What’s Lost When Experts Retire – HBR

What’s Lost When Experts Retire.

But in dozens of recent interviews with CTOs, CIOs, and top HR managers in preparation for writing our new book Critical Knowledge Transfer, we found that managers often don’t know what they have lost until after the expert leaves — and by then, it may be difficult to recover.

Duh.

OncoBriefs: Hookah Risk

OncoBriefs: Hookah Risk, Brain Cancer, Lung Cancer.

Urinary concentration of the benzene metabolite S-phenylmercapturic acid (SPMA) was more than four times greater in hookah smokers and two times greater in people exposed to secondhand hookah smoke, when compared with people who had no exposure. The findings put a damper on enthusiasm for hookah as a safer alternative to cigarettes, as reported online in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.

JAMA – Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease and Risk of Myocardial Infarction

JAMA Network | JAMA | Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease and Risk of Myocardial Infarction.

Conclusions and Relevance  In this cohort of patients undergoing elective coronary angiography, nonobstructive CAD, compared with no apparent CAD, was associated with a significantly greater 1-year risk of MI and all-cause mortality. These findings suggest clinical importance of nonobstructive CAD and warrant further investigation of interventions to improve outcomes among these patients.