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Verapamil May Reverse Type 1 Diabetes

Aug 11, 2015 at 09:08 am by steve

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Functional Medicine Offers Surprising Outcomes

Aug 11, 2015 at 09:08 am by steve

A 55-year-old man with peripheral neuropathy taking three diabetes medications came to Farah Sultan, MD, a primary care physician in Birmingham, fed up and in pain. Within six.... Read More

Transitioning to a New EHR

Jul 07, 2015 at 02:15 pm by steve

“I don’t know that sales people are really mentioning this problem upfront,” says Ryan McGinty with Oceris, makers of FlexMedical electronic health record (E.... Read More

Regional Care Organizations on Track to Take Over Medicaid

Jul 07, 2015 at 02:15 pm by steve

In January, Alabama Medicaid named eleven organizations as probationary Regional Care Organizations (RCOs). By October of next year, the plan is for these nonprofit RCOs to ma.... Read More

UAB Lab Studies Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Jul 07, 2015 at 02:15 pm by steve

Institute of Medicine Announces New Name for CFS In California, patients wait up to five years for initial appointments at a Stanford clinic that caters to chronic fatigue sy.... Read More