Starting July 2012 Medicaid will stop paying for preventable hospital mistakes, called “never events,” including operations on the wrong body part, infections from surgery and incorrect blood transfusions. Medicaid is a joint state-federal program for the poor and disabled. The changes are … [Read more...]
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Couch Potatoes at Increased Risk for Diabetes and Heart Disease
June 15, 2011 By Pete Strom
For most people, it falls into the realm of common sense that sitting in front of the television for hours a day while eating that bag of potato chips is not necessarily beneficial to your health. However, in a new analysis published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, … [Read more...]
