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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Medibid in a Bid to Bring Down Cost of Health Care

Medibid, a bidding platform for patients and physicians, focuses on helping consumers control their medical procedure expenses. Medibid connects doctors with patients who are seeking specific proceduresi. /i America's health care is one of the most expensive the world over - now an online platform - Medibid, is proposing to lower costs and increase transparency among doctors and patients. What Medibid aims to do is connect patients with ...

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Reimbursements by Medicaid Could Affect Cancer Screening Rates

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in U.S. There are disparities in diagnosis, treatment and moreover, lack of insurance coverage may impact the screening and treatment of this deadly disease. Regular screening tests are important in the detection of breast, cervical, and colorectal (colon) cancers; if detected earlier, then treatment too is likely to work best. These screening tests are known to significantly reduce morbidity and mortality in patients. ...

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Respiratory Infection Controls Being Used for Ebola Patients are Unnecessary

Respiratory infection control measures - which have been adopted by most health agencies to deal with the Ebola epidemic - are unnecessary, and may heighten panic among the public in west Africa. This is according to the authors of a new letter, published in iThe Lancet/i, and written by Professor Jose M. Martin-Moreno from the University of Valencia in Spain, and colleagues. Ebola virus is primarily transmitted through contact with infected patients' ...

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Humans and Computers Together can Figure Out the Plant World

Science has become increasingly about data - how to gather it, organize it and analyze it as technology advances. The creation of key databases to analyze and share data lies at the heart of ibioinformatics/i, or the collection, classification, storage and analysis of biochemical and biological information using computers and software. The tools and methods used in bioinformatics have been instrumental in the development of fields such as molecular genetics ...