Geriatric Medicine Doctors in Cumberland, RI Accepting Medicare

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Dr. Michael Klufas, MD Internal Medicine - Geriatric Medicine Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 525 Broad St, Suite 103, Cumberland, RI 02864 Phone: 401-726-1048    Fax: 401-724-0896

Dr. Altaf Ahmed Girach, MD Internal Medicine - Geriatric Medicine Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 2138 Mendon Rd, Suite 101a, Cumberland, RI 02864 Phone: 401-333-8500    Fax: 401-333-2191

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Study sheds light on how stress differently affects women's hearts

Coronary artery disease continues to be a major cause of death in the U.S., killing hundreds of thousands of people per year. However, this disease burden isn't evenly divided between the sexes; significantly more men than women are diagnosed with coronary artery disease each year. The reasons behind this difference aren't well defined. Though some studies have shown that men's hearts become more constricted than women's during exercise, letting less blood flow through, women are more likely than men to have symptoms of heart trouble after emotional upsets.

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New York Times reports on controversy surrounding Syrian aid; WFP to feed 2.5M people in Syria by April

The New York Times examines the controversy surrounding humanitarian aid to Syria, writing, "The United States and other international donors are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on humanitarian aid for Syrians afflicted by the civil war. But here in the rebel-controlled north, where the deprivation is most acute, that money has bought mostly anger and resentment: the vast majority of aid is going to territory controlled by President Bashar al-Assad, and the small amount reaching opposition-held areas is all but invisible."

FDA clears new BD ProbeTec Qx Amplified DNA Assays to detect HSV 1 and 2

Clinicians now have a new tool to help diagnose symptomatic patients with Herpes Simplex Viruses - one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the world.

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