This is a procedure women here in the US undergo all the time for a reduction, but in Germany the court decided no, but again we may not have all the details here as well, but she had been told my doctors to have them reduced as she was suffering from orthopedic and physical problems. What may...
This story and video if nothing else brings home how important it is to Wash Your Hands. To think that the worm made it all the way to her brain is scary, but the alternative of a tumor is worse by all means as the worm was removed. She was feeling numbness in here arms and the movement of the...
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on 11-22-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, FDA, Disease, Brain Surgery, Tumor, hygeine, food contamination, worm, neuosurgery
These are a couple posts from last month. What is interesting is the difference of the dollar amounts here, $65 million more for a procedure for cats and dogs. Any money and donations of course are appreciated, but could the good doctor being relaying a message here? His announcement...
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on 11-21-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, Grants, R and D, sterilization, X-Pr5ize, healthcare for pets
This might have a bit to say about the IT departments, or the antiquated equipment in place, but with all the large profits being made by health insurers I would guess the have invested heavily as they have with all their reporting services and claim algorithms for calculating claims and approvals for...
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on 11-20-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, Computers, health insurance, Health IT, Cigna, Lawsuits, United HealthCare
Specially prepared maggots have been approved by the FDA since 2004 for neuropathic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers,venous stasis ulcers, and traumatic and post-surgical wounds. Insurance companies spend thousands of dollars for an amputation but back off at a $100.00 maggot treatment. The American...
This very extensive article examines various hospitals in Massachusetts and the cost of the same procedures at different hospitals, and then continues further to discuss how this happens; contracts with the insurers and the ability to use “branding” to command a higher rate, all the big centers do it...
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on 11-16-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Physicians, Hospitals, bankruptcy, Balance Billing, Transparancy, Debt consolidation, Vendors, Hosptials
Personalized Medicine will create many answers and solutions in healthcare, but will we have the money to afford it? I post quite a bit about genomics and personalized medicine on the blog here and the one thing it has in common with the rest of healthcare is cost. The success of personalized...
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on 11-14-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, personalized medicine, healthcare, Medical Records, FDA, integration, CMS, Leavitt