Three New Devices – Sealant, Coils, One-Way Valve – May Help Emphysema

Three new devices – sealant, coils, one-way valve – may help emphysema

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Now, three promising lung-shrinking techniques — coils, one-way valves, and an injectable sealant — are in or near clinical testing at Temple University and other U.S. medical centers. All three methods are … "We've used drugs for symptom relief …
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DC Week: Obama Offers Medicare Spending Cuts

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The 10-year, $ 371 billion Medicare cut is achieved by saving money in two ways: increasing the Medicare premiums that wealthier seniors pay, and negotiating lower prices for prescription drugs bought by "dual eligibles" — Medicare beneficiaries who …
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Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs Appoints New

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HARRISBURG, Pa., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs Secretary Gary Tennis announced several appointments today to the new Methadone Death and Incident Review team. … recently started meeting monthly to …
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'The Good Nurse,' by Charles Graeber

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Though he had worked at nine hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and some of his supervisors were aware of his dangerously unorthodox treatment of patients (“Would not consider for rehire — medication issue,” one wrote on his record), he was …
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