Urgent care centers might be handy for your nagging cough or stomach bug when your primary care physician is overbooked, but don’t confuse the notion ...
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By Mary Agnes Carey Kaiser Health News While physicians have sidestepped drastic Medicare payment cuts for 2013, doctors’ groups and lawmakers are gearing up for yet another battle ...
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United States Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) and Joe Heck, D.O. (R-NV) introduced the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act Wednesday to ensure patient access to physicians while ...
Read More »INFOGRAPHIC: Health Benefits of Music
For your patients: The University of Florida created a great infographic detailing some of the health benefits of listening to music…. The Psychology of Music ...
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By Keith Kantor The costs of Obamacare are staggering and will be devastating to small businesses in America. The initial estimates have risen from zero ...
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In February, researchers at Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center will begin a first-of-its-kind clinical trial that uses calorie restriction to help treat early stage breast cancer patients undergoing ...
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By Nancy Stearns Bercaw It is December 27, 2010, my birthday. I am forty-five. I call my father at Juniper Memory Care because I know ...
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By Harvey B. Lefton, MD We face ongoing changes in Medicine today which will alter our future practice patterns. We all recognize the need for better ...
Read More »Obamacare Misses Some Deadlines
By Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News Updated to reflect the administration’s announcement that 500 groups will participate in a pilot program to change how ...
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Brought to you by the publication that recommends the best computers, cars, baby strollers and most of the appliances in your kitchen — now Consumer ...
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