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Paleotrickery: a lengthy lineage for leaf-mimicking insects.(This Week)
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January 6, 2007|
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For at least 47 million years, some insects have escaped predators by looking like foliage and moving like swaying leaves, a new fossil find suggests.
Many creatures elude predators by blending into their surroundings. But the 3,000 or so species in an insect group called the phasmids take camouflage to an extreme, says Sonja Wedmann of the Institute for Paleontology in Bonn, Germany.
Most modern-day phasmids have bodies and legs that look like sticks and twigs, but at least 37 known species are shaped like the tree leaves that they eat or frequent during ...
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Dialysis patients need more coverage
Newspaper article from: Miami Times
; ...Florida's Medicaid Coverage for Dialysis Patients Inadequate to Cover Costs of...Medicaid covers only 55 percent of costs. Dialysis patients who rely primarily on Medicaid...at the Capitol in Tallahassee. The "Dialysis Day" report card indicates that current...
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DIALYSIS IS AVAILABLE ON SOME CRUISE SHIPS.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; ...Most of the nation's approximately 200,000 dialysis patients need access to dialysis machines, which filter waste from blood and...body chemistry. So when it comes to travel, dialysis patients usually have to take trips of very...
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Some dialysis patients may not need it.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week
; ...An estimated 16,000 or more dialysis patients in the United States may have the potential to come off dialysis because their kidneys may be capable...off thousands of patients too soon as dialysis "lifers," the study said. About...
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Peritoneal Dialysis Fact Sheet. (Practice Issues in Nephrology Nursing).
Magazine article from: Nephrology Nursing Journal
; ...encompasses hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and transplant. Providing information...renal health care team. The Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Special Interest Group created...a general introduction to peritoneal dialysis as a renal replacement * therapy; and...
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Peritoneal dialysis nursing--we've come a long way.(A Look Back ...)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Nephrology Nursing Journal
; ...my first patient on acute peritoneal dialysis (PD) in the 1970s, we used 2- liter glass bottles of dialysis solution warmed in a water bath, and...patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) performed a connection procedure...
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Dialysis chains prepare for disaster: plans in place for dialysis facilities to function during power outages and water supply disruptions.
Magazine article from: Renal & Urology News
; ...stage renal disease (ESRD), local dialysis centers are a necessary component of...even lifesaving--treatment. But are dialysis facilities prepared for emergencies...emergencies in recent years have prompted major dialysis chains to rethink and restructure their...
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Dialysis staff encouragement and fluid control adherence in patients on hemodialysis.(CNE)(Report)
Magazine article from: Nephrology Nursing Journal
; Fluid control in patients on dialysis is an important determinant of outcome. A large change in weight during a dialysis session is related to lower effectiveness of dialysis (Sharp, Wild, & Gumley, 2005), exacerbation of hypertension...
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Dialysis Patient Citizens Endorses Kidney Community Campaign to Improve Survival Rates of First-Year Dialysis Patients.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week
; Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) - a national...dedicated to improving quality of life for all dialysis patients - today endorsed the recently...to reduce mortality among first-year dialysis patients by 20 percent by the end of 2012...
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DIALYSIS HOLDINGS, INC. Agrees to Pay $4.1 Million to Settle Allegations of Making False Claims to Medicare, Reports U.S. Attorney.
PR Newswire
; ...Investigative Service, announced today that DIALYSIS HOLDINGS, INC. ("DIALYSIS HOLDINGS"), headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado...the U.S. Attorney's Office alleging that DIALYSIS HOLDINGS conspired with others to defraud the...
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Dialysis Treatment Choice Affects Risk of Death in Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease; CHOICE Study Finds Risk of Death Increases with Peritoneal Dialysis Over Hemodialysis.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service
; ...disease (ESRD), choosing peritoneal dialysis over hemodialysis increases their risk...studies in the debate about which kind of dialysis is better. Currently, more than 400...Americans require one of the two kinds of dialysis to remove waste products and excess water...
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