A good percentage of the premiums or catastrophic health insurance amounts is going to health care fraud every year. GAO est of minimum fraud have consistently been in 10% to teens. Comment by Comment by patient – January 27, 2009 at 11:01 pm
This comment leads in a direction mentioned several times here between us: FRAUD. I served on a Federal Grand Jury for 18 months and became intimately involved with details of Medicare/Medicaid Fraud. Most Read the rest of this entry »

There was no statement available from the company and the company’s bankruptcy attorney, Andy Goldstein, could not be reached for comment.
So far, 654 people in 44 states have been officially recorded as sickened with salmonella traced to the Georgia plant contamination, which is also linked to nine deaths. Separately,
health authorities have linked at least nine cases of salmonella poisoning to the Texas plant.
One food manufacturer affected Read the rest of this entry »

Eating a diet rich in fish and vegetables, while low in meat and dairy, lowers an older person’s risk of developing mild mental impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, a study showed.
Those who adhered most closely to the Mediterranean diet had a 28 percent lower risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, which is a precursor to Alzheimer’s disease in many people, than those who didn’t, research in the February issue of Archives of Neurology found.
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Published: February 2, 2009
The American Cancer Society will host its third annual “African American Men’s Health Forum” from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 N. Third St.
Local health experts will discuss health disparities, cardiovascular health, diabetes health, mental health, nutrition and exercise. Local cancer experts will discuss the prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer, prostate cancer Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON — The Peanut Corporation of America closed its processing plant in Plainview, Tex., on Monday night after a laboratory test indicated possible
contamination, a development that threatens to widen one of the largest food recalls ever and raises more questions about why the government allowed the plant to operate.
The company’s plant in Blakely, Ga., was identified a month ago as the source of a nationwide salmonella outbreak. Read the rest of this entry »

Healthy Food Guide emerged as the most popular with year-on-year sales of 24 per cent.
The second spot went to HealthSmart with up to 19 per cent sales, followed by Women’s Health with 15.3 per cent sales on the third.
Men’s Health came third with 10.7 per cent and followed by Diabetic Living with 9.6 per cent sales at fourth.
“The overall market for the six months to December 08 is exhibiting some early effects of the global economic crisis,” Read the rest of this entry »

Thursday, January 15, 2009
French Hospital is honored for excellence in three different areas of service.
The hospital received awards for its excellence in patient service, cardiovascular care and growth and expansion.
Catholic Healthcare West owns the hospital. Its CEO has ties to President-Elect Barack Obama and has worked with him in Chicago on several occasions.
Catholic Healthcare West CEO Lloyd Dean said he is excited about what the Read the rest of this entry »

New Jersey hospitals said the nation’s recession is hitting them hard — causing layoffs, delays in capital improvement projects, a jump in charity-care patients and a decline in patients scheduling elective procedures.
“This recession has dealt a staggering blow to New Jersey’s hospitals,” said Betsy Ryan, president and CEO of the
“It has weakened their finances, drained their cash reserves and forced them to Read the rest of this entry »

Prosecutors: Debt, drugs led to Fla. killings
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two men accused in the execution-style shooting deaths of a family along Florida’s Turnpike were settling drug debts and stealing cocaine when they ambushed the couple and their two boys, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday.
Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez Jr., both 25, are charged with armed carjacking resulting in deaths, conspiracy, weapons counts and drug offenses. Read the rest of this entry »

Medical Malpractice Attorney from New York City Explains Importance, Early Detection – Treatment of Lung Cancer
In this informative piece,
. explains why the timely detection and treatment of lung cancer is so important to patients.  Mr. Sullivan also describes the catastrophic consequences of a failure to diagnose the disease, an omission that may be the basis for a medical malpractice action.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death Read the rest of this entry »