Category Archives: Headline of the Day
Hospitals: The cost of admission
December 3, 2012Dec. 2, 2012 The following script is from “The Cost of Admission” which aired on Dec. 2, 2012. Steve Kroft is the correspondent. Sam Hornblower, Michael Rey and Oriana Zill,
Maker of Generic Lipitor Halts Production
November 30, 2012NY Times By KATIE THOMAS Published: November 29, 2012 Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, the largest producer of the generic version of Lipitor, has halted production of the drug until it can figure out
Hospitals Face Pressure to Avert Readmissions
November 29, 2012NY Times By JORDAN RAU Published: November 26, 2012 New Efforts to Close Hospitals’ Revolving Doors After years of gently prodding hospitals to make sure discharged patients do not need
4 Convicted In $154M Medical Insurance Fraud Scheme
November 28, 2012SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com) — An Orange County jury Monday returned guilty verdicts for four people for their roles in a $154 million insurance fraud scheme. KNX 1070′s Vytas Safronikas reports
Costly, Repeat Medical Testing Common for Medicare Patients: Study
November 20, 2012November 19, 2012 By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) — Many Medicare patients undergo some kind of repeat medical testing, a new study finds. But it’s
Man who had arms, legs amputated sues Sutter Health
November 19, 2012By Cathy Locke clocke@sacbee.com, The Sacramento Bee, Published: Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 Robert Downey said he remembers going to bed holding his wife. His next memory was waking up in a
How Back Pain Turned Deadly
November 19, 2012NY Times, By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL Published: November 17, 2012 RANDALL KINNARD’S legal clients had steroids injected into their backs last summer for a wide range of reasons. Of the 25, one
Why Studies That Compare Treatments Lack Impact
November 12, 2012New York Times, Doctor and Patient, November 8, 2012, By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D. “Comparative effectiveness” studies, which compare one treatment for a particular illness against another to determine which
Women’s Longevity Falling in Some Parts of U.S., Stress May Be Factor
November 12, 2012Connecticut Health-I-Team By: Rochelle Sharpe 11/12/2012 It’s one of the most disturbing trends in American public health: women’s life spans are shrinking in many parts of the U.S., and no
Ameridose, company linked to New England Compounding Center, issues recall
November 6, 2012By Ryan Jaslow /CBS News/ October 31, 2012, 4:30 PM Ameridose, LLC, a company that shares its ownership with the New England Compounding Center, is recalling all of its products,