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Pramlintide reduces postprandial glucose excursions and oxidative stress in type 1 diabetes when given with short acting insulin at mealtime.
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Physicians who have been practicing longer may be at risk for providing less quality care.
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Hip fractures occur 2-4 times more commonly in persons who have sustained a stroke than in an age-matched population.
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Celiac disease was found in 3.4% of patients with osteoporosis, compared to 0.2% without. Treatment with a gluten-free diet improved bone density scores. This study postulates that this prevalence justifies serologic screening for celiac disease in all patients with osteoporosis.
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Entecavir is a nucleoside analog approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B viremia. It has demonstrated antiviral activity against both wild-type and lamivudine-resistant virus.
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Using a comprehensive approach to care management called Next Generation Care Management, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has cut both the number of catastrophic case managers and the average caseload while increasing the savings per catastrophic case by 300%.
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Though research and anecdotal evidence seem to show that integrating disability and health care programs for all injuries and illnesses whether suffered on the job or off can get employees back to work more quickly, prevent absences, and lower total benefit costs, most employers are slow to warm up to the idea.
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The University of Washington (UW) School of Public Health and Community Medicine in Seattle has received a two-year, $656,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to evaluate the impact of Group Health Cooperatives recent innovations to improve access and quality of care for its members.
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After an exhaustive process that involved collecting and evaluating more than 150 separate definitions of case management, the Case Management Leadership Coalition (CMLC) has come up with a statement designed to help case managers explain what they do.