Get out—and stay out

Get sober; stay sober.

In the decades since alcoholism became widely recognized as a disease (Jellinek, 1960), evidence for alcohol-induced physical damage has accumulated both in quantity and in detail. Prominent amongst the affected organ systems at-risk is the brain, which responds to alcohol in a variety of ways. Free radicals formed during metabolism of alcohol damage the brain. Acetaldehyde, which is generated ...

Get the fat out!

Obesity is associated with increased risk of a number of cancers in humans, but the mechanism(s) responsible for these associations have not been established. It is estimated that 68% of adults are overweight or obese and that obesity may be causative in 4% to 7% of cancers in the United States. Several hypotheses have been put forward to explain the association between obesity and cancer inclu...

Centromere errors get chewed out

Let's get the lead out.

Approximately 9,000 homes in Kenosha have a lead water service line that delivers fresh municipal water from the Kenosha Water Utility’s cast iron or plastic water mains located in public streets and rights of way, into individual homes that is used for drinking, bathing and cleaning. Th ese lead services lines that connect the fresh water mains to more than 9,000 families were installed prior ...

Facility Closure: How to Get In, Get Out, and Get What Is Important.

This article examines the current state of affairs of the health information management role in facility closure as well as the impact on revenue cycle operations. Health information management professionals are uniquely positioned to assist an organization in closure efforts because of their knowledge of revenue cycle operations, ability to work with the software products used to generate and ...