Some Australian women are unaware Pap smear guidelines have changed. December 2017 saw the Pap test being replaced with the Cervical Screening Test in an effort to combat cervical cancer. Eight-hundred-and-ninety-eight new cases of cervical cancer were diagnosed in Australia in 2014, and one in 167 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer by the age… Read More »
Late in the afternoon on Thursday, Nov. 1, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule that provides updates to the Physician Fee Schedule and calendar-year 2019 Quality Payment Program (QPP), which encapsulates the Medicare Incentive-based Payment Program (MIPS) and Advanced Payment Models In the proposed rule, which was released… Read More »
According to a study, the need for high blood pressure meds in hypertensive individuals can be reduced within 16 weeks after making lifestyle changes.[1] Lifestyle modifications such as regular exercise and healthier eating can significantly reduce the amount of patients needing blood pressure-lowering medicine. That’s especially the case in individuals who have systolic blood pressures… Read More »