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Heat-related illnesses are preventable; here’s how

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In 2005, California was the first state to implement a mandatory HRI prevention standard requiring water, shade structures, and rest breaks for outdoor workplaces when temperatures exceed 80°F. For example, California saw a 30% decrease in reported HRIs following implementation of its heat standard in 2005.

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The beginning and end of Monday Morning

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Since I became dean in 2005, there have been four U.S. Since I became dean, we have endured challenges we never could have predicted, like Hurricane Katrina, which struck with great brutality in late August 2005, and the Great Recession, which began in December 2007 and exacted tremendous pain.

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Engineers: Heal Thyselves (and Health Care)

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As an example, in a Blockbuster-could-have-bought-Netflix parallel, The New York Times reports that Intel could have bought NVIDIA in 2005, but the reported $20b price was considered too expensive. Their culture evolved to prioritize financial performance over engineering excellence.” NVIDIA is now worth $3.5

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“Playing Doctor” – A Cautionary Tale From Health IT Pioneers.

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Senator Bill Frist’s hopes for the presidency went up in smoke on March 17, 2005, when he declared on the Senate floor, “I question it (vegetative state) based on a review of the video footage which I spent an hour or so looking at last night in my office.” Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube was removed a final time on March 24, 2005.

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The Licensing Walls Come Tumbling Down

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women (a sister organization, Women on Web , has been similarly serving women in other countries since 2005). Aid Access , for example, was founded in 2018 specifically for to serve U.S. The organization is based in Austria and run by Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts. It can direct prescriptions to U.S.

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Hey, Old Guys!

The Health Care Blog

OK, about that: Statista tracked average age at hire of CEOs from 2005 to 2018, and the average age of CEOs rose from 45.9 Levin points out, “Our politics has been largely in the hands of people born in the 1940s or early ’50s for a generation.”. But the private sector, you might object knowingly!

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Cancer’s Juvenescence: An Incoming Tide and the Urgent Need for a Paradigm Shift

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The first occurred in October 2005 when I was diagnosed at 49 with advanced-stage bladder cancer. My engagement with cancer has mainly been through monitoring how our organization performs on established cancer screening measures for breast, colon, and cervical cancers, based on HEDIS guidelines for age ranges.