Pulmonary Disease Doctors in Crown Point, IN - Medicare Status, Address, Contact

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Shannon Lynn Knight, FNP-C
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 2100 N Main St # 304, Crown Point, IN 46307
Phone: 574-546-1900 Fax: 574-546-1999

Dr. Giovanni Annunziato Infusino, M.D.
Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 1205 S Main St Ste 201, Crown Point, IN 46307
Phone: 219-769-8340 Fax: 219-769-8341

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ACS podcast on medical adhesive

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Tamoxifen kills fungus cells and may prevent them from causing disease

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Gastric bypass patients fare better as surgical procedures increase

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Public health strategies that target adult weight gain have potential to prevent type 2 diabetes, study shows

A study of over 33,000 people, published today in the journal BMC Public Health, indicates that public health strategies that aim to prevent adult weight gain in the whole population have the potential to prevent twice as many cases of type 2 diabetes as strategies that target individuals at high risk of diabetes due to being obese.

State round-up: Calif. orders review of insurers' planned rate hikes; S.D. targets young smokers

"California health insurance regulators have ordered independent reviews of rate hikes being sought by four of the state's largest insurers, a move that could lead to smaller increases for consumers. The action comes after an outside analysis found significant errors in a recent rate filing by Anthem Blue Cross, leading it to cancel increases of as much as 39% for hundreds of thousands of policyholders. , to be announced Wednesday by The California Department of Insurance's findings are to be announced Wednesday" (Helfand, 6/16).

Pulmonary Disease Doctors in Crown Point, IN Accepting Medicare