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While many major headlines over the past month have tracked President George Bushs proposed plan to stave off the bankruptcy of the Social Security system, continued bankrolling of the Medicaid system appears to be a problem looming even larger and much more closely.
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U.S. senators unanimously passed a resolution early last month in an effort to raise awareness concerning deep-vein thrombosis (DVT). The passage of Senate Resolution 56, co-sponsored by Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) and Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota), makes March DVT Awareness Month in memory of David Bloom.
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A wide variety of companies rolled out an even wider variety of new products and services on the Orange County Convention Center exhibit floor during the American College of Cardiologys (ACC; Bethesda, Maryland) annual scientific sessions last month.
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David Phillips has been appointed vice president of marketing for HemoSense (San Jose, California), responsible for developing marketing initiatives in support of the companys INRatio Prothrombin Time Monitoring System, a system for blood coagulation testing, as it expands in both the point-of-care-testing and patient self-testing markets.
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In what could be seen as a coup, ventricular assist device maker Thoratec (Pleasanton, California) reported last month that the FDA granted it a virtually condition-free approval of its investigational device exemption (IDE) for the company to begin a Phase II pivotal clinical trial for its next generation HeartMate II LVAS (Left Ventricular Assist System).
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Yet another study this one from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, UT gives more ammunition to occupational health and wellness managers who seek to prove their programs value to employers.
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High-poverty counties in the southeastern United States have limited access to physicians and clinics specializing in occupational and environmental medicine, according to recent research, making the role of the occupational health nurse at workplaces in those areas all the more important.
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Advocates say alcoholism is chronic disease despite the tremendous amount of education delivered to Americans at home, school, and work, according to a George Washington University center devoted to studying and promoting solutions to alcohol abuse, alcohol use continues to take a tremendous toll on the work force, and employers can do a better job of providing help.
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Imagine the inconvenience of having a drivers license that was good only in your state of residence. If you wanted to drive the roads of a neighboring state, youd have to arrange to get a second license. That is something like the situation in which many occupational health nurses and nursing professionals in other specialty areas found themselves until recently.
