Family Medicine Doctors in Dewitt, AR Accepting Medicare
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 Dr. Stanley Wayne Burleson, MD Family Medicine Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 705 W 16th St, Dewitt, AR 72042 Phone: 870-946-1326 Fax: 870-946-4335 |
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Health on The Hill – June 15, 2010
Kaiser Health News staff writer Mary Agnes Carey and the Los Angeles Times' Noam Levey talk with KFF's Jackie Judd about recent events in Congress. For instance, the Senate is debating ways to reverse a 21 percent cut in Medicare physician payments that began on June 1.
Researchers find rise in state-level obesity-related health care costs
Nearly 11 percent or $8 billion of the cost to treat severe obesity was paid for by Medicaid in 2013, ranging from a low of $5 million in Wyoming to $1.3 billion in California. Research led by Y. Claire Wang, ScD, associate professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, predicts these costs will only grow as Medicaid eligibility is extended to more people following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion.
Cellular senescence variations may control health and onset of age-related diseases
Researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan have proposed that cellular senescence variations during the aging process could lead to control of health and onset of age-related diseases.
Latino Commission on AIDS Project focuses on HIV/AIDS among Hispanic immigrants in deep south
NPR's "Tell Me More" on Wednesday included a discussion with Tim Frasca of the Latino Commission on AIDS about the organization's Deep South Project. The project aims to develop strategies to address HIV/AIDS among Hispanics in Mississippi and six other Southern states with rapidly growing populations of new immigrants, Frasca, program coordinator for the project, said.
People with Alzheimer's disease using strong opioids have increased risk of hip fracture
People using strong painkillers, opioids, have twice the risk of hip fracture compared to non-opioid users, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The risk was highest in the first two months of opioid use.
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