Hospitals in Fayetteville, GA - Medicare Status, Ratings, Address, Contact

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Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Acute Care Hospital (Medicare Certified)
Location: 1255 Highway 54 West, Fayetteville, Georgia 30214
Ratings: Phone: (770) 719-7000

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KHN column: Market-based reform initiatives are key to success of health law

In her latest Kaiser Health News column, Grace-Marie Turner writes: "Consumer-directed health plans have been useful in controlling the rise of health costs over the last several years, but the survival of these plans is threatened by the new health overhaul law" (6/17).

Broncus Technologies reports positive results for airway bypass procedure for the treatment of emphysema

Broncus Technologies, Inc., a medical device company investigating the airway bypass procedure for the treatment of emphysema, has announced that the results of its open-label Exhale Drug-Eluting Stent feasibility study have been published in the October issue of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

Thickness of the cornea an important factor in considering treatment options for patients with glaucoma

Thickness of the cornea, the thin, transparent layer covering the eye, may be an important factor in considering treatment options for patients with glaucoma, according to an article appearing in the September issue of The Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

People with migraines have differences in cortex area of the brain

People with migraines have differences in an area of the brain that helps process sensory information, including pain, according to a study published in the November 20, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Minimal dose computed tomography better at detecting new or recurrent lung cancer

Lung cancer is associated with very high mortality, in part because it is hard to detect at early stages, but also because it can recur frequently after surgical removal.

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