Researchers are warning that simultaneous intake of alcohol and prescription opioids elevates the risk of respiratory depression, a potentially lethal complication.
Author: SupremeCmdr
The End of Employees – WSJ
Never before have American companies tried so hard to employ fewer people. From Google to Wal-Mart, the outsourcing boom is cutting costs for firms and job security for millions of workers.
Source: The End of Employees – WSJ
I told my children when they were leaving education that they would be well advised to look for customers not bosses.
It’s been exactly seven years since I read Charles Handy’s The Age of Unreason. And if you are familiar with Handy’s work the WSJ’s article should not come as a surprise. The surprise is how long it has taken for companies to figure out how to outsource effectively.
Doc Vader on Immigration
MRI Can Rule Out Need for Biopsy in Men with High PSA – Medpage Today
Almost twice as sensitive as TRUS-biopsy for detecting aggressive prostate cancer
Source: MRI Can Rule Out Need for Biopsy in Men with High PSA | Medpage Today
IPipeline Buys Life Underwriting Tech Provider – Insurance Networking News
The life insurance software vendor has acquired Resonant.
Source: IPipeline Buys Life Underwriting Tech Provider — Insurance Networking News
Artist Shipped Glass Boxes Inside FedEx Boxes to Produce Shattered Sculptures
In this intriguing sculptural series spanning 2005 to 2014, LA-based artist Walead Beshty packaged his artworks in FedEx boxes and shipped them across the country to exhibitions and galleries.
Priceless!
Does Stage 3 CKD Matter?
Source: Does stage-3 chronic kidney disease matter?: A systematic literature review
Conclusions
For patients with stage-3 CKD, risk of mortality was higher than for those without CKD, but the risk of progression was low. CKD registers provide an opportunity for GPs to assess the risk of patients developing CVD.
On Medical Equipment
Dear Plagiarist – Annals of Internal Medicine – American College of Physicians
I am aware that you recently admitted to wrongly publishing, as your own, a scientific research paper that I had submitted to Annals of Internal Medicine. After serving as an external peer reviewer on our manuscript, you published that same manuscript in a different medical journal a few months later. You removed the names of the authors and the research site, replacing them with the names of your coauthors and your institution.
Source: Dear Plagiarist | Annals of Internal Medicine | American College of Physicians
The fact that shit like this doesn’t surprise me anymore bothers me.
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