In this video, Julia Karow, Editor of Clinical Sequencing News, interviews Saskia Biskup, CEO of the Center for Genomics and Transcriptomics, or CeGaT, at the company’s headquarters in Tübingen, Germany. Article source: http://www.genomeweb.com/rnai/after-medicare-nod-cup-diagnostic-rosetta-aims-get-coverage-other-mirna-tests

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BY CAROL ABAYA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Social Security and Medicare are both “safe for decades to come, according to two recent studies. In fact, Social Security will never run out of money, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The Medicare Part A trust fund, according to the Medicare Rights Center, will be here for at least 75 years. Both the [...]

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5/19/2012 1:10 PM ET (RTTNews) – A new national study of Medicare costs shows Alaska with the lowest health care expenses of any state in the nation, although coming changes to how those costs are calculated may dethrone the state. Alaska spends just $15,ᓦ per Medicare patient, per visit, the study says, far below the national median [...]

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I was just turning 30 years old when I first noticed blood in my urine. I tried the time-honored method of ignoring it for a bit, hoping it would go away, but it continued, and so I saw a doctor friend who thought it might be a form of kidney disease innocently called “minimal-change disease.€ He said, [...]

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Do you make house calls? For Lee Memorial doctor, the answer is ‘yes’

May 20, 2012

See all6 photosat full size FORT MYERS — A modern-day version of a doctor who makes house calls pulls up in her Honda Civic, grabs her black carry-on bag on wheels, then heads inside with her portable computer and hand sanitizer. Dr. Rabia Khan, an osteopath who specializes in geriatrics, lets patients ramble on a bit when she sees them [...]

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‘A Patient Advocate’ for 50 Years

May 20, 2012

Checking on patients in the recovery room at Mercy Hospital Washington, Ellen Havelka appreciates the monitors and all of the equipment that helps her care for them following their surgeries. An RN for more than 50 years, Havelka remembers well a time when her eyes and ears didn’t have all that high-tech backup. “Our first monitor was “the bullet,” [...]

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Psychologist Lori Stevic-Rust to speak on dementia at Montefiore in Beachwood

May 20, 2012

BEACHWOOD — Lori Stevic-Rust, clinical psychologist and dementia expert, will speak on “Dementia: Seeing it Through the Eyes of the Person” at 10ᛆ a.m. May 20 at Montefiore, 1 David N. Myers Parkway. The free talk is part of “Food for Thought,†Montefiore’s Sunday brunch and speaker series. Stevic-Rust will discuss what dementia is and [...]

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Healthy living expo set to inspire

May 20, 2012

Dream come true: Mississauga Down Syndrome couple marry Michael Arruda put on his best suit three years ago on Christmas Eve, got a ride over to his lifelong friend’s home and had her roused from sleep at 12:01 a.m. Article source: http://www.mississauga.com/community/article/135�–healthy-living-expo-set-to-inspire

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Medicare changes threaten hospitals – Daily Mail

May 18, 2012

[Editor's note: The congressional delegation has concerns about Medicare payments. An earlier version of this story incorrectly said the issue was with Medicaid payments. Medicare previously paid back small rural hospitals for taxes the hospitals pay to help receive Medicaid funds.]   CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A decision by federal health care officials “threatens the financial stability” of [...]

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AARP to hold Medicare, Social Security conversation in Natick

May 18, 2012

By Jaclyn Reiss, Town Correspondent AARP Massachusetts invites Natick residents and other locals to share their experience and opinions about Medicare and Social Security during the organization’s “You’ve Earned a Say” community Conversation at the Natick Senior Center next Friday. AARP says it is taking the debate about the future of Medicare and Social Security out [...]

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