Pediatrics Doctors in Hidden Valley, PA Accepting Medicare
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 Dr. Peter R Starke, MD Pediatrics Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 1587 Snowfield Terrace, Hidden Valley, PA 15502 Phone: 301-775-1015 |
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School program to help children continue normal educational activities during treatment
Treatment for cancer and other catastrophic disease can last months or years and often makes it impossible for young patients to keep up with their local school curriculum. Teachers in the St. Jude School Program Presented by Target help patients continue their normal educational activities while away from their local schools. They are also part of the health care team that provides opportunities to continue normal educational activities through homebound or hospital-bound educational services. In addition, the team provides school re-entry services to ease the transition back to the community school.
Daily pill ‘combo' prevents HIV transmission: New African study
According two studies in Africa, taking a daily pill containing either one or two anti-HIV drugs can reduce transmission of the virus by as much as three-quarters among heterosexual couples. This is an encouraging finding that could help focus on AIDS prevention. The results were so compelling that the larger study was halted early and the drugs given to all the participants, researchers said Wednesday.
UAB researchers identify biomarker for early beta cell death in Type 1 diabetes
Beta cells in the pancreas produce insulin. Their death is a key feature of Type 1 diabetes, and that loss starts long before diagnosis. However, there has been no straightforward way to measure that early loss.
Roundup: Vt. House vote on universal health care could come today; Calif. group warns of rising costs of retiree health care and pensions
The House is slated Thursday to take up a conference committee report on a bill designed to put the state on the path to universal health care by 2017 if not sooner. The bill sets up a new Green Mountain Care Board to design a system to provide health insurance to every Vermont resident.
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