Radiology Doctors in Cedartown, GA Accepting Medicare

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Dr. Lewis Ross Whatley Iii, MD Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology Medicare: Medicare Enrolled Practice Location: 424 N Main St, Cedartown, GA 30125 Phone: 770-748-2500

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WHO creates new safety checklist for surgical teams to use in operating theatres

With major surgery now occurring at a rate of 234 million procedures per year - one for every 25 people - and studies indicating that a significant percentage result in preventable complications and deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new safety checklist for surgical teams to use in operating theatres, as part of a major drive to make surgery safer around the world.

DPC lauds passage of S.B. 316 dialysis care legislation

Dialysis Patient Citizens today praised the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee for unanimously passing legislation – S.B. 316 – which will increase patient access to life-saving dialysis care or transplant medications. Dialysis patients attending yesterday's hearing encouraged lawmakers to support the bill which, if enacted, would greatly help approximately 2,000 Georgians suffering from kidney failure who are having difficulty accessing health insurance. Twenty-nine states across the country have enacted this popular legislation that is widely embraced by patients, family members and taxpayers.

Administration budget plan for veterans' health care riles advocates

The budget proposal cuts defense spending in part by increasing health care cost sharing for retired service members. Also in the news, USA Today reports that the Department of Veterans Affairs is short on psychiatrists as demand for mental health care continues to increase.

Poll reveals that thin majority of Americans continue to support health care reforms

A slim majority of Americans continues to favor moving forward on health care reform now despite an intensifying ad war and a political climate of contentious town hall meetings that coincide with rising concerns about the reform effort, according to the August Kaiser Health Tracking Poll.

Tobacco control policies of Iowa earn mixed grades

Iowa's tobacco control policies earned mixed grades, with low marks for Tobacco Prevention and Control Spending (F) and Cessation Coverage (F) and average to high marks for Cigarette Tax (C) and Smokefree Air (A) in the American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control 2009 report released today.

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