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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Have A Boost of Multivitamin Everyday With A Daily Green Supplement Available At The Best Price

A multivitamin is a supplement enriched with vitamins, dietary minerals, and other nutritional elements. Multivitamins are available in tablets, capsules, powders, or liquids. You can also find them in the form of the injectable formulation. However, they can be taken…

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Types of Surgery and the application of Dental Surgical Instruments

The perioperative environment for dental procedures has evolved drastically since its inception. Minimally invasive procedures coupled with precision instruments are meant to reduce trauma and improve healing. Innovations such as dental implants have further improved oral healthcare practices. It wouldn’t…

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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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