Top stories in health and medicine, September 23, 2014

From MedPage Today: One Insurer Holds Obamacare Fate in Two States. Here’s a health law pop quiz: Which two states have the least successful Obamacare health insurance exchanges? RT Regimens Preserve QOL in Prostate Ca. Almost 90% of men with localized prostate cancer remained sexually active 5 years after treatment with blood flow-preserving radiation therapy. How Much Does That X-Ray Cost? You Can Find Out in N.H. When Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield became embroiled in a contract dispute with Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire in 2010, its negotiators came to the table armed with a new weapon: public data showing the hospital was one of the most expensive in the state for some services. Protocol Rapidly Transforms Stem Cells. A seven-stage protocol building on previous work transforming human embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing pancreatic cells was able to reverse diabetes in mouse models in about 40 days, compared to 4 to 5 months. Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
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