A 2009 survey of 353,000 American adults from 187 metro areas asked 13 questions about basic access to health care and healthy lifestyles.
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These three simple tests could save money and improve health care quality but, as usual, they are not covered by insurance.
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What happens when your health care provider doesn't have either the time or the experience and training to perform a proper diagnostic work up for your symptoms? Why, they just order an MRI!
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Chronic sleep deprivation or oversleeping is associated with a small increase in premature death.
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Health care costs just keep going up. You can blame anyone you want but currently the elephant in the room is the Federal government and the dysfunctional way it establishes Medicare reimbursement rates.
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In the near future, you may be able to be immunized against nicotine.
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"When the preparations were complete Rogozov scrubbed and positioned himself. He chose a semi-reclining position, with his right hip slightly elevated and the lower half of the body elevated at an angle of 30°. Then he disinfected and dressed the operating area. He anticipated needing to use his sense of touch to guide...
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What the hell is going on in Massachusetts?
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Still waiting for your Obama check to arrive in the mail? Keep waiting.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is going to enable millions of additional patients to enter into community health care systems that are already poorly designed, underfunded, and overcrowded.
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