If you drive in Washington, D.C. or the greater metropolitan area, chances are good that you have been stuck in a massive traffic jam. During those times, you have probably wished that you could zip through the spaces between the stopped vehicles. If you had a motorcycle, you probably could, through a practice known as….
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When those medical bill slips and errors add up, honestly, isn’t it just fraud?
If department stores, car mechanics, or restaurants billed their customers in the same way that hospitals and doctors do, prosecutors might have their hands full. That’s because what patients now accept in sheepish fashion as simple “errors” or misstatements or curious charges on their medical bills more correctly ought to be called something else: fraud…..
Continue ReadingWhat Causes Neck or Lower Back Pain After an Accident?
Each day in Washington, D.C., there is an average of 72 car accidents — a yearly total of 26,459 crashes in 2017 alone. Of those 72 accidents, 18 collisions result in injuries. In many cases, these injuries will lead to serious, debilitating pain. Even fender benders and other minor traffic accidents can lead to significant….
Continue ReadingAs Americans struggle with soaring medical costs, top health officials bicker over their expense reports
Here’s a point to ponder: A quarter of Americans say they or someone they know has put off treatment for a serious medical condition due to cost. That’s the worst such response pollsters at Gallup have gotten on this matter in almost three decades. Two people have a lot to say about Americans’ health care….
Continue ReadingWhat Causes Loss of Taste or Smell After a Car Accident?
Most of us take our five basic senses for granted. When was the last time you really thought about how important it is to be able to smell or taste something? Yet as too many victims of car crashes know, once you lose one or more of these senses, you’ll quickly realize just how important….
Continue ReadingActive duty military personnel near a small win on medical malpractice claims
The U.S. government is on the brink of giving active duty military personnel half a legal loaf when it comes to a fundamental constitutional right — their chance to seek justice in the civil courts if they suffer harms while receiving medical services in noncombat situations. If the U.S. Senate approves, as expected, a House-passed….
Continue ReadingHow does science advance on brain injuries? One star’s grim diagnosis at a time.
Clinicians drew in a postmortem conference a full portrait of patient K-0623, based on a detailed questionnaire and research they had conducted into his life. They learned all about the deceased’s happy childhood, his early high school graduation, and his athletic prowess, including his stardom in an elite collegiate football program. The neurologists, neuropsychologists, and….
Continue ReadingDelivery Truck Accidents
There are few sights more familiar in the Washington, D.C. area than delivery trucks zooming up and down the streets. We rely heavily on this service in our business and personal lives, and rarely stop to think about what it means for our safety. One of the risks of having so many delivery trucks on….
Continue ReadingTop experts, by failing to disclose conflicts of interest, shortchange taxpayers
Elite researchers — professors and staff with ties to 20 of the nation’s top universities and the respected National Institutes of Health — may be failing to be as candid as institutions and laws require about their potential professional conflicts of interest, notably the significant sums they get from Big Pharma and medical device makers…..
Continue ReadingAuto Accidents and Hearing Loss
There is a common misconception that hearing loss is something that only happens to older people. While aging is a primary factor in becoming “hard of hearing,” there is a number of reasons why a person might lose their hearing. This includes a traumatic event, such as an auto accident. A partial or complete loss….
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