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11.16.11
From the readers: Cuts to Medicare come at too high a cost Read more: http://thetandd.com/news/opinion/article_f83a910a-0cf6-11e1-975e-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1dtPag0jp
With so many other possible sources of deficit reduction and revenue generation to tap into, there is no reason for the Supercommittee to even consider, let alone target, the health care of Medicare beneficiaries for inclusion in their final deficit-reduction solution. Not only would such actions actually cost us money in the long run, given the increased health costs that would come with treating the advanced diseases that could have been prevented, but it would reflect poorly on our nation to treat the wellness of our most vulnerable citizens so cavalierly.
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11.1.11
Lung cancer targets more than just smokers
While at home recovering from chemotherapy for lung cancer, Debbie Best learned in May that her husband, Ray, had the same disease — even though neither had ever smoked. Doctors say the chances of two nonsmokers in the same family developing lung cancer are about one in 10,000, and they aren’t sure what caused it.
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10.27.11
Democrats seek up to $3 trillion in budget savings
A leaked Supercommittee plan reported on by Reuters may contain up to $400 billion in Medicare cuts.
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10.26.11
CT scans may help diagnose COPD
Researchers in the Netherlands have reported that low-dose computed tomography (CT) scans used for lung cancer screening may also help physicians detect chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, known as COPD, in smokers. Their study was released Tuesday by the journal JAMA.
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10.25.11
Don’t reduce Medicare patient access to radiology scans
There is reason to be concerned. According to many reports, Congress and the White House are looking at making deeper cuts to Medicare in order to meet their budget reduction targets. That would be fine if they were simply looking at reducing fraud and waste, but the fear is that the ax may be cutting much deeper and doing some real damage.
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10.20.11
Imaging Group Says Study Casts Doubt on Savings From Prior Authorization
Opponents of attempts to reduce payments for advanced imaging services in Medicare have released a study that concludes such attempts wouldn’t save money.
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10.14.11
Legislation aims to spur medical innovation
Bipartisan legislation to spur medical innovation and hasten the availability of such products to patients was introduced on Thursday. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), chairwoman of the Senate Commerce Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion Subcommittee, sponsored the Medical Device Regulatory Improvement Act to streamline the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of medical devices by clarifying the agency’s least burdensome requirements.
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10.11.11
Calif. governor vetoes breast density legislation
California Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed legislation that would have required women with dense breast tissue to be informed of their status. The move is a setback for the breast density awareness movement, which has already recorded victories in Connecticut and Texas and has legislation pending in other states.
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10.4.11
Getting Around the Scan Ban
When heart patients with implantable pacemakers or defibrillators are faced with health problems—from potential brain tumors to painful spinal injuries—they have been shut out from one of modern medicine’s most valuable weapons: the MRI…Now that is starting to change.
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09.28.11
Men, Women, and Colon-Cancer Screening
Gents, a new study suggests you should be receiving screening for colon cancer before females, since you have an increased chance of both polyps and the disease itself. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, covered more than 44,000 Austrian screening-program participants, with an average age of about 61 years. Across all ages, 24.9% of men and polyps or lesions and 8% had advanced polyps, vs. 14.8% and 4.7% of women. Looking at colon cancer itself, the incidence was 1.5% among men and 0.7% in women.
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