11.   A standard problem for researchers seeking magic-bullet cures for these diseases is that what kills the parasite could in many cases kill the patient as well.

12.   According to the Canadian Medical Association, information published by medical columnists in newspapers is sometimes so wrong that it can kill elderly patients.

13.   But then, a few months later, a whole series of metastases will appear, grow, and kill the patient.

14.   Critics of the industry and the FDA say that the agency has acted hastily and approved too many unsafe drugs that have injured or killed patients.

15.   Doctors are confident that this patient was killed by the bacterium, Clostridium sordellii, which is usually found in soil and fecal matter.

16.   Doctors have amputated the wrong leg, killed patients with overdoses of medications and committed other serious errors for centuries.

17.   Even when anorexia does not kill, patients often suffer long-lasting medical complications.

18.   Fine surgeons still kill patients.

19.   Had I killed this patient with my kindness?

20.   Hantavirus, which is usually transmitted by field rodents or their droppings, causes pneumonia, respiratory distress and high fever and can kill a patient quickly.