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If severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) returns this fall, is your hospital prepared? A lull in SARS activity is giving hospitals vital time to plan for a possible reemergence of the disease, which public health authorities say could occur this fall or winter.
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What could have been done to prevent this accident? Thats a standard question posed after an employee suffers an injury. But at the 35 hospitals of the Palmetto Hospital Trust (PHT) in Columbia, SC, workers compensation self-insurance program, theres a new focus on finding the answer the root cause of serious accidents.
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If your ergonomics program focuses only on patient lifts, youre missing the greatest cause of patient-handling injuries, according to a recent study.
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Hardy ML. Tai chi: Benefits in older women. Altern Ther Women's Health 2003;5(8):61-62.
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Keegan L. Chaste tree berry for premenstrual syndrome. Altern Ther Women's Health 2003;5(8):57-61.
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Black Cohosh May Not Be Safe for Women with Breast Cancer; Viga and Viga for Women Tablets Recalled; Herbal Product Label May Not Accurately Reflect Contents
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The long-awaited JNC-7 report was recently published in summary form; a more comprehensive manuscript will be forthcoming. JNC-7 takes into account many of the randomized controlled trials dealing with hypertension published over the past few years, and thus, is very much up to date. Some highlights of the report are as follows.
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Prognostic Value of Ambulatory Blood-Pressure Recordings in Patients with Treated Hypertension; Tazarotene Cream in the Treatment of Psoriasis; Antihyperglycemic Effect of Oolong Tea in Type 2 Diabetes
