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Temozolomide has been used for the treatment of melanoma with effects comparable to DTIC, and regimens are currently under development that involve more extensive administration. In this report from Memorial Sloan Kettering, patients treated on a daily schedule for 6 weeks or more before a treatment break were observed to develop significant lymphopenia and a higher-than-expected incidence of opportunistic infections.
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Kim YH. Mindulness meditation and chronic pain. Altern Med Alert 2004;7(3):33-35.
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To illustrate how EDs set themselves up for malpractice liability when treating head injuries, Diane M. Sixsmith, MD, MPH, FACEP, chairman of emergency medicine at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens in Flushing, tells the story of a 22-year-old boxer who was knocked out in a training session.
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Patient satisfaction improves dramatically if your staff pay more attention to the soft skills of ED care, such as the way you talk to people, while simultaneously improving the physical surroundings.
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While states are coming under fire for not spending as much tobacco settlement money on smoking cessation programs for youth as they should, the American Legacy Foundations 2002 National Youth Tobacco Survey indicates that the prevalence of current smoking among high-school students declined in 2002.
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Although Zeena Engelke, RN, MS, has multiple job duties as patient education manager of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, she has managed to incorporate direct teaching into her position as well.
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While an elderly man on the anticoagulant drug warfarin was waiting to get blood drawn at his physicians office, he was handed some educational materials about the drug.
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A behavioral health care center in Mississippi is proving that a concentrated effort to reduce restraint can yield great improvements not only for the patients but also for the bottom line of the health care facility.