Archive for June, 2008
By jasonmaddox On June 30th, 2008
Time Magazine’s Mark Thompson reports that with the growing numbers of veteran’s suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (roughly 40,000), military personnel are starting to think that individual’s suffering from…
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By jasonmaddox On June 27th, 2008
MedPage today’s Michael Smith reports that the evidence is showing that “inducing mild hypothermia – to between 32 and 35° C — can prevent or reduce permanent injury after certain…
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By jasonmaddox On June 20th, 2008
Your insurance company is rated by the American Medical Association in terms of claims processing, meeting contracted rate payments and denials of claims. Medicare topped the list, beating seven private…
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By jasonmaddox On June 19th, 2008
According to Edward Faught, M.D. of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and colleagues, a review of Medicaid databases in three states showed that individuals who took their epilepsy medication…
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By jasonmaddox On June 17th, 2008
The severity of combat wounds in Iraq increased significantly when the war shifted from invasion to counter-insurgency. In the June issue of Archives of Surgery, Stacy Brethauer. M.D. reported that…
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By jasonmaddox On June 16th, 2008
Michael Smith reports that Insomnia appears to be a problem in our Iraq war veterans. In a presentation at the Associated Professional Sleep Societies meeting, Dr Germain shared that “both…
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By jasonmaddox On June 10th, 2008
The virtual tote bag includes brochures, books, and a video DVD. The information is all available online and consists of information about Iowa’s family support network, protection and advocacy, as…
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By jasonmaddox On June 9th, 2008
The amygdala, when aroused by emotions such as fear, can override logic. The recent crop of political ads which are based on arousing a response at a subconscious level are…
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By jasonmaddox On June 4th, 2008
John Gever, MedPage Today, reports that a recent study shows that exposure therapy is better than cognitive restructuring when it comes to preventing PTSD. The study consisted of 90 patients…
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By jasonmaddox On June 3rd, 2008
Katherine Rankin, Ph.D., a neuropsychologist and assistant professor in the Memory and Aging Center at the University of California, San Francisco, has developed an innovative test known as the Awareness…
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