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Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership Releases New Guidelines for Treatment of Bacterial Rhinosinusitis; Steroids Not Linked to Risk of Fractures; ADT Puts Men at Risk for Osteoporosis; Study Shows Valsartan May Improve Sexual Function in Postmenopausal Women; New Direct-to-Consumer Pharma Advertising Rules Considered
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Survival rates were similar in patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer who underwent IDS or PDS. The rates of surgical resection and morbidity were reduced after IDS. IDS can be safely used in unresectable advanced-stage ovarian cancer.
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False-Positive One-Hour Glucose Screens are Associated with Higher Rates of Perinatal Complications than Negative Screens; Dont be Mislead by the Short Take; More Information Regarding Single vs Double Layer Closure of the Uterus During Cesarean Section
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Lindauer and colleagues set out to evaluate whether the tumor-free distance from the uterine serosa to the deepest invasive lesion was a better predictor of patient outcome from endometrial cancer than the traditional measure of myometrial invasion. To do this, they retrospectively evaluated all surgically staged endometrial adenocarcinoma patients between 1997 and 2000.
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Integrating acupuncture with conventional physical therapy and work hardening has been both a medical and financial success for Good Samaritan Occupational Health Services in Avon, MA, according to its medical director, Robert P. Naparstek, MD. The on-site acupuncture program was initiated on January 2000.
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The results of the latest Healthcare@Work survey by AON Consulting and the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (ASHRA), both located in Chicago, finds U.S. health care employees slightly less committed to their organizations in 2003 than they were in 2002. Most of the drop in the surveys Workforce Commitment Index (WCI), which fell from 91.5 to 91.0, was due to a drop in the score for executive leadership and manager/department head groups.
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An eight-hour course on leadership will be presented in Spanish at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, sponsored by the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA).
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Two of the nations leading nursing organizations, the Atlanta-based American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) and the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE), a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association, have unveiled their policy platforms.
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