A new study finds that premiums for Medicare Advantage plans offering medical and prescription drug coverage jumped 14.2 percent on average in 2010, after an increase of only 5.2 percent the previous year.
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Premiums Jump 14 Percent On Medicare Plans – 1716th Edition
February 19th, 2010Placebo Treatments Stronger Than Thought – 1715th Edition
February 19th, 2010When it comes to the placebo effect, it really may be mind over matter, a new analysis suggests.
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Docs Leave Foot-Long Instrument In Woman – 1714th Edition
February 19th, 2010It took five long months for a Czech woman to discover the reason for her pain: Doctors had left a foot-long medical tool inside her.
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Happiness Helps When It Comes To The Heart – 1713th Edition
February 18th, 2010A new study says that happier people are 22 percent less likely to have heart problems.
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Blowing Up Diet Myths – 1712th Edition
February 18th, 2010Think you’re on the right track with your diet? Find out which diet myths should be destroyed.
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Cops: Imitation Pot As Bad As The Real Thing – 1711th Edition
February 18th, 2010There may be nothing like the real thing, but some industrious marijuana users have seized on an obscure but easily accessible substance that mimics the drug’s effects on the brain — creating a popular trade in legal dope that has stymied law enforcement authorities.
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‘Dead’ Woman Moves Arm At Funeral Home – 1710th Edition
February 18th, 2010A Colombian woman declared dead of a heart attack moved one of her arms just as an undertaker was about to embalm her, doctors said Wednesday.
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Fewer Babies With Genetic Defects Being Born – 1709th Edition
February 18th, 2010Some of mankind’s most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children.
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Clinton: Lack Of Sleep Added To Health Problem – 1708th Edition
February 18th, 2010Former President Bill Clinton said Wednesday that he will manage his stress better after undergoing a procedure to unclog a blocked artery, but emphasized that he has no intention of slowing down.
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CDC: MRIs, Other Medical Scans In ER Quadruple – 1707th Edition
February 18th, 2010The use of high-tech diagnostic imaging in emergency rooms has quadrupled since the mid-1990s, according to a new government report released Wednesday.
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