1 Medicare Suppliers found. Showing 1 - 1
News Archive
Small changes can make big health solutions
We shouldn't be emphasising expensive high tech vaccines and dazzling miracle drugs at the expense of more low tech ways improve people's health, particularly in the face of climate change, a young health researcher writes.
SXC Health Solutions raises $203.3 million from public offering of its common shares
SXC Health Solutions Corp. ("SXC" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SXCI, TSX: SXC) announced today that it successfully completed its previously announced public offering of 5,175,000 of its common shares at a price to the public of $41.50 per share, which includes 675,000 shares sold pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option.
Pixantrone demonstrates substantial reduction in cardiac cell toxicity compared to anthracyclines
Cell Therapeutics, Inc. announced today an abstract to be published online at the journal Blood website by M. Hacker, et al. demonstrating significant reduction in cardiac cell toxicity with pixantrone compared to currently marketed anthracyclines. The authors conclude that the reduction is due to pixantrone's inability to generate toxic drug iron complexes and reduced propensity to generate oxygen free radicals.
Governments should consider stockpiling zanamivir (Relenza) for flu pandemics
Governments should consider stockpiling zanamivir as an anti-influenza agent in their pandemic plans, states a Comment in this week's issue of The Lancet.
Researchers move one step closer to understanding complex physiology of CKD patients
Researchers have further analyzed a known signaling pathway they believe brings them one step closer to understanding the complex physiology of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), which might provide a path to new treatment options.
Read more Medical News
› Verified 1 days ago
Medicare Suppliers
Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
Also referred to as DME Suppliers. A supplier of medical equipment such as respirators, wheelchairs, home dialysis systems, or monitoring systems, that are prescribed by a physician for a patient's use in the home and that are usable for an extended period of time.
Community/Retail Pharmacy
A pharmacy where pharmacists store, prepare, and dispense medicinal preparations and/or prescriptions for a local patient population in accordance with federal and state law; counsel patients and caregivers (sometimes independent of the dispensing process); administer vaccinations; and provide other professional services associated with pharmaceutical care such as health screenings, consultative services with other health care providers, collaborative practice, disease state management, and education classes.
Prosthetic/Orthotic Supplier
An organization that provides prosthetic and orthotic care which may include, but is not limited to, patient evaluation, prosthesis or orthosis design, fabrication, fitting and modification to treat limb loss for purposes of restoring physiological function and/or cosmesis or to treat a neuromusculoskeletal disorder or acquired condition.