An audit has found that flaws in New York’s health exchange resulted in 21 dead people being enrolled in Medicaid and 333 other dead people being provided with government-funded health coverage. The state comptroller’s office says its auditors found overpayments that cost taxpayers $3.4 million for the year starting Oct…. Read More
Mystery surrounds young woman’s ‘cryotherapy’ death
An tragic accident, or cold-blooded murder? Las Vegas police aren’t sure, so have reopened an investigation into the death of a spa worker who was found dead in a cryotherapy chamber. In addition, the state and the family of 24-year-old Chelsea Patricia Ake-Salvacion, the woman who died, announced their own… Read More
Disabled child makes heartbreaking video to show group home abuse… but no prosecutions!?
In a video he made with his PlayStation, a 12-year-old developmentally disabled boy in a group home points to his swollen right eye and says, “Mom, this is what it looks like. … He slammed me.” His camera keeps rolling as his adult caretakers enter his room, where they can… Read More
Oh no! New cancer research says stay away from THIS summer BBQ staple…
Bacon, hot dogs and cold cuts are under fire: The World Health Organization threw its global weight behind years of experts’ warnings and declared Monday that processed meats raise the risk of colon and stomach cancer and that red meat is probably harmful, too. Meat producers are angry, vegetarians are… Read More
Organ recipients meet donors who saved their lives
For the surgeons, it was just a donation chain linking three patients from three Michigan hospitals to three strangers willing to give them working kidneys. For the people involved, though, it meant a second chance for three lives. Thursday, they got a chance to meet their life-saving donor swap partners…. Read More
HOW MANY Americans smoke marijuana?! The shocking numbers…
Marijuana use among U.S. adults doubled over a decade, rising to almost 10 percent or more than 22 million mostly recreational users, government surveys show. Almost 1 in 3 users had signs of marijuana dependence or abuse, which – surprisingly – is a slight decline from a decade ago. The… Read More
Health Alert for Women: New research changes advice on mammograms
New mammogram advice from the American Cancer Society says most women should start annual screenings at age 45 instead of 40, a change that moves the group closer to guidelines from an influential advisory task force. The cancer group also now advises switching to screening to every other year at… Read More
Obamacare failing to meet goals
The Obama administration admitted Thursday it expects to fall short of enrollment goals next year, and indicated that their registration gains may be losing steam. With the 2016 sign-up season two weeks away, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell set a new target of 10 million people enrolled… Read More
Alert! Deadly salmonella risk discovered in bagged spinach
A warning to consumers – a potential source for a salmonella outbreak has been discovered. According to the Associated Press, Dole Fresh Vegetables says it’s recalling some of its bagged spinach distributed in 13 states as a precaution after a random sample tested positive for salmonella. The Monterey, California-based company… Read More
Ideas to stem alcoholism include “Abstinence Day”
How do you curb the alcoholism crisis in Russia? Some Russian officials are daring to think the seemingly unthinkable in the land of vodka — banning the sale of alcohol once a week in the country’s two main cities. Although the initiative is only in its infancy, both the head… Read More