Medical Insurance: Understanding Plans, Claims, and Reimbursement

Medical insurance is an essential component of financial planning, providing coverage for medical expenses that can be expensive and unexpected. Medical insurance plans offer financial protection against medical and surgical expenses, covering hospitalization, diagnostic tests, and other healthcare costs. It…

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Commission Welcomes Changes To EU Law To Allow Export Of Patented Medicine To Countries In Need

The European Commission today welcomes the adoption by the European Council of a regulation allowing companies to produce copies of patented medicines under license for export to “countries in need” without sufficient capacity to produce them. The regulation implements within…

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Novel Biologic Model For Percutaneous Renal Surgery Learning And Training In The Laboratory

Percutaneous intrarenal surgery can be a challenging skill to teach due to the paucity of readily available models to use for simulation. These educators described a biological porcine kidney model that they have used successfully for this teaching strategy. A…

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1,200 RNs Gather In San Francisco Tuesday: Take Next Step To Form Nation’s Largest Ever Union Of Nurses

Nurses to March for Employee Free Choice, Unmask Insurance Industry “Death Panels,” and Hear from RNs in Single-Payer Systems With the approaching formation of the largest union and professional association of nurses in U.S. history, 1,200 registered nurses will convene…

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American Lung Association Study To Be Designated As An Editor’s Choice Article In Next Edition Of The “Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology”

The American Lung Association’s Asthma Clinical Research Centers (ACRC) completed the largest and most comprehensive study to evaluate placebo effects in patients with asthma. This new study investigated whether it is possible to enhance the effectiveness of treatment for poorly…

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Critical Molecule To Celiac Disease, Possibly Other Autoimmune Disorders, Pinpointed By UM Scientists

It was nine years ago that University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers discovered that a mysterious human protein called zonulin played a critical role in celiac disease and other autoimmune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis and diabetes. Now, scientists…

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Alzheimer’s disease’ by Amouyel is published in the same edition of Nature Genetics.

National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) President and Chief Executive Officer Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE issued the following statement following the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruling on September 3, 2009, upholding the reduction…

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Risk Factors For Congenital Cryptorchidism In A Prospective Birth Cohort Study

UroToday.com – Although cryptorchidism is the most common urogenital malformation in newborn boys, its etiology remains largely unknown. Genetic factors, e.g. defects in developmental genes such as INSL3 or its receptor may be involved in some cases. Other reported risk…

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Therapeutic Starvation And Autophagy In Prostate Cancer: A New Paradigm For Targeting Metabolism In Cancer Therapy

In the online edition of The Prostate, Robert S. DiPaola and co-investigators reported their research on autophagy. Autophagy is a mechanism of cellular resistance or alternatively cell death. Cancer metabolism differs from normal cells in that it uses anaerobic glycolysis…

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Edmonton Protocol Clinical Trial Findings Show Promise For Certain Patients With Severe Type 1 Diabetes

The Edmonton Protocol clinical trial, led by University of Alberta researcher Dr. James Shapiro, shows islet transplantation is a promising procedure for certain patients with severe Type 1 Diabetes. This research is published in the September 28, 2006 edition of…

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Investigation Of A Novel Degradable Ureteral Stent In A Porcine Model

A reliable degradable ureteral stent would be a welcome addition to the endourologist’s armamentarium. Researchers from Canada have reported on a promising Uriprene stent prototype constructed of L-lactide and glycolide lactic acid, glycolic acid and barium sulfate. In porcine studies…

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Randomized Clinical Trial Of Lidocaine Jelly For Prevention Of Inadvertent Retrograde Stone Migration During Pneumatic Lithotripsy Of Ureteral Stone

Ureteroscopy is the most common interventional procedure before symptomatic ureteral, not amenable to shock wave, lithotripsy. It has a very high stone free rate. However, retrograde displacement of a calculus can occur during irrigation to maintain patency and vision, or…

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Vital Options International, ASTRO Partner To Raise Awareness Of Cancer Survivorship, USA

