51.   The Hart poll found that the main issues for union members were preserving Social Security, supporting public education, and protecting patients in health maintenance organizations.

52.   The recommendations echo those being discussed at the State House, which has also called for similar measures to protect patients without micromanaging health plans.

53.   The researchers also found that a type of heart medication called a beta blocker appeared to protect patients from the Monday surge in arrhythmias.

54.   The rules, the first of their kind, are intended to protect patients who might otherwise have difficulty getting medically necessary services, federal officials said.

55.   The rules, the first of their kind, are intended to protect patients who might otherwise have difficulty obtaining medically necessary services.

56.   These boards report to the federal Office of Human Research Protections, based in Washington, which establishes the rules for protecting trial patients.

57.   They help protect patients from infections in the hospital.

58.   They occurred in part because systems designed to protect patients broke down.

59.   This can protect a patient from needing a transfusion to replace blood lost during the operation.

60.   Two Health Department investigators were at the hospital Wednesday to make sure patients were protected, Denne said.