Thursday, October 24, 2002

categories: Medical/Health Aspirin eases heart bypass risk San Francisco Chronicle - In a finding likely to change how heart surgeries are conducted throughout the world, researchers have discovered that aspirin, given hours after coronary bypass surgery, can cut post-operative deaths by two-thirds and sharply reduce a variety ... Aspirin cuts deaths after heart attack Boston Globe Aspirin saves lives after heart surgery MSNBC Miami Herald - New York Times - Billings Gazette - Charlotte Observer - and 52 related » Google US News   10:06:38 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Biz AOL to Restate Troubled Unit's Revenue Again AOL Time Warner said that it had turned up several additional improper transactions at its AOL division, broadening the extent of its acknowledged accounting problems. By David D. Kirkpatrick. New York Times: Business   7:59:29 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Biz Looking Glass on Earnings Just Got Darker Standard & Poor's will release its calculations of "core earnings," as it defines them. That definition will make most companies look far worse than they have appeared. By Floyd Norris. New York Times: Business   7:58:33 AM  Google It!  comment

categories: Financial, Medical/Health, Biz Ethics Standards Overhaul Urged for Hospital Buying Groups A specialist in corporate ethics urged that companies involved in helping the nation's hospitals buy supplies adopt sweeping policy changes to avoid conflicts of interest. By Barry Meier. New York Times: Business   7:54:23 AM  Google It!  comment