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		<title>Hospital Study: Greater spending linked to higher mortality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Data was analyzed from Medicare patients who suffered from stroke, pneumonia, hip fracture, congestive hearth failure, gastrointestinal hemorrhage and acute myocardial infarction. The scope of the study included spending data from 208 hospitals over 9 years.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medicaresolutions.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/hospital-study-greater-spending-linked-to-higher-mortality/</link>
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		<title>Do You Know the Difference Between Medigap and Medicare Advantage?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Both “medigap” and Medicare Advantage plans are often referred to as “supplemental insurance” plans in Medicare articles and literature.  This language is confusing and somewhat misleading. Do you understand the difference? ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medicaresolutions.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/do-you-know-the-difference-between-medigap-and-medicare-advantage/</link>
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		<title>Meditation Affects Brain Growth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adding meditation practice to your retirement plans might just lengthen your life and make you more healthy. In 2009, a study found that people who meditate may have lower blood pressure, a leading factor in heart disease Another study found links between meditation and ability to “pay attention” – a critical skill in a world where we are being exhausted by sensory inputs.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medicaresolutions.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/meditation-affects-brain-growth/</link>
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		<title>Medicare Advisory Panel recommends co-pay for home health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The co-pays, commission chairman Glenn Hackbarth said, would help avoid the benefit turning into a “long-term care social support system.”

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		<link>http://www.medicaresolutions.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/medicare-advisory-panel-recommends-co-pay-for-home-health/</link>
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		<title>Eating Mediterranean style to support the brain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eating fish and veggies – the staples of the diet of the healthy and long-lived people living near the Mediterranean Sea – is now linked to slower decline in brain function as well as heart health.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medicaresolutions.com/blog/index.php/2011/01/eating-mediterranean-style-to-support-the-brain/</link>
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		<title>Home kidney dialysis now covered by Medicare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite concerns about infection and control in the home environment, a study published last year in The Archives of Internal Medicine found that patients “with end-stage kidney disease who have dialysis at home fare just as well as their counterparts who do hemodialysis,” traditionally performed at a dialysis center.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medicaresolutions.com/blog/index.php/2011/01/homekidneydialysis/</link>
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		<title>Avastin still covered regionally on Medicare during appeal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In July, the F.D.A. decided to revoke approval of Avastin, also called bevacizumab, because the F.D.A. said follow up studies had found the drug was not effective and had dangerous side effects.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medicaresolutions.com/blog/index.php/2011/01/avastin/</link>
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		<title>January is National Blood Donor Month: Become an Everyday Hero</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve been putting off giving a pint or two because you think you aren’t “qualified,” it’s as easy as checking with your doctor. Also, the staff at the blood centers will review your medical history. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medicaresolutions.com/blog/index.php/2011/01/blooddonor/</link>
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		<title>Boost Vitamin B-12 in Diet to Protect Your Brain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Oxford study found that people who had higher vitamin B12 levels were six times less likely to experience brain shrinkage compared with those who had lower levels of the vitamin in their blood. None of the people in the study had vitamin B12 deficiency. The study was conducted over five years and published in the journal of Neurology.

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		<link>http://www.medicaresolutions.com/blog/index.php/2011/01/vitaminb12/</link>
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		<title>Chicken Soup Really is Good Medicine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two excellent excuses to get the soup pot out right now? It’s cold and flu season and there is empirical proof that chicken soup has real help for cold sufferers. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.medicaresolutions.com/blog/index.php/2011/01/chickensou/</link>
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