Labor in healthcare includes taking down medical histories, making diagnoses, lifting patients, removing lumps, palpating livers, writing notes, processing claims and comforting patients.
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Kevin Vigilante,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Expect a thorough exam, during which the provider will palpate (touch) the bicep, check for swelling or tenderness, and assess your range of motion and strength.
The Softstreme High-rise Wide-leg Cropped Pant has a weighty drape that adds an elegant edge to what otherwise feels like loungewear, given how remarkably soft the Softstreme fabric is.
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Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2025
Many people felt San Antonio Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama would take another step forward in his development this season.
Moviegoers had to agree to have their hair shaved off by a barber in the theater's lobby.
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NPR,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
Boston College men's basketball point-shaving scandal One of the clearest examples of La Cosa Nostra's reach in sports was the 1978-79 scandal involving Boston College and two associates of the Lucchese crime family.
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