Rheumatology Doctors in Fairhope, AL - Medicare Status, Address, Contact

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William F Sullivan, MD
Internal Medicine - Rheumatology
Medicare: Accepting Medicare Assignments
Practice Location: 3 Medical Park Drive, Fairhope, AL 36532
Phone: 251-928-8804 Fax: 251-990-9379

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Protein mutation that causes inflammatory bowel diseases becomes dysfunctional

A new study led by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Canada and Zhejiang University School of Medicine in China has uncovered why a protein mutation that causes inflammatory bowel diseases is dysfunctional.

Your stress can rub off on others

In a recent study, scientists found that when exposed to another individual's stress, the brain reacts as it does to real stress.

CMS orders end to 'referral fees' to sales agents for Medicare Advantage plans

CMS has ordered private insurers to payment of "'referral fees' to sales agents who steer a beneficiary to a company for enrollment," Florida Health News reports.

Pacemaker-type device and medicines reduce hospital stays and death rates

A nationwide clinical trial of more than 1,600 heart failure patients showed that when medicines are combined with the use of a pacemaker-type device that resynchronizes both sides of the heart, hospital stays and death rates drop significantly.

Scientists develop new method to regenerate cartilage

Unlike our bones, the cartilage inside our joints is not vascularized (i.e., it has no blood vessels). This is one reason why cartilage does not heal well after an injury. In athletes in particular, joint injuries often result in cartilage degeneration and arthritis. The process is chronic and irreversible, and to this day, no effective treatment exists.