After her husband had a heart attack, Michelle Katz saved $7,000 just by reading her husband’s medical bills closely.
Katz recounted on “Good Morning America” today her horrifying ordeal in saving her husband’s life and then battling hospital billing errors.
After the show, Katz offered to answer your online questions. Well, you asked, and now she answers.
Both the questions and the answers have been condensed or edited. If you do not see the Read the rest of this entry »
Sea cucumbers, also known as beche-de-mer, are delicacies, health boosters and maybe even a cure for impotence and they are harvested all over the world, including just south of Monterey Bay.
In traditional Chinese medicine, sea cucumbers are considered a health panacea and are used to treat kidney disorders, constipation and reproductive problems, including impotence.
The purported medicinal properties have now gained attention from the biomedical Read the rest of this entry »
concerning its new drug application for Surfaxin.
The Warrington, Pa., biopharmaceutical company is seeking approval for Surfaxin as a therapy to prevent respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants.
Respiratory distress syndrome is a condition in which premature infants are born with an insufficient amount of their own natural surfactant, a substance produced naturally in the lungs and essential for breathing. In the United States, the Read the rest of this entry »
A cook at the dining facility, Barber sat in his truck wearing battle fatigues, earplugs and a camouflage hood on his head. He had an arsenal: seven loaded guns, nearly 1,000 rounds of ammunition, knives in his pockets. On the front seat, an AK-47 had a bullet in the chamber.
The “smell of death” he experienced in Iraq continued to haunt him, his wife says. He was embittered about the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that crippled him, the Read the rest of this entry »
A 13-year-old student faces expulsion from a St. Paul junior high school after she allegedly stabbed a classmate Wednesday in a hallway.
The girl allegedly cut the boy, 13, in the chest and arm with a small knife at about 12:30 p.m., sending him to Regions Hospital. Officials at Highland Park Junior High School said his injuries were not serious. By the end of the school day, he had already been released or was about to be released from the hospital, Read the rest of this entry »
The Manton Center will be part of Children’s
Hospital’s Division of Genetics,
which is overseen by Chief of Genetics Christopher Walsh, M.D., Ph.D.
The gift will create a new Harvard chair, The Sir Edwin and Lady Manton
Professorship in Pediatrics in the field of Genetics. The chair’s
first incumbent, Alan H. Beggs, PhD, will also serve as The Manton
Center director. The Manton Center will support research Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: Feb. 16, 2009 5:00 p.m.
St. Martin of Tours Blood Drive
, 2 to 7 p.m., Feb. 27, in the gym of St. Martin Tours Parish, 7963 S. 116th St., Franklin. Non-members are welcome; walk-ins accepted. Call 427-6341.
“Nourish Your Noggin,”
a community education program on brain wellness presented by the Alzheimer’s Association, 11 a.m. to noon, Feb. 19, Alexian Village Pavilion, 9225 N. 76th St., Milwaukee. Free. To register or for more information, Read the rest of this entry »
Georgia’s inspectors failed at their job repeatedly. That doesn’t remotely exonerate the FDA, which learned in April, when Canada returned a shipment of
, that there were signs of filth and disregard for public health. And the FDA bears responsibility for ensuring that its contractors are doing adequate inspections.
But then, the FDA itself, which oversees 80% of our food, hasn’t done adequate inspections for years. Farm fields are checked once Read the rest of this entry »
Sticking strictly to a Mediterranean diet rich in fruits and vegetables offers substantial protection against cancer, heart disease and other major chronic illnesses, Italian researchers said on Friday.
People who did this had a 9 percent drop in death from heart disease, a 13 percent reduction in incidence of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease and a 6 percent reduction in cancer compared to those who were not as diligent, their study found. Read the rest of this entry »
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America has the best health care in the world.
Let’s bury this one once and for all. The United States is No. 1 in only one sense: the amount we shell out for health care. We have the most expensive system in the world per capita, but we lag behind many developed countries on virtually every health statistic you can name. Life expectancy at birth? We rank near the bottom of countries in the
, just ahead of Cuba and way behind Japan, France, Read the rest of this entry »