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27 unexpected foods to grill this summer
There’s nothing better than cooking up a feast on the grill. Practically anything can cook under a flame, yet many unexpected foods are hidden in a hamburger’s shadow. So it’s time to think outside the grill marks! From meatballs to avocados, French toast to banana splits, grilling will never be the same. Main Dishes 1. ...
Arizona OK's Medicaid Expansion
Arizona OK's Medicaid ExpansionMove Will Extend Health Care to 300,000 Residents Under Affordable Care ActWebMD Health News By Kathleen Doheny Reviewed by Lisa ZamoskyJune 18, 2013 -- Arizona lawmakers have approved Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act.The expansion vote, which took place during a special state budget session last ...
Patients lead the way to medical apps
Christine Porter is hooked on the My Fitness Pal app. In October, after deciding to lose 50 pounds, Porter started typing in everything she eats, drinks and any exercise she gets. “This is like my main page here,” says Porter, who lost 42 pounds in nine months. “It’s telling me ...
Your smartphone might hold key to your medical records
It's one of those unhappy holiday surprises -- a visiting family member gets sick. That happened to Dr. Farzad Mostashari last Thanksgiving. "My dad comes downstairs and he has acute pain in his eye where he had cataract surgery. And I said, 'What's the matter, what's the story?'" recalled Mostashari, ...
Court says isolated human genes cannot be patented
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously threw out attempts to patent human genes, siding with advocates who say the multibillion-dollar biotechnology industry should not have exclusive control over genetic information found inside the human body. But the high court also approved for the first time the patenting of synthetic DNA, ...
California Insurance Chief Wants To Bar Anthem From Selling Small Business Coverage
Citing a pattern of “unreasonable rate increases” for small business customers by Anthem Blue Cross, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said Thursday he will recommend that the state’s new online insurance marketplace exclude the firm from selling small business coverage.The move comes amid national debate about the cost of coverage for ...
Girl who took on transplant rules gets new lungs
A 10-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis was recovering from a transplant of adult lungs after a judge's ruling expanded her options for lifesaving surgery. Sarah Murnaghan underwent a six-hour surgery Wednesday at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, a procedure her aunt said resulted because of the larger list of available ...
Pa. girl's double-lung transplant deemed success
A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation spurred public debate over how organs are allocated underwent a successful double-lung transplant on Wednesday, the girl's family said. Sarah Murnaghan, who suffers from severe cystic fibrosis, received new lungs from an adult donor at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, ...
Pa. girl whose transplant plight stirred national debate on organ donation getting new lung
Pa. girl whose transplant plight stirred national debate on organ donation getting new lung.
29 Father's Day gift ideas for your fit dad
Dad can only acquire so many socks, ties, and underpants. So this year, treat your papa (or husband, or son) with gifts that will cater to his grilling prowess, daily gym sessions, or appreciation for a little manly pampering. We’ve got gift ideas for every budget to celebrate Father’s Day ...
NYC's Answer To Proton Therapy Controversy: One For All
During the recent debate in Washington, D.C. over whether to let to local competing hospital systems build rival proton therapy centers, an interesting question was raised: Why not work together?"I get asked one question that I've not been able to answer, and that is why don't the hospitals work together and ...
TV show earns some snark over pregnant and dating
They aren't looking for sex and they're not in need of baby daddies. It's those two things that landed the single ladies of "Pregnant & Dating" on reality TV to begin with. Five in all, the growing and glowing women in WE tv's latest lineup play mini-golf, lace up bowling ...
Study: Brand Name Drugs Drive Up Medicare Spending
A new study suggests that cash-strapped Medicare missed an opportunity to save more than $1 billion by not addressing the varying costs and use of prescription drugs.Comparing Medicare enrollees and those on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health plan, researchers found that Medicare beneficiaries were up to three ...
Some Top Hospitals Shun CEO Bonus Pay
Should hospitals award CEOs bonuses for growth and profits or for quality and efficiency? That's the wrong question, some authorities believe. They think hospital bosses shouldn't get any bonus pay. Weinstein "I don't think there's a role today for hospital CEOs to have a bonus program," said Dr. James Weinstein, ...
How Does The CEO Earn His Bonus? At Most Hospitals, It’s Hard to Know
The business of Rick Goings, CEO of Orlando-based Tupperware Brands, is selling containers for leftover tuna salad. By law, his employment contract is posted online along with all the details of his compensation incentives. On the other side of Orlando, Donald Jernigan is CEO of Adventist Health System. His business ...
A doctor goes viral -- on purpose
Tens of thousands of people have been treated by ZDoggMD – at least to a few laughs. Using satire, rap and sometimes, a Michael Jackson glove, hospitalist Dr. Zubin Damania takes his alter ego, ZDoggMD, to YouTube to sing about everything from insurance paperwork to prostate cancer. The result is ...
Latinos Key To Obama's Health Law Strategy
President Barack Obama, who was re-elected with strong support from the Latino community, is in California today and will endorse a plan that focuses on getting Latino Americans signed up for coverage under his health care law.In remarks to the news media, slated to be given in San Jose, the president ...
Pa. girl gets on lung donor list; boy also sues
A dying Pennsylvania girl has been placed on the adult waiting list for donated lungs amid a court fight over the nation's transplant rules with help from a judge who granted another petition Thursday from a boy at the same hospital. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network added 10-year-old Sarah ...
Study: Consumers Saved $2.1B On Individual Coverage Under Health Law
People who bought their own health insurance last year saved $2.1 billion because of the federal health law, mainly because of a provision that limits how much of their premium can go to insurers’ administration and profits, says a report out today from the Kaiser Family Foundation. (KHN is an ...
Reynolds American launching revamped e-cigarette
Reynolds American Inc. is launching a revamped version of its Vuse-brand electronic cigarette — which promises to give users the "perfect puff" — in Colorado, with its sights set on expanding nationally. The expansion represents another push by a tobacco giant into the fast-growing business, a trend that is expected ...
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