volume hospitals
If confirmed by subsequent studies, the results of a heart attack study reported recently in the New England Journal of Medicine may lead to a re-examination of paramedic transport policies, says Prediman K. Shah, M.D., Director of the Division of Cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Researchers studying statistics of elderly heart attack patients found that those treated at "high-volume" hospitals had better odds of survival than those taken to hospitals that treat a relatively low number of heart attacks.

Vaccine against hepatitis A protects kids and families now; hepatitis B vaccine protects kids as they become adults
Hepatitis B is believed to be the most common cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. Pediatric infectious disease specialist available to discuss vaccines and other preventive measures.

'La Opinion' series on heart disease by Cedars-Sinai internist Aliza A. Lifshitz, M.D, wins media award from AHA western states affiliate
A Cedars-Sinai Medical Center internist has been awarded a 1999 C. Everett Koop Media Award by the American Heart Association Western States Affiliate. Aliza Lifshitz, M.D., received the award June 4 for her two-part series on heart disease -- focusing particularly on the risks to Hispanic women.

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