Hospitalist Doctors in Burien, WA Accepting Medicare

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Dr. Kiranmayi Bulusu, M.D. Hospitalist Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 16251 Sylvester Rd Sw, Burien, WA 98166 Phone: 253-426-6341    Fax: 253-426-6344

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Fact checking lawmakers' claims about health bills

NPR began a series called "Is That So?": "As the debate about the health overhaul bill goes on (and on and on) you might find that sometimes what one Senator says seems to be the exact opposite of the next." In the first installment, NPR's Julie Rovner examined Sen. Christopher Dodd's statement: "On the day this bill is enacted, health insurance becomes a buyer's market, not a seller's market. And that's as American as apple pie," and found that "it may be so eventually, but definitely not on the day the bill is enacted."

Genetic risk score predicts onset and severity of scoliosis in adolescents

In a study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, investigators developed and validated a genetic risk score for predicting the onset and severity of the most common type of scoliosis in adolescents-called adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).

Researchers show that men experience more harm than good from routine PSA screening

Prostate cancer screening using the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is widely used in France despite a lack of evidence showing that it reduces cancer deaths. Now, researchers have shown that men experience more harm than good from routine PSA screening, according to research to be presented on Monday by Professor Mathieu Boniol, at the 2013 European Cancer Congress (ECC2013).

Improving care for advanced illnesses can lead to reduced costs

A better approach to advanced illness, including fewer hospitalizations, could improve quality of life and satisfaction for the sickest patients -; and save $25 billion in annual health-care costs, according to Gundersen Health System.

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