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Aspirin plus extended-release dipyridamole and clopidogrel are both appropriate options to decrease disability from recurrent stroke; however, telmisartan does not lower risk of suffering a second stroke.
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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) may be a unique central nervous system demyelinating disease with distinct clinical and MRI manifestations, as well as different immune and pathological characteristics as compared to multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Employees rank time pressures, deadlines, office politics, and their bosses as the top stress-inducing factors at work, according to a new workplace wellness survey conducted by Eclipse gum and the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp).
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Instead of "economy class syndrome," should deep vein thrombosis (DVT) be called "sitting at a desk all day syndrome?" According to new research, prolonged sitting at work is linked to double the risk of DVT and pulmonary embolism.
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The number of days an employee is absent and worker's compensation costs are fairly black-and-white metrics. But what about presenteeism, when employees are at work, but not optimally productive?
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The thought of being liable for multiple violations can be daunting. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently inspected a veterinary lab within the Marshfield (WI) Clinic in response to a complaint, says Bruce Cunha, RN, MS, COHN-S, manager of employee health and safety at the clinic.
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OSHA has proposed wording changes to the following sections of standards that related to the health care industry:
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All employees should know the following steps in order to prepare for workplace incidents, says Anita M. Holloway, MD, MBA, manager of health strategy and clinical programs at Warrenville, IL-based Navistar:
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Although a new study says that sedentary workers double their risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), it's difficult to gauge the true risk of DVT, according to Monika Fischer, MN, RN, APRN BC, CCM, COHN-S, FAAOHN, health services administrator for the City of Glendale, CA. For one thing, Fischer points to the "extremely small sample size" in the study and other confounding factors.