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Rapamycin Could Be the Miracle Anti-aging Drug

Sep 08, 2015 at 09:44 am by steve

The solution to slowing aging may already be in people’s hands. “It’s been wildly successful,” says Steven Austad, PhD, chair of UAB Department of Biol.... Read More

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