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• New study evaluates presentation of chronic fatigue syndrome in the ED

  Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is poorly understood, but proposed mechanisms include biological, genetic, infectious, and psychological. This disease is characterized by profound fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, sleep abnormalities, autonomic manifestations, pain, and other symptoms that are made worse by exertion of any sort. For years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended two controversial treatments for CFS — a program of steadily increasing activity and a specific form of cognitive behavior therapy. However, few medical professionals are aware that the CDC has dropped the exercise and psychotherapy recommendations. How do patients with CFS get the healthcare and treatment they deserve to deal with their symptoms?

• Boutique airports, airlines are on the rise

  Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  In a world defined by stiff global competition, heightened user experiences, and demanding social media presences, the bigger is better mindset has been ruling for some time. But some regional airports and smaller airlines have been quietly rewriting this messaging. The reality of the travel industry is that a large percentage of travelers fall into the economy travel and short-haul categories. It is imperative that these travelers, who also bring in the volume of business, be addressed and served accordingly.

• Supreme Court upholds transgender military ban

  Miranda Y. Brumbaugh Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  On Jan. 22, the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 in favor of reversing the current standing policy of allowing transgender people in the military. Now the presidential administration and the Pentagon will be one step further in their mission to prohibit transgender service members in the U.S. armed forces. At this time, there are approximately 900 transgender U.S. service men and women who are active duty in the armed forces and are directly affected by this ruling.

• Why your job may be disappearing

  Patrick Gleeson Science & Technology

  For more than 50 years now, intellectuals like Herman Kahn have been predicting a future where very few of us will work. Yet unemployment is no worse than it’s ever been. Reasonably enough, most of us have stopped worrying about it. But recent developments in automation and artificial intelligence have sharply increased the chances that your job’s going away — and probably far sooner than you think. Worse, according to an alarming article in The New York Times, many business leaders not only believe technology-related job losses will be substantial in the near future — they’re looking forward to it!

• Why are on-the-job deaths of large-truck drivers on the rise?

  Terri Williams Transportation Technology & Automotive

  The number of large-truck drivers who died in a traffic fatality reached a record level in 2017 — the last year with complete data available. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, large-truck occupant fatalities in multiple-vehicle crashes increased by 28.5 percent from 2016. Large-truck occupant fatalities in single-vehicle crashes increased by 8.7 percent from 2016. This increase is the result of several factors. "Behavior is at the root of most safety failures," according to Brian Fielkow, CEO of Jetco Delivery, a trucking company based in Houston that has been praised for its safety record.

• Study: Oral-B Glide dental floss may contain harmful chemical

  Scott E. Rupp Oral & Dental Healthcare

  Potentially harmful chemicals often used for their water and grease resistance, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), may be harmful to our health and in common household items, including Oral-B Glide dental floss, according to a peer-reviewed study. The floss might lead to higher levels of toxic PFAS chemicals in people’s bodies. Perhaps somewhat shockingly, the researchers say they found higher levels of PFHxS (perfluorohexanesulfonic acid), a type of PFAS, in women who flossed with Oral-B Glide compared to those who didn't. The study was designed to explain how these chemicals enter the human body.

• FDA issues warning letter to companies on dangerous, unapproved stem cell…

  Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  After 12 people were hospitalized for infections associated with unapproved stem cell treatments, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to Genetech, Inc. about the umbilical cord blood-derived cellular products distributed by Liveyon, LLC. The FDA warned Genetech for processing umbilical cord blood into unapproved human cellular products and for significant deviations from current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) and current good tissue practice (CGTP) requirements.

• Officer down! How do your state’s benefits compare?

  Sandie Doptis and Jack Gaffigan Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  When there is an officer down incident, kind-hearted nonprofit and departmental associations always attempt to provide financial assistance to the survivors of a line-of-duty death through fundraisers utilizing banks, radio shows and telemarketing. The funds dispersed to the surviving widows and children pale in light of the fact that the majority of the states provide special public safety death benefits and full four-year college scholarships within their respective university systems to all survivors. This article focuses solely on state death benefits, and in particular the one-time, lump-sum death benefit — if the state has one — payable to the survivors of an officer killed in the line of duty.

• Skift reveals 12 megatrends in travel, tourism for 2019

  Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Skift released The Megatrends Defining Travel in 2019 earlier in January. Through surveys, interviews, and focus group research with travelers throughout the year, Skift reveals 12 megatrends in travel and tourism. For example, one trend is that brands give travelers more control over their experience. It is now very common for travelers to plan their own trips through price alerts and location-based apps.

• Infographic: How to create an effective business continuity plan

  Gaetano DiNardi Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Let’s say your company is thriving. The amount of profits, clients, employees and even products are steadily increasing. Every moving component is working seamlessly, and you’re making a name for yourself in the city and industry. Everything is going so well that you should keep on keeping on, right? Not necessarily. Just because the business is flourishing in the present doesn’t mean everything is peachy keen. What would happen if a disaster, natural or otherwise, were to occur tomorrow?

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