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Nurses Call On Rep. Miller To Support Amendment Allowing States To Enact Single-Payer Health Reform
With debate underway in the House Education and Labor Committee today on the sweeping healthcare reform bill in that body, the nation"s largest organization of registered nurses today called on Committee Chair George Miller to support a critical amendment that would enable individual states to go a step farther and adopt single-payer, Medicare-for-All style reforms.

Former Rose Medical Center Surgery Technician Named In Forty-Two Count Indictment Returned By Federal Grand Jury
Kristen Parker, a former Rose Medical Center surgery "scrub" technician, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver, announced David Gaouette, Acting U.S. Attorney, Stephen Holt, Special Agent in Charge of the FDA Office of Criminal Investigations, Kansas City Field Office, and Jeffrey Sweetin, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Denver Division. Parker, age 26, of Elizabeth, Colorado, was named in a 42 count indictment charging product tampering and obtaining controlled substances by deceit. She remains in federal custody, being held without bond pending a resolution of her case.
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Changes To Retirement Age And Access To Superannuation Can Have Adverse Affects For Many Workers Including Nurses
The ANF calls on the Prime Minister to consult with nurses and other occupations that are most affected before implementing changes to the retirement age for pensions or superannuation.
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Screening For Left Ventricular Dysfunction May Have Less Value Than Thought

The value and cost-effectiveness of screening for left ventricular (LV) dysfunction remains unclear, particularly since specific, evidence-based treatments are not available for the majority of patients with preserved systolic dysfunction, reports a study in the June issue of the Journal of Cardiac Failure, published by Elsevier. In the study,1012 primary care patients with hypertension and/or diabetes without signs or symptoms of heart failure were screened for asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction (ALVD), using measurements of NT-pro-BNP and echocardiography. Diastolic dysfunction was found in 368 subjects (36%) and was categorized as mild in 327 and moderate-severe in 41. Systolic dysfunction was present in only 11 (1.1%)l. NT-proBNP levels were 170÷±206 and 859÷±661 pg/mL respectively in diastolic and systolic dysfunction and 92÷±169 in normal subjects (p99% and a positive predictive value of 33% in patients Journal of Cardiac Failure. Notes: The full study is "The Role of N-Terminal PRO-Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Echocardiography for Screening Asymptomatic Left Ventricular Dysfunction in a Population at High Risk for Heart Failure: The PROBE-HF Study" by Irene Betti, Gabriele Castelli, Alessandro Barchielli, Cinzia Beligni, Vittorio Boscherini, Leonardo De Luca, Gianni Messeri, Mihai Gheorghiade, Alan Maisel, and Alfredo Zuppiroli. Journal of Cardiac Failure. Volume 15, Issue 5, June 2009, Pages 377-384. Maureen Hunter Elsevier


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