Nurse Practitioner in Christmas Valley, OR Accepting Medicare
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 Denise Lee Griffiths, FNP Nurse Practitioner - Family Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 87520 Bay Rd, Christmas Valley, OR 97641 Phone: 541-536-3435 Fax: 541-536-1040 |
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Hospital jobs hurt in some places, expand in others, as recession pinches
Although some hospitals are feeling the pinch of the recession on their budgets, 400 low-income and unemployed residents are receiving job-training and placement at local hospitals to tap into the need for workers. "The Youth Policy Institute, a local nonprofit managing the program, opened its doors to applicants in March and has already enrolled about 400 trainees.
Study: Unsaturated fatty acid metabolism associated with progression of Alzheimer's disease
A new study published in PLOS Medicine's Special Issue on Dementia has found that the metabolism of omega-3 and omega-6 unsaturated fatty acids in the brain are associated with the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
Diabetes epidemic grips the world
Experts are horrified with the rise of numbers of diabetics worldwide. A staggering 366 million people around the world have either Type 1 or 2 diabetes, says the International Diabetes Federation. The disease has taken a deadly toll, causing 4.6 million deaths each year, or one death every seven seconds. The number of sufferers was pegged at 285 million worldwide in 2009. Since then, China reported 92.4 million people with the condition, more than double the federation's estimate. The diabetes epidemic is also heavy on healthcare spending, to the tune of $465 billion a year to fight the disease.
Many consumers opt for high-deductible coverage despite risks
Last year, Tina Holwin Hodges' healthy family switched to a high-deductible health insurance plan and were able to save $100 a month on their monthly premiums, which seemed like a bargain. Then her daughter Cailee spent three days in the hospital with a viral infection, her daughter Heather went in for a cardiac workup, her husband had hand surgery after being out of work for a year, and she injured her back and couldn't work for three months.
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