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GAO: CMS should change how it calculates Medicare private plan payments
27 Jan 2012, 3:57 pmInsurers offering Medicare Advantage plans were overpaid by as much as $3.1 billion in 2010 because the government miscalculated how sick beneficiaries were, according to a review by the Government Accountability Office that was made public by ...
Scientists develop new vaccine to treat cancer at pre-clinical level
27 Jan 2012, 3:54 pmScientists in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have developed a new vaccine to treat cancer at the pre-clinical level. The research team led by Professor Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity College Dublin discovered a new ...
Study shows grape seed extract kills head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells
27 Jan 2012, 3:46 pmNearly 12,000 people will die of head and neck cancer in the United States this year and worldwide cases will exceed half a million.
Managing distance and aging parents' care
27 Jan 2012, 3:44 pmThe Associated Press explores the difficulties involved in being a long-distance caregiver for aging parents and how demographic trends fuel these challenges.
New discovery paves way for genetic screening test
27 Jan 2012, 3:42 pmResearchers at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine have identified a genetic variation that raises the risk of developing serious necrotic jaw bone lesions in patients who take bisphosphonates, a common class of osteoclastic inhibitors.
