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The Institute of Medicine Report on Cancer Care: Is The System "In Crisis"?

Orac Respectful Insolence
The evidence base for a lot of the health IT recommendations being able to do what they are claimed to be able to do is currently thin to nonexistent, but there has been a major initiative over the last 14 years to improve the adherence to evidence-based guidelines in treating cancer patients. Although this has largely been fairly successful, there are areas where current oncology practices fall short, particularly in the elderly.

Record Protests Sweep Bangladesh

Sarah Lazare Common Dreams
Over 50,000 demand 'dignity' in garment industry where majority-female workforce faces dangerous conditions and some of lowest wages in world

The Left and Tomorrow's German Election

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The Left party (Die Linke) received nine percent in the poll conducted by INSA and published by German newspaper Bild on Thursday, just days head of general elections.

Happy Birthday: TDU Turns 37

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Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) has since become the longest-lived, most successful rank and file movement in U.S. labor history. Many labor historians have noted TDU’s role in winning rights, cutting mob influence in the Teamsters, and giving rank and file Teamsters a voice.