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 Future Care Capital Region Medicare and Medicaid Location: 1051 Brightseat Road, Landover, Maryland 20785 Ratings: Phone: (240) 487-4400 |
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Powered SAFE Scribe hair replacement technique unveiled at ISHRS meeting
James A. Harris, M.D., director of Hair Sciences Center of Colorado, which specializes in state-of-the-art medical and surgical hair restoration, recently introduced to surgeons around the world his latest advancement in hair replacement, the Powered SAFE Scribe. The product was unveiled to the medical community during the 17th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) held in late July in Amsterdam.
Health care reform increases emergency department use in Massachusetts
The implementation of health care reform in Massachusetts - principally the expansion of health insurance coverage to nearly everyone in the state - was associated with a small but consistent increase in emergency department use, according to the findings of a study to be published online today in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("Increased Use of the Emergency Department After Health Care Reform in Massachusetts").
Health eTouch helps to enhance communications between patients and doctors
Parents of teens know just how difficult it is to get them to talk about their personal lives, let alone their health. With only 20 percent of children with mental health problems in the United States being properly identified and treated, it is imperative that a solution be found. Doctors and researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital are one step closer by finding a new way to get teens to open up about their health and what's really on their mind, bringing up issues that otherwise would have gone unnoticed.
IDEA clinical study seeks to promote weight loss among young adults
Obesity It's a national epidemic and on the rise in young adults. Using technology to combat this problem, the University of Pittsburgh Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center will offer the IDEA (Innovative Approaches to Diet, Exercise, and Activity) study, one of seven clinical trials to be funded by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
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