After shoveling for days, breaking up ice dams, and now shivering in this week’s frigid temperatures, I wouldn’t mind sitting in a sauna for a bit. A new report in JAMA Internal Medicine makes this pastime even more appealing: regularly spending time in a sauna may help keep …
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Internists Get A Break From Controversial Efforts To Bolster Performance
When choosing a doctor, patients have long relied on the idea of board certification. It’s a stamp of approval meant to assure them their provider knows current medical practices. But a rebellion among doctors over recertification requirements has put that stamp in flux, potentially complicating what patients can expect to …
Negotiating Your Hospital Bill: Offer 27{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540} of the Chargemaster Total
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) See-ming Lee/Flickr There are two ways to change a system: working from the inside, or working from the outside. When it comes to lowering the costs of medical care, we need to do both. Here’s what you can do. First let’s …
Suicidal autistic girl spent seven-hour ordeal in A&E and then gets sent home … – Irish Mirror
Irish MirrorSuicidal autistic girl spent seven-hour ordeal in A&E and then gets sent home …Irish MirrorA suicidal autistic girl was sent home from A&E after she was left sobbing on a floor and had tablets forced on her in a seven-hour ordeal, her mum has claimed. …
10 kidney failure test developed
Patients at risk of kidney failure could soon be identified using a A 10 device similar to a pregnancy test. According to a new report, it could “revolutionise” the care of patients with chronic kidney disease , which costs the NHS more than A 1.4 billion a year.
Children who eat peanuts at an early age may prevent peanut allergies
The No Nuts Moms Group website lists some of the young people who have died from food allergies — many from peanut allergy — going back to 1986. The lengthy list is a sad reminder that a peanut allergy can cause a severe and sometimes deadly allergic reaction. Parents who have …
Critics: Medicaid Services Ill. Gov. Rauner Would Cut Save Illinois Money
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed $1.47 billion in Medicaid cuts includes reductions in dental services, mental health care and other coverage. But some legislators and patient advocates say the targeted services don’t just help keep people healthy — they also save the state money. Gov. Bruce Rauner delivers an …
Chronic fatigue syndrome was just the beginning: More proposed disease renamings
(CC BY-SA 2.0) Kai Schreiber/Flickr We don’t know what causes the condition known as chronic fatigue syndrome. We’re not even sure we can definitively diagnose it or confidently determine who actually suffers from it. There seems to be no argument that it exists and is a …
Irish Cancer Society to reject donations from Arthur Cox – Irish Independent
Irish IndependentIrish Cancer Society to reject donations from Arthur CoxIrish IndependentA leading Irish charity has announced it will no longer accept any corporate donations from a top law firm which is acting for tobacco giant Japan Tobacco in threatened court action against the State to block plain cigarette packs.Irish …
Iron Maiden singer has tongue cancer, band says
Iron Maiden singer has tongue cancer, band says Singer Bruce Dickinson treated for cancer, hopes to be back soon. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1EsWhhc Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson is being treated for cancer of the tongue, the heavy metal band announced on its …
Commonly Used Medications Linked to Dementia
A new study reveals that higher doses or prolonged use of medications with anticholinergic effects significantly increases the risk for developing dementia. Although, this is not the first study to discover such a link, it is the first to suggest that the risk of dementia as a result of taking …
New vaccine is an important advance in stopping cervical and other HPV-related cancers
If you knew that a vaccine could prevent your daughter or son from developing a relatively common and potentially deadly cancer later in life, would you have her or him get it? Such a vaccine is available, and it’s about to get even better than it is now — …
Yep, Even 100-Percent Fruit Juices are Packed with Sugar
(CC BY 2.0) Mike Mozart/Flickr Despite buying only 100 percent juices you’ll notice that the sugar content on many of them is still very high. The reason for this is that Nutrition Facts labels include all forms of sugar, including those that occur naturally in fruit. Nevertheless, a product …
Many Uninsured Don’t Realize They May Face A Tax Penalty
A “teachable moment” is one way to describe the consternation that many uninsured people may feel when they file their taxes this spring and realize they owe a penalty for not having health insurance. According to a new survey, the number of people who may need to be schooled is …
Priest locks his church to stop addicts shooting up – Herald.ie
Herald.iePriest locks his church to stop addicts shooting upHerald.ieA CHURCH has to be locked every day because of drug addicts shooting up in the grounds. Also in this section. 'Ibrahim is a tough guy – he'll make it,' says freed cellmate · Ireland star Tommy Bowe'…
