Democrats Seek Support From Moderate Republicans On Sen. Baucus' Medicare Package Proponents of a Democratic Medicare package being written by Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) are trying to garner support for the legislation from moderate Republicans, CQ
HealthBeat reports (Armstrong, CQ
HealthBeat, 6/3). Baucus' bill would halt a scheduled 10.6% cut to Medicare physician payments and institute a 0.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSimple Membranes Could Have Allowed Nutrients To Pass Into Primitive Cells When the first cells developed, how could they bring molecules from the environment into their living interior without the specialized structures found on the modern cell membrane? A research team from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has found that the sort of very simple membrane that may have
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLocomotor Training Restores Walking Function In Child With Spinal Cord Injury A new report shows that a non-ambulatory (unable to walk or stand) child with a cervical spinal cord injury was able to restore basic walking function after intensive locomotor training.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUS Drug Firm To Seek Market Approval For Fampridine A US drug company will seek marketing approval early next year for a drug which could improve mobility and quality of life for people with multiple sclerosis (MS).Acorda Therapeutics reported positive results following a second phase III clinical trial of the experimental drug Fampridine (4-aminopyridine) which showed improvement in walking speed during a 2-month study.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBest Practice In Care Homes: Definitive Guide Launched, UK My Home Life, a programme that works to ensure care home practice is underpinned by robust evidence on what contributes toward quality of life for older people, has published 'Best practice in care homes - what is the evidence?', a special bulletin summarising the best practice guidance for achieving quality of life for people living, dying, visiting and working in care homes for older people.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCare Charges Risk Leading People With MS Into Poverty, UK The MS Society is among 18 major organisations to back a new report published, which reveals that rising care charges are putting older and disabled people at risk of not being able to afford to eat, heat, wash or get essential support.
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