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...often less than (male) hospital maintenance workers with eighth-grade educations. Then in the late 1980s a severe nursing shortage gave the profession the leverage to win compensation commensurate with skill. Today the average staff nurse's salary is about $35,000; at New York City's Presbyterian Hospital, a nurse with 20 years' experience earns $71,250--a big blip on any cost-containment radar screen...
Predictably, they have started to do the same with Redux. "In Europe," says Dr. Stuart Rich, a cardiologist at Chicago's Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center and a co-author of the recent New England Journal study, "the majority of people who have taken Redux were looking to lose 10 lbs. to 20 lbs. You can just imagine how popular this medication is going to be here...
...Gresham Bayne practices medicine in some pretty unusual places. Just last month the San Diego physician was worshipping at the Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church when a fellow parishioner collapsed in her pew. Rather than call 911 to rush the 96-year-old woman to the hospital, Bayne asked the ushers to take her to the church parlor. The doctor, who is something of a gadget freak, was equipped for any contingency. Stashed in his black bag--actually a blue-and-gray fishing-tackle box--was a miniaturized version of every diagnostic tool he needed to assess her symptoms...
...Gizmos ranging from water-filled pillows to "magic finger" neck massagers to racks that let sufferers hang upside down can indeed provide some relief to a nagging back. "There is no evidence that they prevent a recurrence of back pain," says Dr. Gunnar Andersson, chairman of orthopedics at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago. "On the other hand, there is little risk that any product will cause serious harm. Perhaps what feels good should be good enough...
...harbor any about his wife. Even within the Dole household, politics and religion have not mixed perfectly. When a new minister joined the Foundry Methodist Church and the Doles realized that his views were more liberal than theirs--he was pro-abortion rights--they switched to a more traditional Presbyterian church in Washington...