Health: Think Before You Cut.(Brief Article)

Publication: Newsweek

Publication Date: 26-JAN-04

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Byline: Karen Springen

Going under the knife has never been safer. Americans now have 40 million surgical procedures under anesthesia each year, and only about 160 die of anesthesia-related complications. But the death last week of "First Wives Club" author Olivia Goldsmith, who suffered a heart attack after receiving...

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