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Vertos Medical's Mild(R) Procedure Gets Nod From Leading Pain Medicine Physicians
Leading interventional pain physicians from key U.S. centers gathered at a special clinical symposium to share their experience with Vertos Medical"s mild (Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression), the least invasive surgical procedure for treating lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), with no implants left behind.* Their early clinical experiences suggest that mild may be an appropriate treatment alternative earlier in the LSS progression, as mild patients have shown favorable results when comparing post-treatment improvement at three months to open surgical procedure patient results at one year1. Moreover, mild leaves future surgical options open.
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While back pain, blurred vision and mouse-related injuries are now well-documented hazards of long-term computer use, the number of acute injuries connected to computers is rising rapidly. According to a study published in the July 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy and The Research Institute at Nationwide Children"s Hospital; and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus have found a more-than-sevenfold increase in computer-related injuries due to tripping over computer equipment, head injuries due to computer monitor falls and other physical incidents. Drugshop to buy zoloft online and other pills.
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Dartmouth Studies Influence Administration, Even In Choice Of Venue
When President Obama chose Green Bay, Wis., to talk about the need for health reform, he did so in part because the area has achieved a high level of quality, and compared with other parts of the country, succeeded in restraining health care costs, National Public Radio reports. "They"re certainly spending a lot less money, and they are providing care that is equal or better than the care that is provided in many other communities around the country," Elliot Fisher, a researcher at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice told NPR in an interview. NPR says: "Some of the research the administration is relying on comes from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice," which focuses on variations in health quality and costs around the country.
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Mental Health America Commends Inclusion Of Mental Health, Substance Use Coverage In Health Reform Legislation

Mental Health America today commended Senate and House health reform legislation for including mental health and substance use coverage in a benefit package. Both the health reform package introduced on Tuesday by House leaders and a bill approved yesterday by the Senate Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee would ensure that mental health and substance use services are considered essential benefits and would be available to all individuals covered through the new federal program for the uninsured. "Recent studies have confirmed that a large proportion of low-income, uninsured individuals have poor mental health," said David L. Shern, Ph.D., president and CEO of Mental Health America. "We are pleased that both health reform proposals take the important step of including mental health and substance use coverage as essential benefits." Dr. Shern testified before a House subcommittee last month on the need to include mental health as part of health reform. (The prepared testimony can be found here.) Mental Health America also expressed appreciation that both the Senate and House bills include mental health and addiction treatment parity provisions in the programs that would be established to cover the uninsured, including individuals applying for coverage independently. Mental health and addiction treatment have historically been subject to blatantly discriminatory limits on coverage through private insurance plans that block access to effective and critically needed therapies. "We want to ensure that all health care plans offered through this new federal program comply with the principle of nondiscrimination and parity for behavioral health services," Dr. Shern said. Legislation enacted last year, the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, prohibits unequal treatment limits and financial requirements for mental health and substance use treatment in group health plans for more than 50 workers. But that bill does not cover all health insurance plans. Mental Health America also commended the legislation for establishing key market reforms including prohibiting preexisting condition exclusions. Dr. Shern said both bills would help improve chronic care management and lower health costs by promoting development of medical homes and other care coordination models. "It is critical that behavioral health specialists are included in the treatment teams established through these care models and also that mental health or addiction treatment facilities be allowed to serve as medical homes, said Dr. Shern. "Mental health disorders are the leading cause of disability in the United States based on burden of disease and these conditions often accompany and greatly increase the cost of treating other chronic illnesses, including diabetes, asthma, cancer and heart disease." Mental Health America has placed a high priority on improving access to preventive services and mental health promotion as a key component of health care reform and is pleased that both the HELP and House bills include a number of provisions to improve coverage of health risk assessments and screening services as well as support for community-based prevention programs. Mental Health America


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