December 2008

The Nursing Home Transparency Act is Now Pending Before Congress

From Anne Duvoisin, Attorney/Partner, HensonFuerst Nursing Home Practice: “The Nursing Home Transparency Act is now pending before Congress. Blog viewers are encouraged to review the full bill via the link below, and they are strongly encouraged to contact their Congressional delegates in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives to urge this […]

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North Carolina auto accident kills one, injures another

Auto Accident, Personal Injury

December 9, 2008 The News and Observer reported that a recent North Carolina car accident left one man dead and another with serious injuries. One man was driving down the road Saturday night when he drove off the right shoulder, overcorrected, and hit a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. The driver of the first

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Bone Finding May Point to Hope for Osteoporosis

Medical Studies/Research, News

Bone formation appears to be controlled by serotonin, a chemical previously known mainly for its entirely separate role in the brain, researchers are reporting. Osteoporosis affects 10 million Americans over age 50. It results in bone loss, and its hallmark is fragile bones that break easily. But in a paper published online Wednesday in the

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New Medicaid Rules Allow States to Set Premiums and Higher Co-Payments

Medicare/Medicaid, News

A new federal rule gives states sweeping authority to charge premiums and higher co-payments for doctors’ services, hospital care and prescription drugs provided to low-income people under Medicaid. The rule is expected to save money for the federal government and the states. But public health experts and even some federal officials predicted that many low-income

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Depression Leads to Internal Body Fat in 70-Somethings, Study Suggests

Medical Studies/Research, News

“For the depressed public, it should be another reason to take one’s symptoms seriously and look for treatment,” said study co-author Stephen Kritchevsky, director of the Sticht Center on Aging at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. People with depression were twice as likely as others to gain visceral fat — the kind that surrounds

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North Carolina auto accident injures two

Auto Accident, Personal Injury

December 2, 2008 The Gaston Gazette reported that a recent North Carolina car accident left a little boy and his father pinned in a pickup truck Sunday afternoon. The man was driving his truck down the road when he hydroplaned and hit a nearby guard wire, tearing off part of the truck in the North

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The Nursing Home Transparency Act is Now Pending Before Congress

North Carolina auto accident kills one, injures another

Bone Finding May Point to Hope for Osteoporosis

New Medicaid Rules Allow States to Set Premiums and Higher Co-Payments

Depression Leads to Internal Body Fat in 70-Somethings, Study Suggests

North Carolina auto accident injures two

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