Nephrology Doctors in Champaign, IL Accepting Medicare

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Smita Murty, MD Internal Medicine - Nephrology Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 1801 W Windsor Rd, Champaign, IL 61822 Phone: 217-366-5646    Fax: 217-366-6106

Dr. J. Timothy Sehy, M.D. Internal Medicine - Nephrology Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 1801 Windsor Rd, Champaign, IL 61822 Phone: 217-366-5434

Dr. Edwin Okyne, M.D Internal Medicine - Nephrology Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 1801 W Windsor Rd, Champaign, IL 61822 Phone: 217-366-5434

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Findings underscore need to increase access to new treatments for minority groups, older patients

While new and better treatments have improved the odds of survival for patients diagnosed late stage colorectal cancer, that progress has been largely confined to non-Hispanic whites and Asians and those under age 65, according to a new study. American Cancer Society researchers led by Helmneh Sineshaw, M.D., MPH, find there have been no significant increases in survival rates for Hispanics and non-Hispanic blacks with metastatic colon cancer.

Stem cells use inflammatory signals to find injured tissue

A joint effort led by stem cell biologist Evan Y. Snyder, M.D., Ph.D., of The Burnham Institute, and Samia J. Khoury, M.D., of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, report data suggesting that stem cells use inflammatory signals to "know" where they must home.

Health worker training program cuts stillbirths by 30% in 6 developing countries, study says

The rate of stillbirths was cut by more than 30 percent after health workers in rural parts of six developing countries were trained "in how to help a newborn start breathing and to keep it warm and clean," according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Reuters reports. The trainees - who included midwives, nurses, traditional birth attendants and physicians - were given "hand-held pumps and masks to fill babies' lungs with air if they were not breathing at birth, clean-delivery kits to prevent infection and scales to measure their weight," the news service writes.

Prime Healthcare acquires St. Mary's Medical Center and St. Joseph Medical Center in Missouri

Prime Healthcare announced today that it has completed its acquisition of St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, MO, and St. Mary's Medical Center in Blue Springs, MO, as well as other assets of Carondelet Health from Ascension Health. St. Joseph and St. Mary's medical centers are acute-care hospitals with 456 beds and 900 physicians on staff combined.

Endogenous peptide improves glucose and insulin tolerance and reduces body weight in mice

Treating obese mice with catestatin, a peptide naturally occurring in the body, showed significant improvement in glucose and insulin tolerance and reduced body weight, report University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers.

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