Nursing Homes in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
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 Vicar's Landing Nursing Home Medicare Location: 1003 York Road, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 32082 Ratings: Phone: (904) 285-1055 |
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Highly focused radiation may slow disease progression in men with oligometastatic prostate cancer
Highly focused, intense doses of radiation called stereotactic ablative radiation (SABR) may slow progression of disease in a subset of men with hormone-sensitive prostate cancers that have spread to a few separate sites in the body, according to results of a phase II clinical trial of the therapy.
Zilver PTX randomized trial of paclitaxel-eluting stents for femoropopliteal disease demonstrates superior results
Four-year results of the Zilver PTX Randomized Controlled Trial of Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents for Femoropopliteal Disease continue to demonstrate consistent, superior results when compared to bare metal stents (BMS) and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in terms of primary patency, restenosis reduction and revascularization rates.
Health insurer stocks rise as Wall Street anticipates Republican victory in Mass.
"Health insurer shares rose on Tuesday, while hospital stocks fell as investors anticipated a Republican victory in the special Massachusetts election for a new U.S. senator that would throw healthcare reform into uncertainty," Reuters reports. "The Street prefers a simple narrative," said Les Funtleyder, a health care analyst with Miller Tabak. "The narrative is Coakley in Massachusetts is in trouble and therefore the healthcare reform bill is also in trouble" (Krauskopf, 1/19).
NPAF applauds Congressional Democrats for supporting health insurance reform
The National Patient Advocate Foundation - a national, non-profit organization dedicated to the mission of creating avenues of improved patient access to health care through public policy reform at the state and federal levels - today praised Congressional Democrats for their courageous support of health insurance reform that will expand health insurance coverage and restrict the ability of insurance companies to deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions.
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