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The availability of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines has given us all a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel. If the soon to be released data for the J&J vaccine is positive, then that light will be a little brighter. Unfortunately, many people remain scared of the vaccine for a variety of
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The health and safety protocols we must follow to help protect our loved ones, those around us and ourselves from the coronavirus are, as we all know, wear a mask, wash hands frequently and maintain a distance of 6 feet from other people. The 6-foot separation figure was the recommendation of the CDC from the
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By Dr. Ted Tyberg For the 27th time, US News and World Report has released their ranking of the best hospitals in the United States as well as a state by state ranking. At the same time, the editors have described and updated the methodology used to compile the rankings. One can quibble with a
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By Dr. Kenneth Rothaus In 2005, two professional organizations, the Florida Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics filed suit in Federal Court on behalf of 6 families. The complaint was that the children were being denied care to which they were entitled under Federal law. The Federal
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By Dr. Ted Tyberg In a study announced yesterday at the American College of Cardiology annual meeting, taking place this year in Washington, DC, a drug projected to be a sure fire hit, turned out to be a total miss. The drug, evacetrapib lowered LDL ( bad ) cholesterol 37% and doubled HDL ( good
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By Dr. Kenneth Rothaus The traditional system by which hospitals and physicians are reimbursed by insurance companies has been on an item by item (or service by service) method. For example, when a patient is admitted to the hospital for a hernia repair, the hospital would bill the patient’s health insurance company separately for tests,
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