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- Issue:December 2009
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Effects of Senate, House Bills on PremiumsDebate over national healthcare reform has left Americans
concerned about how changes might impact the price of their insurance premiums,
and the inclusion of new subsidies in premium calculations has added to
confusion over the actual price to enroll in a health plan if reform proposals
are enacted. As leaders in the House and Senate work to reconcile differences
between their respective reform bills, proponents and critics of healthcare
legislation were - Issue:December 2009
Women Told to Have Fewer Mammograms, Pap Smears
While lawmakers on Capitol Hill were debating comprehensive healthcare reform, updated recommendations for mammograms and Pap tests provoked a more focused debate on the potential benefits and harms of regular preventive screening. In mid-November, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) announced that its guidelines for mammography no longer recommend routine screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49 and advise women to be screened biennially, rather than annually, between the ages of 50 a
REQUIP XL is an oral dopamine agonist medication for Parkinson’s disease and had demonstrated significant improvement in the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
The Role of Immune Function in the Changing Landscape of RRMS Therapies
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is an important
managed care health concern because it is one of the most common gastrointestinal (GI) disorders in the United
States. GERD affects nearly 18.6 million Americans, according to a national healthcare database analysis.
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive
and disabling neurologic disorder. The disease is the most prevalent type of parkinsonism, a clinical syndrome caused by lesions in the basal ganglia, predominantly in the substantia nigra, which produces deficits in motor behavior.
