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Time needed to document security compliance; OCR pushes for voluntary compliance; Help available for employers;
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A Mexican laborer injured himself on the job when a piece of metal entered his eye. He did not seek medical attention until the next day. The day after that, he was referred to an emergency department (ED), where the eye was finally appropriately treated. The surgery was performed too long after the injury occurred to save the laborers sight.
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This is the second and final part in a series on chemical warfare agents. Part I focused on choking agents, vesicants, and halogenated oximes. This article will cover nerve agents, blood agents, and protective gear.
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An analysis of the effect of daily estrogen-progestin administration to postmenopausal women was summarized on the Internet site of the New England Journal of Medicine on March 17. The authors' message suggests that postmenopausal hormone therapy should be used only as brief treatment for severe menopausal symptoms.
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Sacrospinous cervicocolpopexy with uterine conservation in elderly women with prolapse can be used to avoid the morbidity of hysterectomy.
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The use of oral contraceptives in women with hypertension produced higher blood pressures and poor control of blood pressure.
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Counterfeit Procrit Uncovered by FDA Surveillance; Pharmaceutical Marketing Campaigns in Full Swing; Ambulatory Antibiotic Reduction: Take the Good with the Bad; Nefazodone Under Attack Once Again; Lindane Receives Black Box Warning; Aspirin Could Help Reduce Colorectal Adenomas;
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Docetaxel is active in paclitaxel-resistant ovarian and peritoneal cancer, but, in view of significant hematologic toxicity, further study is warranted to ascertain its optimal dose and schedule.
