Stories that make you go "huh?"

Air pollution linked to Diabetes in Afro American women

Huh?

Then why don't the AfroAmerican men, or the Hispanic, white or Asian folks who live in the same neighborhoods have a higher rate of diabetes?

And, of course, this doesn't explain why the highest rate of Diabetes in the US is not in urban black women but in the rural Pima Indians

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Obama care is causing Doctors in private practice to go broke.

it used to be we overcharged the rich and treated the poor for free. Now the rich folk's insurance under-reimburses you, and the poor folks gov't healthcare underpays you more (if they don't deny payment altogether). And you have to hire more help to fill out all that required paperwork, buy expensive computers, hire someone to keep the computerized records from crashing, etc.

And then there is this:

"I will see more patients, but I won't check all of their complaints at one time," he explained. "If I do, insurance will bundle my reimbursement into one payment." Patients will have to make repeat visits -- an arrangement that he acknowledges is "inconvenient."

and of course, reimbursement regulations don't let you code that you spent 45 minutes with Mrs. G not for her cold, but because her teenager is on drugs or pregnant, or her husband found a new girlfriend and she spent a half hour crying on your shoulder....none of which you want to put into her medical record because her sister in law works in the medical records office and has been known to snoop...

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related Item:

IN 2011, RECORD SHORTAGES OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Because of federal regulations. “The number of prescription drug shortages shot up to a record 267 in 2011, nearly four times the level of just seven years ago, a new report says. It’s a shortage made in Washington. . . . As is often the case, government price and output controls are largely to blame for shortages, which have killed at least 15 people since 2010.”

Yeah. The pundits should have seen how well the VA and IHS worked before they decided to remake the US medical system into a top heavy behemoth.


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The "politics Uggh" comment of the day.

WELL, AFTER THE TRIG PALIN ASSAULTS, GOING AFTER A STILLBORN BABY ISN’T MUCH OF A STRETCH: The Casual Cruelty of Eugene Robinson. Remember this the next time they launch one of their bogus “new civility” campaigns.

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making Chimeras by using "live" embryos?

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and the really important news story of the day comes from HelloKittyHell:

they are making a documentary about HelloKitty fans.