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Thirteen people who were in invasive procedure group died, compared with just six in the medication group.
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But researchers said half of those deaths had occurred in patients who had been allocated to the invasive procedure group but were unsuitable for revascularisation or unwilling to have it.
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The second group had a sham procedure, in which incisions were made but all muscles and nerves remained intact.
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Several years ago, the royal family set up a discussion procedure known as the Way Ahead Group.
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During that time, 15% of patients taking Vytorin and 18% of patients in the control group had a heart attack, stroke, stent procedure, or death from cardiac causes.
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It is only the third time the voting procedure has been used to enable a select group to go ahead with deeper integration, having previously been used for divorce and patents laws.
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Pat Schoeni, executive director of the National Coalition on Health Care, says medical tourism likely appeals to a particular group--those who can still pay thousands for a procedure but can't afford insurance.
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Agreement over the tax had already been reached before the meeting, and the nod from a majority of the Ecofin group of EU finance ministers - a requirement of the enhanced co-operation procedure - was merely a procedural matter, according to the Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan.
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Sarwal said his group will be advocating this and other ideas before the advisory committee on federal civil procedure rules, which helps set the rules used in federal courts.
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They even agreed to set up a monitoring group, to check whether members are living up to their commitments, and a dispute-settlement procedure.
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"It is not standard practice or recommended procedure for a single pilot to read newspapers while operating an aircraft, " a spokesman for the trade group says.
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