Family Medicine Doctors in Ash Fork, AZ Accepting Medicare
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 Dr. W Shelby Rutledge, M.D. Family Medicine Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 112 Park Avenue, Ash Fork, AZ 86320 Phone: 928-637-2305 Fax: 928-637-2343 |
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Combination of lapatinib and trastuzumab more effective in treating HER2-positive breast cancer
Using two drugs that inhibit the growth factor HER2 for preoperative treatment of early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer appears to have better results than treatment with a single agent. In a report in the January 17 issue of The Lancet, an international research team reports that a protocol adding lapatinib (Tykerb) to trastuzumab (Herceptin) was more effective than single-drug treatment with either drug in eliminating microscopic signs of cancer at the time the tumors were surgically removed.
U.S. adolescents spend little time in physical activity, sleep and too long on screens
Only 1 in 20 U.S. adolescents is meeting national recommendations for sleeping, physical activity, and screen time, according to new research by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Program to obtain transplant organs from ER patients creates controversy
The Washington Post: "In the hope of expanding a controversial form of organ donation into emergency rooms around the United States, a federally funded project has begun trying to obtain kidneys, livers and possibly other body parts from car-accident victims, heart-attack fatalities and other urgent-care patients.
Bipolar disorder a growing health issue
The estimated number of youth with office visits with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder substantially increased between 1994 and 2003, while adult visits with a bipolar disorder diagnoses appeared to almost double, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Are exchanges more appealing to insurers now?
Elsewhere, in Colorado, new fees on consumers and insurance plans would raise $13 million to help run that state's exchange next year.
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