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United Healthcare Denies Coverage to Kids, Reaps Profit
While the Tea Party Express winds it way through America, trying to defeat health care reform and a public health care option, adults and children, who have insurance, are being denied health care."Brave New Films...
Uninsured Stuck With Bigger Medical Bills
If you are one of the 47 million Americans that have joined the ranks of the uninsured, what you may not know is that you may have to pay more for your medical treatment than your privately insured counterparts.
When individuals without insurance get sick, they... Medicaid Expansion and Fiscal Responsibility
I have been an insurance broker in the state of Illinois for the past 15 years and I have seen first hand what happens when an over burdened, tax funded, Government controlled, entitlement program like Medicaid is offered to those with incomes well into the middle class.... Fish can get seasick according to German scientist
Fish can indeed become seasick according to a German scientist, who even says that they can go green around their gills. Dr. Reinhold Hilbig, a zoologist from Stuttgart was studing the effects of humans in space when... Death of Chinese woman in Russia, conflicting reports about cause
It still remains unclear whether the Chinese woman who died on Wednesday on the train bound for Moscow from the Far Eastern city of Blagoveshchensk (near the Chinese border) has died from the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) or some other infectious agent. SARS is an...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 32 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago
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Parents and Doctors Create Monsters Out of Autistics
i am calling for the immediate public shaming of, and lawsuits for abuse, against Ann Bauer, the mother of Andrew Bauer, a person who started life as autistic and has since been destroyed and changed into a violent... Chinese are Hopeful with Government's Health Care Pledge
Americans aren't the only ones who have a serious case of Hope this week. China unveiled its health care reform package yesterday which pledges 850 billion yen (or 123 billion USD) towards improvements to a aging...Spoiled Soup Sickens 170 Wedding Guests in China
170 wedding banquet guests became ill and were rushed to hospital after cooks added rust remover to the large pot filled with food instead of salt. ""All food was stewed in a big pot but after dinner...
created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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496 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Calculating survival in the hospital
HospitalCompare has been around since 2006, allowing patients to compare hospital death rates with the ease of a comparison shopper site. You can compare up to three hospitals in a given area (city, zip code etc.)...
created by Jason Sanders | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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174 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Sickness Bug Found in Water Supply
Wednesday June 25, 2008Residents in 108,000 homes in Northamptonshire are told to boil tap water after the cryptosporidium bug is found to have contaminated their water supplies. About 85 communities are... Wastepicker Children Face Discrimination
*****AdvocacyNetNews Bulletin 144June 20, 2008***** Wastepicker Children Face Discrimination from Private School in India June 20, 2008, Delhi, India: In a graphic example of the deep discrimination... Science and Religion say 'I do'
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorFinally after a long courtship, fraught with inconsistencies amongst themselves, with tears and heartbreak tearing everyone apart, has finally come to a resolve. ...
created by Barry Artiste | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Coffee may hike miscarriage risk
"Drinking a couple of cups of coffee a day has long been considered safe during pregnancy, but a new study finds that even this modest amount of caffeine could double a woman’s risk of miscarriage. Doctors are split on what this means for pregnant women, with some advising... Everest Conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary Dies
The first man to climb Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, has died at his home in New Zealand. He was 88. "On the mountain, the first assault team that tried to reach the 8848m summit was driven back by... No money, not enough food, rampant sickness, night-time raids. Darfur today
This is a really good article about the current situation in darfur. Once again we are somewhat helpless to provide any Major Assistance which is what they need, but I think it deserves attention.The first part of the article describes the detail of the human suffering in the...
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