Pharmacists in Pelican, LA Accepting Medicare
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 Mr. Paul Mark Chachere, RPH Pharmacist Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 7854 Highway 513, Pelican, LA 71063 Phone: 318-755-2090 |
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Longer looks: Dying at home; losing religion; Obamacare 2.0
He was still her handsome father, the song-and-dance man of her childhood, with a full head of wavy hair and blue eyes that lit up when he talked. But he was gaunt now, warped like a weathered plank, perhaps by late effects of an old stroke, certainly by muscle atrophy and bad circulation in his legs. Now she was determined to fulfill her father's dearest wish, the wish so common among frail, elderly people: to die at home. But it seemed as if all the forces of the health care system were against her -; hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, insurance companies, and the shifting crosscurrents of public health care spending (Nina Bernstein, 9/25).
Novel drug extends survival for women with HR-positive metastatic breast cancer
The drug palbociclib, used in combination with standard treatment, improved survival for women with hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer, according to a large phase III clinical trial.
Researchers create 3D liver model for improved diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is becoming the most common chronic liver disorder in developed countries. Histological analysis of liver tissue is the only widely accepted test for diagnosing and distinguishing different stages of the disease. However, this technique provides only two-dimensional images of the liver tissue in low resolution and overlooks potentially important 3D structural changes.
Elevated PSA levels in men are not necessarily a predictor of the need for a prostate biopsy: Study
Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that some elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men may be caused by a hormone normally occurring in the body, and are not necessarily a predictor of the need for a prostate biopsy.
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