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Ask for Therapy Cap Repeal During National Stroke Awareness Month

There are 7 million people in the United States who have survived a stroke, according to the National Stroke Association-and these survivors are your patients. Now, during National Stroke Awareness Mo... Full Article

Older Prostate Cancer Patients with Other Underlying Health Problems Ought to Think Twice Before Getting Treatment

Older prostate cancer patients with other underlying health conditions should think twice before committing to surgery or radiation therapy for their cancer, according to a multicenter study led by re... Full Article

Music Therapy Reduces Anxiety, Use of Sedatives For Patients Receiving Ventilator Support

Among intensive care unit patients receiving acute ventilatory support for respiratory failure, use of patient-preferred music resulted in greater reduction in anxiety and sedation frequency and inten... Full Article

Over One Million Seniors Have Problems with Medicare ‘Preferred Pharmacy’ Drug Plans

National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) CEO B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA issued the following statement today regarding a survey by Hart Research Associates regarding Medicare Part D “preferred... Full Article

Cancer Diagnosis Puts People at Greater Risk for Bankruptcy

People diagnosed with cancer are more than two-and-a-half times more likely to declare bankruptcy than those without cancer, according to a new study from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Resea... Full Article

Holding Steady: Treating Essential Tremor

Essential tremor is less well known than Parkinson’s disease, but it is eight times more common, according to the International Essential Tremor Foundation. An estimated 10 million Americans are affec... Full Article