THURSDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitals' use of computerized ordering systems to process drug prescriptions prevented 17 million drug errors in a single year in the United States -- and this technology could prevent more than 50 million drug errors a year if it were more widely used in hospitals, according to a new study.
The study was published online Feb. 20 in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
Apple-Shaped Obesity, Other Forms Equally Risky, Study Finds
All Obesity Boosts Cardiovascular Risks, Researchers Say
By Kathleen Doheny WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
March 10, 2011 -- For years, people with a so-called "pear" shape have breathed easier than people with an ''apple'' shape because of their presumed lower risk for heart attack and stroke.
