Figuring out how to get the best care at a reasonable cost through a consumer-driven health plan takes practice, and doctors are often just as
as their patients. If you’re accustomed to simply deferring to your doctor’s medical expertise, you may need to be more assertive about managing your care if you want to keep costs under control, new research suggests.
A “consumer driven” plan typically refers to a health insurance policy with a deductible Read the rest of this entry »
After weeks of hospital time, the drummer gets to go home.
After being in recovery from the September plane crash that claimed the lives of four people, including one of his friends and his bodyguard, Travis Barker is released from an L.A. burn center, reports MTV.com.
that the former Blink 182 drummer was released from the Grossman Burn Center on Friday, Oct 17.
Reportedly, Barker was being treated for second and third degree burns that left Read the rest of this entry »
It’s the diet craze sweeping Britain. But LighterLife’s punishing regime has been linked to memory loss, heart attacks and even death.
Sarah Barker weighed 23 stone when she turned in desperation to the seemingly miraculous diet that would transform her life. She wanted to slim for her daughters’ sake.
The 38-year-old science teacher had tried many diets but, like many dieters, she always piled the weight back on.
But LighterLife – the dieting Read the rest of this entry »
Edge of Life: Dallas hospital team helps families, doctors with dying
11:44 AM CST on Sunday, December 14, 2008
Min Patel huddled in a fourth-floor hallway with Dr. Edward Taylor near an intensive care unit, where the trauma surgeon’s patient lay tethered to a ventilator. Seven intravenous pumps pushed a cocktail of chemicals into his body to fight infection and keep his heart pumping. The stakes didn’t get any higher Read the rest of this entry »
New Henry Ford facility in W. Bloomfield to see if female-only area improves patient care.
What do women want? Henry Ford Health System thinks it knows.
When the new $360-million Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital opens next month, it will debut a 16-bed unit for female patients only, hoping to study whether gender-specific floors improve patient care, or at least, make women more comfortable during their hospital stays.
“That’s really one Read the rest of this entry »
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LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Oxford Biomedica Plc OBXB.L said
U.S. regulators had approved a series of amendments to a study
for its lead drug TroVax in renal cancer, being developed
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The new agreement with the Food and Drug Administration may
mean Oxford can continue development of the drug for a specific
population subset, having said in July the drug Read the rest of this entry »
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif.—An Orange County hospital worker allegedly pilfered $234,000 from two cafeteria cash registers during a five-year period.
Fountain Valley police investigators say Bridget Ganier started helping herself to $50 to $100 a week back in September 2003, when the Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center executive assistant took over responsibility for making the cafeteria’s bank deposits.
But court documents filed by police Read the rest of this entry »
ScienceDaily (Feb. 5, 2009)
— Nearly 70 percent of minority women agree that health-care organizations sometimes deceive or mislead patients, one of the key findings of a Michigan State University study that researchers say can prevent women from getting breast cancer screenings.
The study of 341 Arab-American, African-American and Latina women was created to examine levels of medical mistrust and assess the impact on whether the participants Read the rest of this entry »
for excellent clinical performance.
Seven local hospitals repeated as Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence in 2009 after the Golden, Colo.-based company had them on its list in 2008. Four hospitals dropped off the list and were replaced by four other South Florida hospitals.
According to HealthGrades, patients who are treated for the most common conditions at hospitals it recognized for clinical excellence are 27 percent less likely Read the rest of this entry »
BETHESDA, Md., Nov 10, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
This Thanksgiving is the fifth
annual National Family History Day, as declared by the U.S. Surgeon General.
The American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) encourages every American to
know their family medical history and if they haven’t already gathered this
potentially life-saving information, to “start the conversation” about family
medical history this Thanksgiving holiday. “Be proactive! Read the rest of this entry »