Published 15 July 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a823
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a823

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NHS publishes more survival data: The NHS is to publish survival rates for four common surgical procedures for each hospital trust in England, after the successful publication in 2006-7 of survival rates for heart surgery. The new procedures to be covered are elective and emergency surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms, hip replacements, and knee replacements. (See BMJ 2008;337:a803 doi: 10.1136/bmj.a803.)

New cross border university medical centre is planned: Germany’s University Hospital of Aachen and the Dutch University of Maastricht Medical Centre are to co-found Europe’s first bi-national university medical centre in the border city of Heerlen. The centre will focus on cardiovascular treatment and research.

Gambling is linked to dopamine agonists: A study has linked problematic and pathological gambling with treatment with dopamine agonists in 140 patients with Parkinson’s disease: 9.3% of the patients showed such behaviour, whereas in the general population the figure is 1.6%. "The increased prevalence . . . [Full text of this article]


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