Anyone who’s ever had an owie after cleaning out the garage or trying to match Paul Ryan’s P90X regimen is probably familiar with names like Bengay, Flexall and Icy Hot. They are topical analgesics you apply to sore, complaining muscles and joints. As of last month, the FDA has issued a warning about such creams,….
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Why Organs Are Wasted, Not Transplanted
Why were more than 2,600 kidneys recovered from deceased donors and discarded last year while 4,720 people in the U.S. died awaiting kidney transplants? According to a story last month in the New York Times, a significant number of discarded kidneys-maybe as many as half-could be transplanted if the system for allocating them was more….
Continue ReadingArbitration Agreements: Bad for Consumers, Good for Nursing Homes
Last month, Kaiser Health News published a story about mandatory arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts. Such agreements are common when signing up for services such as credit cards and cell phones. Increasingly, medical consumers are asked to sign arbitration agreements at doctors’ appointments (see our post about binding arbitration ). Essentially, agreeing to arbitrate….
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