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A risk manager at your company asks you to report what an injured employee on workers' compensation tells you about their physical activities, because this employee is suspected of malingering. What will your answer be?
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Home health workers can look forward to ongoing employment even in these tough economic times, according to a recent report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Headlines about a shortage of nurses might force home health agencies to focus on recruiting field clinicians, but don't forget to pay close attention to nurses you promote or hire for supervisory positions.
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Take these steps if you are asked to provide information that might be used in assessing the need for starting or continuing surveillance of an employee:
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In an evaluation of two large cohort studies (the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study), there was a slightly increased risk of pancreatic cancer in those with blood groups A, B, and AB relative to those with blood group O, such that approximately 17% of pancreatic cancer cases were attributable to the non-O blood group.
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Evidence is presented from a case-control, retrospective analysis indicating a small but significant increased risk of cancer, particularly hematologic malignancy, among blood donors with a positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT).
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In a retrospective analysis of a single institution's experience with CA 19-9 as a marker in patients with pancreatic cancer, the absolute level prior to therapy, and the drop after treatment, was shown to be an independent prognostic factor for survival.
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Plerixafor is a novel inhibitor of stromal cell-derived factor (SDF-1) that promotes efficient hematopoietic cell mobilization.
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