Physical Therapists in Brookneal, VA Accepting Medicare
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 Kathryn Morris, PT, DPT Physical Therapist Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments Practice Location: 120 Rush St W, Brookneal, VA 24528 Phone: 434-845-9053 |
Anne Vilushis, PT Physical Therapist Medicare: Not Enrolled in Medicare Practice Location: 120 Rush St W, Brookneal, VA 24528 Phone: 434-376-2008 Fax: 434-376-3773 |
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Lincoln, Kucinich weigh in on health bill votes
The Associated Press/The Washington Times: Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., "insisted Tuesday she remained opposed to pushing a health care bill through the Senate with a simple majority vote, despite saying she wanted to see what was in the legislation." Lincoln "said those comments didn't represent a change of heart on her stance against the controversial majority-vote procedure known as 'reconciliation.' 'I don't support reconciliation. All I said was I want to see what's in it,' Lincoln told reporters outside the Senate floor. She walked quickly into a senators-only area without elaborating" (Werner, 3/9).
New method improves accuracy of AF risk assessments
Elderly people with atrial fibrillation are often treated with anticoagulants to thin the blood, but this medicine is hard to dose and patients have to have their blood tested regularly. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology have now devised a new method that improves the accuracy of risk assessments.
Climate change may increase heat-related deaths by 2050
While some uncertainty does exist in climate projections and future health vulnerability, overall increases in heat-related premature mortality are likely by the 2050s, according to a recent study by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and soon to be published in the November 2007 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
Changing tissue landscape promotes higher cancer rates in the elderly
Cancers are age-related, much more frequent in the old than in the young. A University of Colorado Cancer Center review published today in the journal Oncogene argues against the conventional wisdom that the accumulation of cancer-causing mutations leads to more cancer in older people, instead positing that it is the changing features of tissue in old age that promote higher cancer rates in the elderly.
Ascent's hospital partners save millions using medical device remanufacturing programs
Ascent, the market leader in the remanufacturing of medical devices in the U.S., announced today that its hospital partners realized hundreds of millions of dollars in cost savings through the use of medical device remanufacturing programs in 2009. On a per-hospital basis, some hospitals saved more than $600,000 per year.
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