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_Physical treatments_: It is the object of these treatments to assist the proper circulation of the blood; to automatically open the pores of the skin for the external treatment of certain diseases; to withdraw elements of disease from the body, and to introduce certain material influences, through the pores.

Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann

In many cases, the extent of the variation in treatments is greatest for those types of care for which evidence about relative effectiveness is lacking.

Archive 2007-06-01 xtra 2007

In many cases, the extent of the variation in treatments is greatest for those types of care for which evidence about relative effectiveness is lacking.

Wise Words about Health Care xtra 2007

The industry argues its work has also become harder: developing frontier cancer treatments is more complex than producing pills for high blood pressure.

Big Pharma Winning War on Drugs Hester Plumridge 2010

I believe medical professionals have the right to make recommendations for or against certain treatments or procedures, based on the client's health, expected outcome, cost vs. benefit and other factors.

Pregnant at 66 and putting choice in context - Feministing 2009

You get a very different set of efficiency incentives if dropping treatments is a first-line response.

Matthew Yglesias » Lane on Cost-Control 2010

In fact, the best way to reduce unnecessary or ineffective treatments is not by uprooting doctors but by incentivzing all providers to adopt best practices and instituting payment reform.

Wonk Room » The Case Against Allowing Doctors To Bid For Medicare Business 2009

The Herceptin treatments cost my insurer about $60,000.

My Drug Problem 2009

Over utilization of expensive procedures and treatments is a concern to many health researchers — who worry that we spend billions on untested or unnecessary medical procedures — and is a major hurdle to containing health care costs.

Wonk Room » The Case Against Allowing Doctors To Bid For Medicare Business 2009

With the tremendous upsurge in treatments available for cancer between 1989 and 2005, it's "surprising" but "good news" that cancer costs are not growing faster than health care costs overall, says Len Nichols, director of the Center for Health Policy Research at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

Cancer costs double, in line with health spending trend 2010