Archive for June, 2009
The average total wait time in an emergency room in the United States is four hours and three minutes, but experts say there are ways you can cut down your wait.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s elbow fracture could draw attention to the importance of osteoporosis screening, some health experts say.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Patients are full of complaints about their doctors, but many doctors feel the same way about some of their patients.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)According to a new study, patients who have routine blood tests done by their primary care physician often are never informed about the results.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)U.S. drugmakers have agreed to pay out $80 million in discounts to seniors over the next decade in an effort to help pay for President Obama’s healthcare reform plan.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)A health reporter answers some of the most commonly asked questions about healthcare reform to help you understand this process as it moves through Congress.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)The calcitonin-salmon spray is approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in women who have low bone mass after five years of menopause.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Despite calls to stop the practice, executives from the insurance industry’s top three insurers–UnitedHealth Group, Wellpoint, and Assurant–say they will continue to cancel the insurance policies of some sick patients.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Experts discuss a hair loss drug that fights prostate cancer, a cough medicine that may increase the chances of conception, and seven other drugs that work to treat more than one condition.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)In a recent study, British researchers found that only half of the people asked where their heart was could identity where it was located.
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