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New Guidelines: Screen Diabetes Patients for Fatty Liver Disease
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The American Diabetes Association has issued new guidelines at its annual San Diego meeting to screen patients for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. All adults with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes should be screened for the condition, estimated to affect nearly one in
four US adults. About 1.5-6.5% of adults have a rarer but more severe form called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, which can require liver transplantation and cause liver cancer. STAT has the whole story.
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Nurses Question Hospital Safety After Multiple Patient Rapes
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Nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas, are demanding answers from the hospital regarding how a man could enter the hospital and rape three patients during the night. The accused, Miguel Rodela, appeared in court on Wednesday and remained in jail with a $250,000 bond. Nurses at two Ascension hospitals are planning a one-day strike on June 27th, stating that safety is their top concern.
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She’s 90 Years Old—and Still Making the Rounds
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Two years ago, at 88 years old, Arizona nurse Ellie Ucci, RN, told a local news station that retiring was “out of the question.” She means it. Now 90, Ucci is still going strong after more than 65 years of working as a nurse, starting as a naval nurse when polio
still ravaged communities. She’s been at her current employer, Banner Gateway in Gilbert, Arizona, for four decades and maintains, “Retirement is not in my vocabulary.”
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