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Michigan Doctors Flee Medicaid Program Cuts
Michigan"s Medicaid program is growing by as many as 15,000 people a month, but fewer physicians are accepting new patients insured by the program, which physicians say pays too little to cover their costs, the Associated Press reports. Meanwhile, the Michigan governor"s office announced an additional 4 percent cut last month, which "will lower payments across the board for hospitals, dentists and doctors who treat Medicaid patients." The article notes that in Michigan, the program currently insures a record 1.6 million residents.
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UroToday.com - Most recently, health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) after definitive local therapy for prostate cancer has been argued in the patient group with an oncological risk category. [1] Prior to such controversy, we thought that posttreatment HRQOL issues or functional outcomes possibly vary among oncological risk categories, and compared both oncological and functional outcomes between patients receiving radical prostatectomy (RP) and those undergoing external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) with risk stratification. [2] Indeed, we found that the low- and intermediate-risk patients in the RP group reported poorer urinary function than those in the EBRT group.
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Dems Prepare For Health Reform Cost Analysis While Courting GOP Votes
What is sure to be a staggering price tag for health reform has Senate Democrats talking about changing the chamber"s normal accounting procedures, The Hill reports.
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Lowell Elementary Closes Due To High Rate Of Influenza Like Illness

Today, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health in cooperation with Phoenix Elementary School District has closed Lowell Elementary School until May 26, 2009 due to a high rate of influenza like illness. "Through enhanced surveillance and a stellar school nurse, we learned that the school was experiencing a much higher than normal rate of absenteeism due to illness that looks like flu," said Dr. Bob England, director of Maricopa Department of Public Health. "I said that we would watch schools closely for signs of a local outbreak and would act as necessary on a case by case basis. After talking with school officials, we all agreed that as a precaution and to limit the further spread of illness, we would close the school until after the Memorial Day holiday." With the novel H1N1 influenza (Swine Flu) and seasonal flu behaving much the same way, it is not recommended to test students already home with mild illness; therefore, it is likely that the particular strain of flu will remain unknown. "As I"ve said over the last few weeks, as long as the novel H1N1 influenza continues to look like seasonal flu, there is no need to continue testing what we already know; flu is here in our community." "Our healthcare community is seeing cases of both types of influenza; seasonal and H1N1. This is why the community and public health must continue to be vigilant; sometimes, that means having to close a school as a precaution." Tips to lessen the spread of flu in your home include: - Keep the sick person away from other people as much as possible - Remind the sick person to cover their coughs, and clean their hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub often, especially after coughing and/or sneezing - Have everyone in the household clean their hands often, using soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub Arizona Department of Health Services


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