As part of its continued effort to give back to the cancer communities in the cities visited during its annual scientific meeting, the Fairfax, Virginia-based American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) is partnering with Vital Options International to…

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Dia-B Achieves Major Clinical Milestone By Detecting Its Diabetes Drug Compound ISF402 In Blood

Dia-B Tech Limited (ASX:DIA) has achieved a major clinical milestone of its ISF402 diabetes drug development by confirming its detection in the bloodstream of trial patients. Peptides and proteins already existing in the bloodstream often mask small peptide drugs, making…

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National Breast Cancer Foundation Unveils Innovative Web Site For Survivors

National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.(R) (NBCF) has launched an innovative new Web site, http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org, that inspires and educates, with the best online social network community available today for breast cancer patients, survivors and their families and friends. Since 1991 NBCF…

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OraSure Donation Helps Project HOPE And Network Of Stigma-Free Services Launch An HIV Detection Campaign Using Rapid Oral Tests In Mexico City

The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) and Project HOPE are the recipients of 2,000 HIV rapid detection test kits that will be distributed among members of a new stigma-free network of HIV/AIDS service providers in the Mexico City metropolitan area…

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Respiratory Ailments Leading Reasons Why ER Doctors Hospitalize Children And Teens, USA

About 3 of every 10 children and teens who are admitted to the hospital from the emergency room have asthma, pneumonia, acute bronchitis or another respiratory disorder, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research…

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Clare Brown, Chief Executive Of Infertility Network UK Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Clare Brown, Chief Executive of the Infertility Network UK (I N UK) is to be presented with the World Fertility Awareness Month Lifetime Achievement Award at the occasion of the 23rd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction…

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Food Safety Controls: Almost Half Of Rapid Alert System Notifications Concern Imports Rejected At EU Border

About 45% of notifications to the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in 2006 concerned products from third countries which were blocked at the border by EU control authorities when the risks were identified. EU Health Commissioner…

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General Optical Council – News From Council Meeting, 28 June 2007GOC Supports Early Move To Independent Adjudication Body

The General Optical Council recently gave its formal support to transferring responsibility for hearings to a new Independent Adjudication Body at the earliest opportunity. The new body will be set up as a result of recommendations in the Government’s White…

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American Pharmacists Association Seeks Nominations For The Gloria Niemeyer Francke Leadership Mentor Award

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) announces that nominations are now being accepted for the Gloria Niemeyer Francke Leadership Mentor Award. The award will be presented at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, California, March 14 – 17,…

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Alcohol Related Hospital Admissions Doubled In Last 10 Years According To Latest Official Figures, UK

The latest compendium of figures issued recently by the independent provider of official health and social care statistics, the Information Centre (The IC) show how hospital admissions specifically related to alcohol consumption have more than doubled in the last 10…

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Rep. Serrano To Push For Removal Of Language That Prevents Washington, D.C., From Financing Needle-Exchange Programs

Rep. Jose Serrano (D-N.Y.) said recently he will make it a priority to push for the removal of language from a Washington, D.C., appropriations bill that prevents the city from financing needle-exchange programs, the New York Times reports (Urbina, New…

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Activity In Brain Synapses And Developmental Abnormalities Linked With Schizophrenia Gene

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) researchers have identified a function of neuregulin1 (NRG1), a gene previously linked to schizophrenia but whose role in the disease was unknown. “We found that when this gene or this pathway is impaired,” explained CSHL’s…

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HHS To Allocate $195M In Grants To Gulf Coast Clinics To Provide Primary Care To Uninsured Residents, Recruit Physicians

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt on Thursday said the department will allocate $195 million in a one-time round of grants to Gulf Coast health services, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. About $100 million of the grant money will go to clinics…

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Mexico Supreme Court Accepts Petition To Review Mexico City Law Legalizing Abortion During First Three Months’ Gestation

The Mexico Supreme Court on Friday announced that it has accepted a petition, filed by the National Human Right’s Commission, to review the constitutionality of a Mexico City law that allows pregnant women to obtain an abortion during the first…

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