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_ Health Headlines Insurance Approval Lagging on Costly New Cholesterol Drug By Jane Farrell article Less than half of patients received their insurerΓÇÖs approval for prescriptions of the type of cholesterol-lowering drug known as PCSK9 … Read More→
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Updates from the North American Menopause Convention By Sondra Forsyth blog The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) met in Philadelphia October 11-14 2017.┬á This organization was founded in 1989. It is […]
_ Diabetes Diabetes Patients at Higher Risk for Post-Operative Cognitive Disorder By Jane Farrell article Older patients with diabetes may be at a substantially higher risk of developing postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) than those who … Read More→