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Aaron Carroll and Austin Frakt: Eye-opening details about Medicare payments
The United States spends $2.8 trillion a year on health care, about 18 percent of the economy. As recently reported, some of that spending is on Medicare-reimbursed eyelid lifts — a procedure that sometimes serves a medical need but often is for...
Tags: General Practitioners, Botox (drug), Breast Augmentation, Medicare, Cosmetic Procedures
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Decomposed body found in Newport News shed
Police are investigating after a decomposed body was discovered Friday on 36th Street. Police were called to the 300 block of 36th Street about 7:15 a.m. to a report of a body having been found in a shed behind a condemned house, said Lou Thurston, a...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Smarter CT scanning of kids would prevent 3,020 cancers each year
Approximately 3,020 cancers could be prevented each year if doctors were more judicious about ordering CT scans for kids, according to a new study. A CT scan is essentially a series of X-rays combined to give physicians a three-dimensional view of a...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Science and Technology, American Cancer Society, Cancer, Medical Research
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Multiple Subject - K-6
McCabe Union School Dist. is seeking highly qualified applications for employment for 2013-2014 school year in the following certificated areas: Multiple Subject - K-6 Salary: $39,504-68,617 Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Deadline: ... -
X-ray reveals long-lost notes of historic opera
San Jose Mercury NewsMENLO PARK, Calif. Hidden for two centuries, concealed notes of a historic opera have been revealed, thanks to the X-ray vision at Stanford University's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Measure by measure, the closing score of the French masterpiece...Tags: Music Industry, Entertainment, Science and Technology, Music, Science
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Snyder Says Cavill's 'No Joke' in 'Man of Steel'
VarietyImmediately following the June 10 world premiere of "Man of Steel" at Alice Tully Hall, Warner Bros. bussed guests down to Chelsea's Moynihan Station. There they dined at Skylight, an industrial space transformed by Hollywood elves into a nightclub...Tags: Man of Steel (movie), Zack Snyder, Amy Adams, The Borgias (tv program), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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YOUR MONEY-How to avoid urgent care sticker shock
ReutersBy Beth Pinsker NEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) - When you walk into any given urgent care center, two things matter: who owns it and what insurance you have. Urgent care centers are walk-in clinics where you can get care for medical problems you might...Tags: Sprained Ankle, Vaccines, Hospitals and Clinics, Humana Incorporated, Health Care Reform (2009)
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How to avoid urgent care sticker shock
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - When you walk into any given urgent care center, two things matter: who owns it and what insurance you have. Urgent care centers are walk-in clinics where you can get care for medical problems you might otherwise go to an emergency...Tags: Sprained Ankle, Humana Incorporated, Hospitals and Clinics, Vaccines, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Rugby-Country captain hopes brave show will secure Lions fixture
ReutersBy Nick Mulvenney NEWCASTLE, Australia, June 11 (Reuters) - The skipper of the Combined Country XV thrashed 64-0 by the British and Irish Lions on Tuesday is hoping a valiant second-half defensive effort which stemmed the tide of tries from the...Tags: Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Australia
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Supreme Court rejects idea of patenting natural human genes
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that naturally occurring human genes may not be patented, potentially opening up commercial and scientific terrain to more freewheeling exploration. In a unanimous decision that is a mixed bag for the...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Trials, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Myriad Genetics Incorporated
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Scant data on seizure drugs for women's genital pain
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although doctors sometimes prescribe anti-seizure drugs to treat chronic pain in the vulva, just a handful of low-quality studies have examined the drugs' effects, according to a new review. Based on these studies, "it's...Tags: Trials, Gabapentin (drug), Health and Medical Professionals, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Research
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USDA racing to provide validated test for GMO wheat
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department, reeling from the discovery of unapproved genetically modified (GM) wheat growing in Oregon, said on Thursday it is working to make "appropriate and validated" tests available to detect the wheat....Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Genetic Engineering, Marketing
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