Reports of musty odor associated with nausea, stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea.
How companies use FDA rules to force long-used, inexpensive drugs off the market.
NYTs on meshing the House and Senate bills. Seattle Times decries “Cornhusker Kickback”.
NYTs on end-of-life care and the career of UW researcher Dr. Walter Stamm
A simple way to promote independent primary-care practices and boost competition
Gilda’s Club Seattle and the NW Association for Biomedical Research will sponsor a free symposium that they promise will offer information about cancer research translated into language that we can all understand. Here’s the announcement: 1/16/10 Symposium: Cancer: What People Really Want to Know Cancer affects every American by the end of their lifetime, through their [...]
Polls don’t tell what effect the public mood will have on the prospects for passage of a health care bill.
Last year, 47% of people between age 19 and 34 went without insurance at some point: 1-in-3 is uninsured now.
“. . . at the end of the day, Harry Reid’s about getting the deal done.”
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
Some insurers deny ER coverage to people who have been drinking
Laws in more than half the states permit insurers to deny payment for medical services related to alcohol or drug use. Faced with the prospect of not getting paid for care, some ER personnel sidestep the problem by simply not testing patients’ blood or urine for alcohol.
Travel insurance can protect your wallet — and your health on vacation
Think your regular health insurance policy will cover you if you get into medical trouble overseas?
Don’t bet on it.
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