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Tips Help Patients Ensure Quality

The Patient Safety Authority is offering a brochure to help patients avoid medical errors. “Speak Up: Help Prevent Errors in Your Care” gives tips on how to ensure quality care and avoid medical mistakes. The brochure is online at

www.psa.state.pa.us/psa/lib/psa/consumer_information/speak_up_brochure.pdf

NIH to Study Hispanic Adults' Health

The National Institutes of Health has granted $61 million for a 6.5-year study of the health of adult Hispanics in the U.S. NIH plans to enroll subjects from New York, Chicago, Miami, and San Diego. For more information, go to

www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2006/nhlbi-12.htm

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