Impact of the Affordable Care Act on stem cell transplantation.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law in 2010, will have a wide-reaching impact on the health care system in the United States when it is fully implemented in 2014. Patients will see increased access to care coupled with new insurance coverage protections as well as a minimum set of benefits mandated in each state known as essential health benefits. Providers are likely to see new forms of payment reform, particularly in the Medicare program, and narrower commercial provider networks.

The American Academy of Neurology's top five choosing wisely recommendations.

Objective: To discuss the American Academy of Neurology (AAN)'s Top Five Recommendations in the Choosing Wisely campaign promoting high-value neurologic medicine and physician-patient communication. The AAN published its Top Five Recommendations in February 2013 in collaboration with the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and Consumer Reports.

Methods: A Choosing Wisely Working Group of 10 AAN members was formed to oversee the process and craft the evidence-based recommendations.

[Biotransformation and pharmacokinetics of AWD 26-06, 8-chloro- 5,10-dihydro-5-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)aminoacetyl]-11H-dibenzo[b,c] [1,4]diazepin-11-one hydrochloride, in the rat].

Following p.o. and i.

[Biotransformation and pharmacokinetics of AWD 26-06, 8-chloro-5,10-dihydro-5-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)aminoacetyl]-11H-dibenzo[d, c][1,4]diazepin-11-one hydrochloride in the rat].

After p.o. administration to rats AWD 26-06 (1) is rapidly but incompletely absorbed.