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Providers nationwide are experiencing an uptick in health plans denying payments by improperly asserting that providers are not coding their claims correctly.

The research suggests that patients with cancer who previously received preventative prescriptions even without pain may now be less likely to receive a prescription until they begin reporting pain.

Although men in this cohort have a good prognosis, this finding is clinically relevant, as change in PSA is a factor in determining whether men opt to remain on [active surveillance].

When glutamate binds to the cancer cells’ NMDA receptors, a channel opens and calcium flows into the cell. This influx triggers molecular signaling cascades that drive tumor growth and metastasis.

Cancer incidence rates increased for several cancer types in many of the countries studied; however, other than colorectal cancer, these increases occurred in both younger and older adults.

The FDA says on its website that it has been investigating drugs for nitrosamines in some types of medications, noting they’re common in water and foods. But the agency noted that such impurities have been linked to an increase in cancer in individuals who are exposed to elevated levels and over long periods of time.