Medwriter's Blog

Limbaugh vows to flee the country if health care passes.

Hate radio host Rush Limbaugh has been one of health care reform’s most vociferous opponents, warning that “[h]uman beings will die e

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Should hyper kids get ECG before getting ADHD medicine?

Electrocardiogram screening to check for heart problems in hyperactive children before prescribing stimulant medications may help identify those at risk, but is only borderlin
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Is swine flu covered by travel insurance?

With the federal Centers for Disease Control reporting that a second wave of the flu is spreading widely across the nation, USA TODAY's Laura Bly answers questions on whether travel insuranc

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After cancer, women Remove Healthy Breast

For decades, advocates have fought to protect women from disfiguring breast cancer surgery, arguing that it was just as effective to remove only the cancerous tissue rather than the whole breast.

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For Every Dollar Americans Spend On Healthcare, 50 Cents Is Wasted

Consider this: For every dollar the nation spends on health care, 50 cents is wasted.

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What to do if you can't get or afford Health Insurance?

Save up your money and travel to far away countries like India to get your medical care. This doesn't always work for everyone as sometimes you need to have your care right away.

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Demand for Stem Cells Growing Fast, Many Turning to Medical Tourism

You can’t keep a good thing down. When the US restricted stem cell research in the early part of the century that research didn’t die, it emigrated.

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There's a whole new world of medical tourism for treatment outside the U.S.

There’s a fundamental movement going on many people call medical tourism. I think the word tourism is too frivolous for the movement.

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Unconventional medical tourism: Pregnant and flying to Peru

The fact is, there is very little US citizens can do as individual consumers of health care. Costs are kept elevated by forces beyond our control. We can "self ration" (i.e.

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True tales about healthcare abroad : Medical Tourism

Can we all agree, there's something wrong when a person who's reluctant to drink a frozen margarita in Mexico City can rationalize getting a root canal in Tijuana?

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