Nursing - News December 10, 2012

hands holding breast cancer ribbon (WAPT-TV Jackson)
Research presented at a just-concluded breast cancer symposium will help doctors understand how to use existing drugs better when certain drugs don't work, and how chemotherapy may not be to blame for so-called "chemo brain." Breast cancer doctors and researchers from around the world gathered at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in San ... (more)

5 new breast cancer discoveries (KXLY-TV Spokane)
Research presented at a just-concluded breast cancer symposium will help doctors understand how to use existing drugs better when certain drugs don't work, and how chemotherapy may not be to blame for so-called "chemo brain." Breast cancer doctors and researchers from around the world gathered at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in San ... (more)

Abseil is no sweat for daredevil David at 82 (Swindon Advertiser)
AT 82 you might expect David Cummings to be taking things easy, but the pensioner joined dozens of people in a charity abseil at the Great Western Hospital on Saturday.

Radio Station Sought Permission to Air Royal Prank; DJs Speak Out (WJCW-AM Gray)
The Australian radio station involved in the phone prank with the London hospital caring for Kate Middleton says it made at least five attempts to obtain permission from the nurses involved to broadcast the taped conversation.

Bathurst MP to push for more nurses (ABC News)
Concerns about low staffing levels at Bathurst Hospital will be referred to the state government if health chiefs do not intervene.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge leaving the King Edward VII hospital in London (Brentwoodweeklynews.co.uk)
The Australian radio presenters who duped a nurse into helping reveal details about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge's health are to break their silence about their prank call.

Iowa spent more than $25M on overtime last year (WOI)
Iowa spent more than $25 million on overtime pay during the last fiscal year, but that is less than the state spent in recent years.

Smoking causes 30 percent of all cancer deaths and 87 percent of all lung cancer deaths. (Jerusalem Post)
It's a sad but familiar scene near the grounds of many medical campuses: hospital-gowned patients, some toting rolling IV poles, huddled in clumps under bus shelters or warming areas, smoking cigarettes.

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