How to Charge 6 for Six Liters of Saltwater

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In the end, those factors strongly (and sometimes perversely) affected overall charges for treatment, including how much patients were expected to pay out of pocket. But at the beginning, there was the cost of an IV bag of normal … The water is local …
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Heart Imaging Technologies Wins .5M NIH Grant for Clinical Trials

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DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 4, 2013 — /PRNewswire/ — HeartIT, the global leader that pioneered the first FDA approved zero-footprint medical imaging workstation, announced today that it has received a $ 2.5M grant from the NIH in order to develop the "Cloud …
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Study: Children's use of e-cigarettes increasing

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The new study – released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – is based on a questionnaire filled out by nearly 19,000 students in grades 6 through 12 in 2011 and another 25,000 in 2012. In 2011 … Kurt Ribisl, a University of …
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ESC: Diabetes Drugs No Help for Heart

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AMSTERDAM — Diabetes drugs in a class commonly called DPP-4 inhibitors appeared to have a null effect on risk for fatal and non-fatal cardiac events in two trials — good news for those who worry that potent antihyperglycemic drugs such as these may …
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