Not only does the new test enable the TB bacteria to be identified more quickly, it allows doctors to add various drugs to the liquid media in which the sample is grown to determine which would be of benefit in tackling the infection.

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In an interview, Beatty said that the doctors want Congress to go back to the old law, which allows patients to buy OTC meds with their FSA, HSAs and HRAs without the intervention of doctors.

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But to do that, we want to make sure that everybody has health insurance, which in turn allows us to cut back on some wasteful spending and help upgrade hospitals and doctors and how they perform medicine because now they're not dealing with as many emergency room patients.

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