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U.S. advisers urge broad Medicare payment reform (Reuters) PDF Print

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Medicare insurance program must make widespread changes to reduce costs and shore up payments in order to sustain the program, which covers roughly 44 million elderly and disabled Americans, a U.S. advisory panel said on Friday.

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Take Charge Thursday: Help with health care (WNDU 16 South Bend) PDF Print

For many, health insurance may be put on the back-burner as they struggle with the economic realities we're facing these days.

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Lowering BP in Dialysis Cases Cuts Heart Risks (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) PDF Print

THURSDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Blood pressure-lowering drugs should be routinely considered for dialysis patients, because it could protect them from major cardiovascular events and death, say researchers who reviewed the findings of eight clinical trials.

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More Research Needed To Prove Blood Pressure Lowering Drugs Are Effective For Dialysis Patients, Says BHF (Medical News Today) PDF Print

In response to a study published in the Lancet which showed that blood-pressure lowering drugs should be routinely considered for patients undergoing dialysis, Professor Peter Weissberg, Medical Director at the British Heart Foundation (BHF) said: "Reducing high blood pressure in the general population reduces the risk of a heart attack or stroke.

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More Flexible Hemostatic Dressing Now Available For Clinical Settings (Medical News Today) PDF Print

HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc. today announced that its flexible by design, HemCon® Patch is now available for use for external, temporary control of bleeding during interventional and diagnostic cardiac catheterization, interventional radiology, electrophysiology and dialysis access procedures.

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