Preoperative Lab Tests Often Unnecessary Says JAMA Study
Researchers from the University of California San Francisco analyzed 2000 elective surgery patients and found 60 percent had blood tests with no clear medical reason. Only four abnormalities mattered, and no adverse surgical outcomes occurred. Savings could reach millions nationwide.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
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San Francisco
Sheiner
Supreme Court splits over union discipline for strike breakers
The five to four decision limits unions from fining members who quit during or near a strike, allowing broader protections for voluntary union membership. Justice Powell writes for the majority, while Justice Blackmun dissents, arguing the ruling weakens worker power and solidarity. The case stems from Pattern Makers League members who quit during a Rockford Beloit strike and were fined. the NLRB found coercion. The court also decided on pension mismanagement suit limits, civil rights fees, and a Philadelphia wrongful-stay case.
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Supreme Court
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Waterway user fees get committee OK
A House Public Works and Transportation Committee panel backed user fees and local cost sharing for harbors and dams as it approved about 290 Army Corps of Engineers projects worth nearly 10.4 billion dollars. The vote aimed to end a decade long stalemate on funding and projects.
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Thomas P. O’neill Jr
O’neill
D-Mass
Senate
Reagan
Seventh time for this thug
CHICAGO AP A man with a pre World War II criminal record and six prior prison terms was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison as a dangerous offender for felon in possession of three revolvers seized in 1979. Paul Panczko 61 vowed no break in life and faces potential release if health fails. his family ties tag him as Chicago’s prominent burglar lineage.
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Panczko
U.S
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Max
Hart
Joseph ‘Pops’ Panczka
Edward
Butch’ Panezka
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