Optometrists in Long Prairie, MN Accepting Medicare

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Vandesteeg & Larson Optometric Clinic, Pa Optometrist Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 240 Central Ave, Long Prairie, MN 56347 Phone: 320-732-2313    Fax: 320-533-3147

Azure Vision Care Optometrist Medicare: Medicare Enrolled Practice Location: 249 Central Avenue, Long Prairie, MN 56347 Phone: 320-732-2002    Fax: 320-732-2002

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Low health insurance premiums may come with high deductibles

News accounts looks at the price data for the new insurance marketplaces released by the administration Wednesday and note that consumers need to consider costs beyond the premiums. That's because some lower-cost policies may have stiffer copayments and deductibles layered on top of their monthly costs.

Scientists investigate the role played by genes and environment in multiple substance use

Many drug addicts take not only one substance but rather several. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine in Göttingen have investigated the role that genes and the environment play in the development of such multiple substance consumption or polytoxicomania.

Ketamine reduces suicidal thoughts in patients with bipolar depression

Bipolar disorder is a serious and debilitating condition where individuals experience severe swings in mood between mania and depression. The episodes of low or elevated mood can last days or months, and the risk of suicide is high. Antidepressants are commonly prescribed to treat or prevent the depressive episodes, but they are not universally effective. Many patients still continue to experience periods of depression even while being treated, and many patients must try several different types of antidepressants before finding one that works for them.

CDC helping to detect and control disease outbreaks in other countries

"The Atlanta-based CDC is expanding its involvement in cases of illness overseas, from helping track the source of the highly toxic E. coli outbreak in Germany to homing in on the cause of cholera in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake," in an effort "to stop epidemics before they can reach the United States," Reuters/MSNBC.com reports.

HHS to pay $1 billion for ideas to drive down health costs

The availability of a second round of grants - funded by the health law - was announced to support approaches to reduce costs and improve care. The initial round, announced last year, funded 107 organizations.

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