General Practice Doctors in St. Thomas, VI Accepting Medicare

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Dr. Garfield Alexander Less, M.D.
General Practice
Medicare: May Accept Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 1601 6th St. 1-3 Sugar Est., St. Thomas, VI 00802
Phone: 340-776-9786    Fax: 340-774-3211

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Synageva announces submission of Kanuma application to Cofepris for treatment of LAL Deficiency

Synageva BioPharma Corp., a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutic products for rare disorders, announced today the submission to the Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios in Mexico for Kanuma as a treatment for patients with lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL Deficiency), a rare genetic disease with significant morbidity and early mortality.

Researchers develop antimicrobial plastic films to reduce infection risk in hospitals

In the framework of the European project FLEXPOL, members of the UA NANOBIOPOL group are designing formulations with antimicrobial properties from essential oils.

Researchers shed light on how immune cells weaken with age

Researchers from the European Bioinformatics Institute, University of Cambridge, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the Cancer Research UK–Cambridge Institute have shed light on a long-standing debate about why the immune system weakens with age.

Private Medicare Advantage to receive $11.4 billion more in 2009

Private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans will be paid $11.4 billion more in 2009 than what the same beneficiaries would have cost in the traditional Medicare fee-for-service program, according to a new report released today by The Commonwealth Fund.

Seafood consumption may benefit older adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease

New research published Feb. 2 in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that older adults with a major risk gene for Alzheimer's disease known as APOE?4 who ate at least one seafood serving per week showed fewer signs of Alzheimer's-related brain changes. In contrast, this association was not found in the brains of volunteers who ate fish weekly but did not carry the risk gene.

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