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Medicare Modernization Act not associated with major changes in access to chemotherapy
Jul 08, 2008 |
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Despite concerns that reductions in physician reimbursements for outpatient chemotherapy related drugs as a result of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 would have a detrimental effect on patients requiring chemotherapy, ...
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Does the distance a patient has to travel affect where they choose to get their care?
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Do patients choose where to get their care based on how long it takes to them to get there? Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have recently documented a growing trend in the centralization of cancer surgery—more patients ...
Measuring distances in microseconds
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Standard laser devices are fast enough for measuring the size of a room, but they need to be faster for outdoor mobile applications. Researchers have brought these scanners up to speed -- ...
Increased daily travel in animals leads to more offspring
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Dec 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The more an animal walks during the day, the less energy it has to reproduce. Makes sense right? Not so fast, say two researchers at Washington University in St. Louis.
'Ballooning' spiders grounded by infection
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Money spiders infected with Rickettsia bacteria are less likely to 'balloon' - that is, to use their silk as sails to catch gusts of wind and travel long distances. Researchers writing in the open access journal ...
Cars may one day mimic fish to avoid collisions
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Engineers in Japan say they are a step closer to developing technology they hope will cut the risk of car crashes -- by mimicking the behaviour of fish.
Lightweight and long-legged males go the distance for sex
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Sep 05, 2008 |
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Finding a mate can take considerable legwork as recently illustrated by the flightless and nocturnal Cook Strait giant weta Deinacrida rugosa. This cricket relative is found in New Zealand and is one of the ...
Fingers, Loops and Bays in the Crab Nebula
Nov 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This image gives the first clear view of the faint boundary of the Crab Nebula's X-ray-emitting pulsar wind nebula. The nebula is powered by a rapidly-rotating, highly-magnetized neutron star, ...
Some 70 percent of schoolchildren don't walk to school
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Days when schoolchildren walked to neighbourhood schools are long gone. A new study by a team of researchers led by Paul Lewis, a professor of Urban Planning at the Université de Montréal, shows that only 30 percent of children ...
Why do birds migrate?
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Mar 01, 2007 |
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Why do some birds fly thousands of miles back and forth between breeding and non-breeding areas every year whereas others never travel at all?
State bicycle survey reveals danger concerns, cycling perceptions
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Bicyclists in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio are more concerned with being involved in vehicle crashes compared to bicyclists in other Texas cities, according to a survey conducted by the Center for Transportation ...
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