Doctors combine heart attack tests
(08/31/00 4:00am)
Three tests are better than one.
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Three tests are better than one.
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Late last week, the International Union of Operating Engineers, which has been attempting for more than a month to organize over 2,000 nurses at the Health System's main campus, filed two charges that Duke Hospital's management has engaged in unfair labor practices.