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What the FTC proposes banning non-competition could mean for documents

What the FTC proposes banning non-competition could mean for documents

Doctors and other clinicians could more easily exit contracts and switch jobs under the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed new rule that would prevent companies from limiting employees’ ability to work for a rival. The proposed rule seeks to prohibit companies from enforcing non-competition clauses in employment contracts, a practice that represents an ‘unfair method of …

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Mortality rates, GDP and health expenditure appear to be interdependent

Mortality rates, GDP and health expenditure appear to be interdependent

Economic growth, mortality and health spending appear to influence each other, according to the authors of a new study in which they analyzed data from more than two dozen high-income countries. In particular, the mortality rate has a negative effect on current health expenditure, while an increase in gross domestic product (GDP) is associated with …

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Students and residents struggle to find affordable child care

Students and residents struggle to find affordable child care

Before Emily Kahoud returns to medical school for her third year, she must solve one of the most difficult problems she has encountered during her training: how to find quality and affordable child care. for her newborn daughter. Kahoud, currently on leave from Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, does not know when she will …

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Medicine after dark: the life of a “night worker” in the hospital

Medicine after dark: the life of a “night worker” in the hospital

When the sun goes down, part of the medical population wakes up. They’re not vampires, even if they have to siphon off the strange vial of blood. These creatures of the night spend traditional sleeping hours practicing medicine. Night shift workers, also known as night hospital workers, work night shifts — typically from 6:00 or …

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