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Prince Philip leaves hospital after surgery
Britain's Prince Philip was discharged from a London hospital on Monday, 10 days after undergoing exploratory surgery on his abdomen. Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, smiled and shook hands with medical staff as he walked steadily from the London Clinic, clutching a thick hardback book. Buckingham Palace ...
Your smartphone might hold key to your medical records
It's one of those unhappy holiday surprises -- a visiting family member gets sick. That happened to Dr. Farzad Mostashari last Thanksgiving. "My dad comes downstairs and he has acute pain in his eye where he had cataract surgery. And I said, 'What's the matter, what's the story?'" recalled Mostashari, ...
Lawyer: Miguel inviting lawsuit over fan's injury
The woman who was kicked by Miguel during a Billboard Music Awards performance continues to suffer cognitive difficulties and has yet to receive any assistance from the R&B singer nearly a month after the incident, her attorney said. Doctors continue to evaluate Khyati Shah's injuries, but the exchange student from ...
Court says isolated human genes cannot be patented
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously threw out attempts to patent human genes, siding with advocates who say the multibillion-dollar biotechnology industry should not have exclusive control over genetic information found inside the human body. But the high court also approved for the first time the patenting of synthetic DNA, ...
California Insurance Chief Wants To Bar Anthem From Selling Small Business Coverage
Citing a pattern of “unreasonable rate increases” for small business customers by Anthem Blue Cross, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said Thursday he will recommend that the state’s new online insurance marketplace exclude the firm from selling small business coverage.The move comes amid national debate about the cost of coverage for ...
Dispatch call describes Paris Jackson's injuries
Paramedics were dispatched to Paris Jackson's home on a report that the 15-year-old had taken 20 Motrin pills and cut herself with a kitchen knife, audio of an emergency dispatch released Tuesday shows. The Los Angeles County Fire Department released audio of a call describing the need for paramedics between ...
29 Father's Day gift ideas for your fit dad
Dad can only acquire so many socks, ties, and underpants. So this year, treat your papa (or husband, or son) with gifts that will cater to his grilling prowess, daily gym sessions, or appreciation for a little manly pampering. We’ve got gift ideas for every budget to celebrate Father’s Day ...
NYC's Answer To Proton Therapy Controversy: One For All
During the recent debate in Washington, D.C. over whether to let to local competing hospital systems build rival proton therapy centers, an interesting question was raised: Why not work together?"I get asked one question that I've not been able to answer, and that is why don't the hospitals work together and ...
TV show earns some snark over pregnant and dating
They aren't looking for sex and they're not in need of baby daddies. It's those two things that landed the single ladies of "Pregnant & Dating" on reality TV to begin with. Five in all, the growing and glowing women in WE tv's latest lineup play mini-golf, lace up bowling ...
Study: Brand Name Drugs Drive Up Medicare Spending
A new study suggests that cash-strapped Medicare missed an opportunity to save more than $1 billion by not addressing the varying costs and use of prescription drugs.Comparing Medicare enrollees and those on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health plan, researchers found that Medicare beneficiaries were up to three ...
Jackson treatments raised alarm for AEG Live exec
Jurors in the Michael Jackson case were shown an email on Monday in which the top executive at AEG Live LLC expressed grave concerns about treatments Jackson was receiving from his longtime dermatologist. The email sent by AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips said the company was "scared to death" of ...
Some Top Hospitals Shun CEO Bonus Pay
Should hospitals award CEOs bonuses for growth and profits or for quality and efficiency? That's the wrong question, some authorities believe. They think hospital bosses shouldn't get any bonus pay. Weinstein "I don't think there's a role today for hospital CEOs to have a bonus program," said Dr. James Weinstein, ...
How Does The CEO Earn His Bonus? At Most Hospitals, It’s Hard to Know
The business of Rick Goings, CEO of Orlando-based Tupperware Brands, is selling containers for leftover tuna salad. By law, his employment contract is posted online along with all the details of his compensation incentives. On the other side of Orlando, Donald Jernigan is CEO of Adventist Health System. His business ...
Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell says he has cancer
Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell says he is being treated for cancer. In a statement Monday, the 50-year-old says he has Hodgkin lymphoma and has been in chemotherapy for two months, with four months of treatment remaining. Says Campbell: "I feel fortunate that my cancer sent me an alarm call ...
A doctor goes viral -- on purpose
Tens of thousands of people have been treated by ZDoggMD – at least to a few laughs. Using satire, rap and sometimes, a Michael Jackson glove, hospitalist Dr. Zubin Damania takes his alter ego, ZDoggMD, to YouTube to sing about everything from insurance paperwork to prostate cancer. The result is ...
Latinos Key To Obama's Health Law Strategy
President Barack Obama, who was re-elected with strong support from the Latino community, is in California today and will endorse a plan that focuses on getting Latino Americans signed up for coverage under his health care law.In remarks to the news media, slated to be given in San Jose, the president ...
Study: Consumers Saved $2.1B On Individual Coverage Under Health Law
People who bought their own health insurance last year saved $2.1 billion because of the federal health law, mainly because of a provision that limits how much of their premium can go to insurers’ administration and profits, says a report out today from the Kaiser Family Foundation. (KHN is an ...
Of ACOs And Proton Beams: Why Hospitals ‘Live In Two Worlds'
For the past several years, hospital CEOs have been talking a big game about accountable care—the latest health care model, which pays doctors and hospitals for quality, rather than the volume of services they provide. ACOs make providers jointly accountable for the health of their patients, giving them financial incentives ...
Entrepreneurs At Health 'Datapalooza' Ask Feds For More Data
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the agency’s latest liberation of data from its vast trove of health care information this week, making public for the first time price and quality specifics for 30 different out-patient procedures at hospitals nationwide.But this data stream is not big enough or ...
NY gov's women's rights bill faces abortion fight
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 10-point proposal calling for women's rights protections from the work place to the shadowy world of human trafficking was endorsed by several women's advocates Tuesday, but faces strong opposition in the Senate over its abortion provisions. Cuomo released the bill Tuesday, detailing his women's rights proposal for ...
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