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Influenza Vaccination and Reduction in Hospitalizations; Screening Men
for Prostate and Colorectal Cancer; Weight Loss in CHF and Treatment
with ACE-I; Impaired Fasting Glucose vs Impaired Glucose Tolerance;
Risk Stratification in Long-QT Syndrome; EBCT, Motivation, Behavioral
Change, and Cardiovascular Risk Profile
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This review will provide an overview of SARS for the primary care physician, including epidemiology, etiology, review of the clinical and laboratory features as well as diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of SARS.
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The Women's Health Initiatives was halted a year ago, but fallout
from this landmark study continues. The study was designed to identify
the risks or benefits of estrogen plus progesterone vs placebo in
healthy postmenopausal women.
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While many folks are having trouble finding work, many hospitals are having trouble finding employees. But while it might seem like a simple task to take out-of-work folks and slot them into jobs at hospitals, it isnt that simple. Or at least, it isnt at most facilities. But at Exempla HealthCare in Colorado, a welfare-to-work program called WorkStart has paid off in spades for the system.
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In science fiction, there is an oft-repeated theme of machines rising up and taking the place of humans, leading to a battle pitting technology against life. But ask hospital executives and even frontline health care workers what technology could mean to them in the future and most will respond positively. The potential for increased efficiency, less paperwork, and more time for direct patient care could only be appealing to them.
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The Commission on Workplace Advocacy is working to determine what can be done to retain the mature/experienced nurse in the work force and find ways to aid nurses in their transition from employment to retirement.
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A new study is painting a bleak picture for mental health care in California in the next decade. Published by the University of California, San Francisco Center for the Health Professions, the study shows demand for mental health care will rise by as much as 30% in the next 10 years and there may not be enough workers to fill the need.
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If businesses and communities worked with hospitals, there would be fewer serious shortages of health care workers, says a new study by the VHA Health Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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