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New Color Coded Hospital Bracelets Save Lives, But Raise Privacy Concerns
Confusion about what those color coded bracelets mean can cause deadly medical mistakes, but if the bracelets are standardized — is everyone going to know your business? More »
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BPA Levels Higher In Those With Heart Disease Or Diabetes
Another report measuring the negative effects of bisphenol A (BPA), the chemical found in plastics that Canada has banned and that the U.S. continues to fight over, has been released. Today the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study that found that:
those with the largest amount of BPA in their urine had nearly three times the risk of heart disease and more than twice the risk of diabetes as those who had the lowest levels.More »
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Los Angeles Hospitals Accused Of Using Homeless 'Patients' In Insurance Fraud Scams
Earlier this year we noted a story about an LA hospital caught dumping a paraplegic homeless patient on the sidewalk without a wheelchair. At the time, everyone assumed the hospital was stuck in a bad situation—they couldn't keep a patient forever after treating him, and he had no physical address, so what were they supposed to do? It turns out incidents like this, which one LA-based reader said "happens all the time," may not be so 'innocent' after all:Hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties submitted phony Medicare and Medi-Cal bills for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of homeless patients—including drug addicts and the mentally ill—recruited from downtown's Skid Row, state and federal authorities allege.More »
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Modern Psychiatry: Brought To You By Selfless Pharmaceutical Companies
Psychiatry is nothing more than a well-funded front for big pharma, according to lawmakers investigating the field's premier organization, the American Psychiatric Association. Unlike psychologists, psychiatrists can write prescriptions, giving pharmaceutical companies a powerful incentive to lavishly subsidize both their lifestyle and profession. More »
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11 Cheap Generic Drug Programs That Will Save You Money
Here at the Consumerist we'd like you to save money. That's why we've put together a handy list of those $4 generic drug programs that you've been hearing about. We hope this list will make it easier for you to locate the store that has the best deal on all your medications. If your local grocery store is doing a similar program and we missed it, please add a link to the comments. If you need help researching the medicines, we recommend Consumer Reports' excellent site Best Buy Drugs. Enjoy! More »
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's Thoughts On Health Care Reform
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke shared some thoughts on health care reform from "an economist's perspective" today. He was short on proposals, but did suggest that we concentrate our attention on improving the cost-effectiveness of our health care system: More »
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CVS In Pennsylvania Keeps Pharmacy Supplies At Toasty 93 Degrees
A CVS in Cressona, PA has had chronic air conditioning problems "for over a year and a half now" according to the employee our tipster spoke with. Now Frank wants to know whether or not it's safe to store so much medicine in such intense heat. It certainly goes against the storage instructions for a lot of meds. More »
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Children’s Hospital Boston held on to the top spots for general pediatrics in the 2008 America's Best Children's Hospitals ranking. [U.S. News & World Report]
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Raghu wants to know why CVS sold her a bottle of Tears Naturale PM that expired last year. We're all for pushing expiration dates, but not with year-old preservative-free medicine that is meant to stay in your eye overnight.
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Why Is CVS Selling Year-Old Expired Eye Ointment?
Raghu wants to know why CVS sold her a bottle of Tears Naturale PM that expired last year. We're all for pushing expiration dates, but not with year-old preservative-free medicine that is meant to stay in your eye overnight.
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