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New Web Site for Caregivers of People on Medicare |
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Written by IV Post
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Friday, 19 September 2008 |
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Washington, DC - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today launched Ask Medicare, a new initiative to help family caregivers, those who are family members or friends who help people with Medicare - access and use valuable healthcare information, services and resources. |
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Leaders Discussing Health-care Reform - Health Matters |
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Written by IV Post
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Wednesday, 17 September 2008 |
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Tempe, Arizona - Many challenges facing Arizona’s health-care system seem insurmountable. Among the most pressing are an aging and growing population needing increased health-care services, rising medical costs and caring for the uninsured. |
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Coating Improves Electrical Stimulation Therapy - Parkinson's, Depression, Chronic Pain |
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Written by UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 |
Dallas, Texas - Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have designed a way to improve electrical stimulation of nerves by outfitting electrodes with the latest in chemically engineered fashion: a coating of basic black, formed from carbon nanotubes.
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Stanford Microbe Hunter Stanley Falkow to Receive a 2008 Lasker Award |
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Written by IV Post
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Monday, 15 September 2008 |
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Stanford, California - Stanley Falkow has spent his life studying how bacteria cause human disease. But ask him whose side he’s on, and he’s likely to pause. Or maybe not. Actually, it’s been pretty clear all along, as evidenced by an experiment in graduate school that required him to feed hapless bacteria to a hungry slime mold. |
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Killing Bacteria Isn't Enough to Restore Immune Function After Infection |
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Written by UT Southwestern Medical Center
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 |
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Dallas, Texas - A bacterial molecule that initially signals to animals that they have been invaded must be wiped out by a special enzyme before an infected animal can regain full health, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
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Efforts Underway to Increase Home Based Alternatives to Institutional Care Awareness |
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Written by IV Post
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008 |
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Washington, DC - Seven states today will receive a share of over $8 million in federal grants to increase awareness of home- and community-based long-term care options for people leaving hospitals who otherwise may enter a traditional nursing home, CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems announced. |
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Light Shed on Relationship Between Absent Fathers and Early Puberty |
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Written by Jeff Harrison, University of Arizona
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008 |
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Tucson, Arizona - A study by a University of Arizona researcher and a colleague offers some insight on a phenomenon affecting girls who grow up in homes minus their biological fathers, and why they tend to go through puberty at an earlier age than their peers in intact families. |
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