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3,000 medical mistakes and mishaps
Nando media and associated press report that Federal investigators have documented almost 3,000 medical mistakes and mishaps in less than two years at veterans hospitals around the United States. More than 700 patients have died in those reported cases.
This report is the result of a new pol...
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Women and Alternative Medicine
MSNBC reports today on the alternative medicine bandwagon and women.
"There's a health trend that's making big gains among women: alternative medicine." More than 83 million Americans are using alternative medicine and the majority are women. Every day, more people are embracing alternative m...
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HMO profitability continues to go down the drain
Reuters and Yahoo News report that HMO profitability declined sharply in 1998. The health maintenance organizations (HMOs) posted a collective net loss of $1.25 billion according to the report.
If we continue to apply sick care to a healthy society, what do we expect to get?
Dr. Ian Grassa...
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5 Major HMOs Targeted in Class-Action Suits
The Los Angeles Times reported today that five of the nation's largest HMOs face new lawsuits accusing them of failing to provide promised health care to 32 million customers, according to published reports.
HMOs named in the suits are Pacificare Health Systems Inc., Foundation Health System...
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Experts highlight technologies that will revolutionize medicine
On Thursday, the British Medical Journal made their predictions as to what the future of medicine would be. These are the future "miracles" of medicine.
"Picture a world where wheelchairs can climb stairs and insulin sacs implanted in diabetics automatically release just the right amount at t...
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Life University Graduate Elected Mayor
On November 2nd, 1999, Stephanie Grenier, D.C., was elected mayor of Auburn, Georgia. Dr. Stephanie has lived in Auburn for 16 months. She moved their the day after graduation from Life University and has been in her chiropractic office for 5 months.
Dr. Greniers mission statement follows.
"My...
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Prayer may speed heart patient's recovery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- Prayer may reduce the number of complications experienced by hospitalized heart patients, researchers report.
``This suggests that prayer may be an effective adjunct to standard medical care,'' Dr. William Harris of Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, ...
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Medical Doctors sanction lying for patients
Survey: Physicians support deceiving insurers to get needed care
LOS ANGELES - If a doctor believes a patient needs medical care but the insurance company won't cover it and the patient can't afford the expense, should the physician lie to the insurer to secure payment? Many doctors polled in a n...
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Report slams scoliosis screening in schools
NEW YORK, (Reuters Health) - Screening for scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, in schools is not effective and often identifies children who never receive treatment, according to a study published Wednesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
"I do not think ...
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Chiropractors Return Home From Panama
By Michael Dorausch, D.C.
Chiropractors returned home on Monday from the fifth CREW mission to Panama. This mission to Panama was different from any other since the adjusting was held in one location and all the DC's kept together as one group.
Chiropractors representing those from previou...
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Flu Vaccine: Stay Out of My Womb!
Commentary by Dawn Richardson
Pregnant women everywhere know the feeling of making it to the milestone of their second trimester. For most, queasiness starts to subside, energy returns in spurts, and of course there is that indescribable feeling ofbecoming aware of your developing baby's movement...
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Compensating Vaccine Injuries: Are Reforms Needed?
Summary 9/28 Congressional Hearing on VICP
The U.S Congress Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Human Resources and Drug Policy (the same subcommittee that held the hearing on May 18, 1999) held another hearing on Tuesday, September 28, 1999 at 10:00 AM entitled "Compensating Vaccine Injuries:...
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Did HMO Pay M.D.'s to Nix Coverage?
Class Action Seeks Compensation for Denied Coverage
Source: ABC News
W A S H I N G T O N, - Health insurer Humana Inc. was sued today in a first-of-its-kind class action suit, which alleged it failed to disclose the conditions of its health coverage and that it paid medical doctors t...
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Internet will change doctor-patient relationships
NEW YORK, (Reuters Health) -- Just as it revolutionized other industries, the Internet is set to change the face of healthcare as we know it. And perhaps nowhere will the effects be more pronounced than on doctor-patient relationships, a Canadian researcher predicts.
In the September 18th issue o...
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One in 10 California HMO practices are predicted to fail in 1999
planetc1.com news
Sacramento - One in 10 California physician groups that capitate directly with HMOs are expected to close this year, according to a report from the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. At least 16 already have closed, part of the more than 100 physician groups in Califor...
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