NURSES
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Watch as MNA RN Jean Ross gives dramatic testimony to Sen. Al Franken about debt collectors in ER – NurseTV.org Related: Sen. Franken questions Accretive Health execs today over allegations of aggressive debt collection practices. strib.mn/KW2dB9
Night Shift May Boost Women’s Breast Cancer Risk “About 10 to 20 percent of women in modern societies have night shift work,” said lead researcher Johnni Hansen. “It might therefore be one of the largest occupational problems related to cancer.”
HEALTH CARE
In Medicine, Falling for Fake Innovation …In other words, this is a pseudo-innovation — a technology that increases costs without improving patients’ health. Related: Jane Brody: When Costly Medical Care Just Adds to the Pain.
Health care reform provides for free, recommended preventive services for women (mammograms, well-woman visits, etc). go.usa.gov/piN
LABOR
U.S. Factories Rebounding On The Backs Of Low-Wage Workers American manufacturing may be starting to bounce back, but the workers responsible for the turnaround aren’t seeing much of a pay off. U.S. manufacturing output.
CEO Pay Up 6 Percent Last Year Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.
10k Wealthy Households Paid NO Income Tax Last Year in 2009 How’d they do it? According to the study, nearly one-third of the high-income returns used miscellaneous deductions such as non-reimbursed employee expenses. Other big reasons for deductions included charitable contributions, medical expenses, and losses related to an incorporated small business.