Consumer-Directed Health Plans: A Best Buy or a Goodbye?
A new survey finds the Bush-backed consumer-directed health plan scheme can, indeed, cut spending on health care. And scare half the enrollees into wanting to bail out.
A new survey finds the Bush-backed consumer-directed health plan scheme can, indeed, cut spending on health care. And scare half the enrollees into wanting to bail out.
Findings from one of the largest HIV/AIDS therapy studies conducted to date show that a specific strategy of interrupting antiretroviral therapy more than doubles the risk of AIDS or death from any cause. Researchers affiliated with the Mailman School of Public Health and Harlem Hospital Hospital led a large multi-center international study, known as Strategies for Management of Anti-Retroviral Therapies, or SMART, comparing two treatment strategies for people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Findings from the study, published in the November 30 New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrate the value of continuous antiretroviral therapy.
Using an ultra-stable laser to manipulate strontium atoms trapped in a “lattice” made of light, scientists at JILA have demonstrated the capability to produce the most precise “ticks” ever recorded in an optical atomic clock—techniques that may be useful in time keeping, precision measurements of high frequencies, and quantum computers using neutral atoms as bits of information.
It’s 2015. You’re NASA’s chief engineer designing a moonbase for Shackleton Crater at the Moon’s south pole. You’re also designing a com-system that will allow astronauts constant radio contact with Earth. But you know that direct transmissions won’t work–not always. As seen from Shackleton Crater, Earth is below the horizon for two to three weeks each month (depending on the base’s location). This blocks all radio signals, which travel line of sight.
Liquid silicone, which is often used for breast augmentation and other cosmetic procedures, can cause respiratory failure if not injected properly by a licensed physician. A study of individuals who underwent illegal silicone injections revealed a high fatality rate from pulmonary silicone embolism, or obstruction of the lungs.
Living in a home with multiple dogs may help reduce an infant’s risk for developing wheezing in the first year of life, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC). Cincinnati researchers, led by David Bernstein, MD, have found that infants living in homes with high levels of endotoxins (bacterial contaminants) and multiple dogs were more than two times less likely to wheeze than other infants.
Oslo, Norway, November 30 (UPI): Breaking News – A Norwegian archaeologist has found what might be the African site of mankind’s oldest ritual – a discovery said to change our knowledge of human history.
University of Oslo Associate Professor Sheila Coulson* and colleagues say their discovery in northwest Botswana means Homo sapiens began performing advanced rituals in Africa about 70,000 years ago.
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A startling archaeological discovery this summer changes our understanding of human history. While, up until now, scholars have largely held that man’s first rituals were carried out over 40, 000 years ago in Europe, it now appears that they were wrong about both the time and place.
It could bite a shark in two. It might have been the first “king of the beasts.” And it could teach scientists a lot about humans, because it is in the sister group of all jawed vertebrates. Dunkleosteus terrelli lived 400 million years ago, grew up to 33 feet long and weighed up to four tons. Scientist have known for years that it was a dominant predator, but new embargoed research to be published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters on November 29 reveals that the force of this predator’s bite was remarkably powerful: 1,100pounds. The bladed dentition focused the bite force into a small area, the fang tip, at an incredible force of 8,000pounds per square inch.
Public health demands a high standard of cleanliness, if not nutrition, in dining establishments.
What is alarming about this particular scenario, are the esoteric schemes mitigated by the credit card industry, to attract customers to their respective brands, by offering 0% APR. Hence, a customer misses one payment, there are drastic changes to the customer’s APR. This has been one of the primary debates in contract law and pending legislation.