Less M.D.s' hours doesn't cut death rate
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070904/ap_on_he_me/tired_doctors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070903/capt.c0446803dece4f3b8495bfe619ac1449.haiti_us_navy_hospital_ship_pap102.jpg?x=130&y=78&sig=JimneY8BLKxVpWKdiyFB1Q--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Doctors practice a surgery to an Haitian patient at the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Navy hospital ship, in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Sept. 3,2007. The USNS Comfort, carrying hundreds of volunteers, docked in Haiti, the Western Hemisphere's neediest nation, last Saturday as the latest stop in a four-month humanitarian tour. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cutting the grueling work hours of doctors-in-training had little effect on reducing patient deaths, according to two large studies.</p><br clear="all"/>

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