| VAP Cholesterol Test Covers 90 Percent Of Arizona Insured
Largest private insurers in Arizona as well as Medicare, Medicaid and the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program now cover the VAP (Vertical Auto Profile) Test, the most comprehensive cholesterol test available. That means almost 90 percent of all insured lives in Arizona now have insurance coverage for the VAP Test, which finds twice as many people at risk than the standard cholesterol test."The state of Arizona is extremely progressive in preventive health," said Atherotech Chief Medical Officer James Ehrlich, M.D. "The highly accurate VAP Test allows the clinician to target high-risk patients for specific therapy that could help prevent millions of future heart attacks and strokes. I am confident that the VAP Test will continue to be regarded as the best and most cost-effective laboratory method to precisely identify vulnerable individuals who may be at risk for the nation's leading killer, cardiovascular disease."People with a family history or an existing condition of diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease -- or who are already taking cholesterol lowering medication -- are candidates for the comprehensive VAP Test.
Bending Polymers Provides Spontaneous Way to Duplicate Beauty of ...
There are many objects in nature, such as flowers, that are pre-programmed to develop into delicate, beautiful and intrically shaped forms. But can this pre-determined process be duplicated by man starting with plain, flat surfaces? Full story .
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This Valentine's Day, many of us will slow down with our special someone and enjoy the most romantic day of the year. But for other Austinites, today will whiz by in an economic furor. For florists in Austin, the week leading up to Valentine's Day is their busiest of the year - far beyond their second-busiest time, Mother's Day. "It's our Christmas time," says Cliff Martinez, whose family owns and runs Ben White Florist on South Congress Avenue. Over the weekend, Martinez and his crew prepared roughly 15,000 roses, most of which will be sent out today to Austin sweeties. "You can't prepare for crazy," he says. Three days before the big day, a 48-foot truck sat outside Ben White Florist. Every morning at 7 a.m., 15 workers enter this truck - chilled to 38 degrees - to find shelves full of flowers ready to be delivered to their designated section of Austin.
Schwarzenegger's Lottery Idea Questioned
Schwarzenegger introduced the idea last year, and at times he has pitched it as a financial godsend, capable of reducing state debts, boosting education funding or helping to bankroll universal health care. If the deal comes to pass, it will be the first time a state has privatized its lottery. But several Wall Street investment banks that have analyzed the idea for Schwarzenegger's administration say the estimate he touts is wildly optimistic. The documents were obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request. The governor is employing the rosiest of projections from Lehman Brothers, which pegged the value of California's lottery at $16.1 billion to $37 billion over 40 years. Other Wall Street investment banks , Bear Stearns, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley , were more conservative.
Whole Grain Diets Lower Risk Of Chronic Disease, Study Shows
ScienceDaily (Feb. 11, 2008) Diets with high amounts of whole grains may help achieve significant weight loss, and also reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a team of Penn State researchers at University Park and the College of Medicine. .
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