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Re:Professor who harnessed power of cactuses is a top inventor by Consultant32452 on Monday May 10, 2021 @11:45AM (#27107316)
Medical errors are the third leading cause of death. We like to imagine we’ve come a long way from treating ghosts in your blood with cocaine, but we haven’t.

https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2139

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Re:Professor who harnessed power of cactuses is a top inventor by gowld on Monday May 10, 2021 @12:13PM (#27107633)
That's a very misleading summary. "Leading causes of death could be prevented by more perfect medical response" is a better summary.
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Re:Professor who harnessed power of cactuses is a top inventor by teh_infallible on Monday May 10, 2021 @03:25PM (#27109780)
“Leading causes of death” being medical incompetence, which is the third largest cause of death in the US
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