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Youve got a great idea for a new program, but you dont have the cash to cover the start-up expenses or maintain the program while you build it. There may be grant money with your name on it you just have to use the right approach.
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In 2002, more than 885,000 Americans living with a life-limiting illness were served by the nations hospice providers, according to data collected by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in Alexandria, VA.
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A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that patients who refuse food or fluids hasten their own demise. The article, titled Nurses Experiences with Hospice Patients Who Refuse Food and Fluids to Hasten Death, provoked a strong response from the hospice community.
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Theres a new health care insurance game in town. And unlike other permutations of managed care, consumer-directed health plans give more purchasing power to consumers and not their employers. This new model assumes that if consumers have more choices, the right financial incentives, and appropriate information, they will be better informed and more prudent users of care.
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Another study has shown an increase in mortality associated with the use of an oral IIb/IIIa receptor antagonist.
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Investigators in Paris performed a follow-up phase III randomized trial to confirm the efficacy and synergism of pentoxifylline and alpha-tocopherol as an antifibrotic treatment in women who had received previous breast radiotherapy.
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In this multicenter Italian study the prevalence of hepatitis C infection (HCV) was 17.5% among 400 newly diagnosed non-Hodgkins lymphoma patients compared to 5.6% among controls, confirming an association between these 2 disorders.
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Cervical cancer is the most frequent gynecologic cancer in the world and the most frequent cancer in women in many underdeveloped and developing countries, where almost half of the patients are diagnosed with locally advanced disease.
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The Million Women Study, a cohort study of a quarter of all British women aged 50-64, was undertaken to investigate the relationship between the various patterns of HRT use and breast cancer incidence and mortality.