Debt collector at hospital? Bad bedside manner. Hospital patients waiting in an emergency room or convalescing after surgery are being confronted by an unexpected visitor: a debt collector at bedside. This and other aggressive tactics by one of the nation’s…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/us-dental-x-rays-idUSBRE83A1E820120411?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&ca=moto (Reuters Health) – A new study suggests people who had certain kinds of dental X-rays in the past may be at an increased risk for meningioma, the most commonly diagnosed brain tumor in the U.S. The findings cannot prove…
Salmonella in sushi may have sickened 90. Government health officials are investigating a growing outbreak of salmonella food poisoning possibly tied to restaurant sushi that may have sickened at least 90 people in 19 states and the District of Columbia. The outbreak…
Donating your body to science? Nobody wants a chubby corpse. By JoNel Aleccia It’s a rare day when Richard Drake turns down a dead body, but last week, he had no choice. At 6-foot-1 and 350 pounds, the deceased in…
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Sleeping pill helped man talk again? The fiancee of a brain-damaged Australian man who suffered a series of strokes says he regained his speech after being given Ambien….