Are you on Medicare? If so, ask this question the next time you seek medical care: “Am I admitted to the hospital or am I here for outpatient monitoring?” This could save you thousands of dollars. Why exactly - Money told in more detail...
According to experts, almost 80 percent of medical bills may contain errors, writes Real Simple. Take these steps to check your costs, keep them down, and avoid nasty surprises. 1. Check the information First, make sure that the bill is actually paid by your insurance ...
A Los Angeles County (California) hospital is asking the public to help identify a patient who has been in the hospital for more than 10 days and speaks an unknown language. Yahoo! writes about this. The patient was admitted to St. Francis Medical Center in Lynnwood after...
About 450 patients at a Massachusetts hospital may have contracted hepatitis and HIV from improper intravenous drug injections and procedures over the past two years, hospital officials say. CNN reported in more detail. Salem Hospital said in a statement...
Every day, ambulances deliver them to hospitals in El Paso (Texas), San Diego (California) and Tucson (Arizona). They are writhing in pain - bones are protruding from their arms and legs, their skulls are broken, their spines are broken. Men and women are transported on stretchers, accompanied by an agent, to…
American actor Kevin Spacey was taken to the hospital on October 2 after his left hand went numb during the 15th Tashkent International Film Festival in Uzbekistan, NewYorkPost reports. The 64-year-old two-time Oscar winner underwent an MRI scan. The House of Cards star was in...
Nakita Harden from Britain nearly died from sepsis after cutting her thumb on the inside of a bowling ball. The New York Post reported more. “At first I didn’t attach any importance to it. Scratches happen all the time,” said Harden, 33.…
An evening of relaxation on the water turned out to be dangerous for three Montana beach girls because of an otter that attacked them. The women were tubing down the Jefferson River and around 20:15 pm saw one or even two water predators. At least one of them and...
Academic medical centers are those universities that train medical students and include an affiliated hospital. It is called educational, it provides practical experience for the further education of these students. Such institutions may refer to themselves as university health systems, academic medical centers, or…
Almost six months ago, Olympic champion Roman Kostomarov was hospitalized. Due to complications, his limbs were amputated, but he did not give up and is already recording videos of his workouts directly from the hospital. Woman told about the well-being and mood of the skater. Kostomarov was hospitalized in January...