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• Cancer patients fare worse in Denmark, UK

  Tue Dec 21, 2010
  • My best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer in UK in 2007. Having an excellent private/employer insurance, she had to wait two months for a biopsy. She got all her treatment in Germany ever since, in a clinic which specializes in her type of cancer.

• Who controls childbirth — expectant moms or doctors?

  Tue Jul 13, 2010
  • Here we go again.

• Colon cancer screenings up, breast rate stalled

  Tue Jul 6, 2010
  • I really feel that "encouraging" a useful but also very costly test in current economical situation is against medical ethics. We recently paid for one such a procedure which had 100% medical indication. Out-of-pocket checks came to $500 while corporate plan paid remaining 85%+.

• Ariz. lawmaker takes aim at automatic citizenship

  Wed Jun 16, 2010
  • I even think it should go a bit further.

• Docs, dentists push cosmetic care

  Mon May 17, 2010
  • One little problem - unless the doctor offers something he/she doesn't have right/certificate to do at all, the Board won't move a finger, for legally and objectively he/she does nothing wrong.

• Docs, dentists push cosmetic care

  Mon May 17, 2010
  • Yes, but you'd missed one VERY important point: Present the options, EXPLAIN THE OPTIONS and then move on.

• Docs, dentists push cosmetic care

  Mon May 17, 2010
  • Same problem (midwest), and getting progressively worse. Once I had to listen for prolonged explanation why I should "immediately" switch to toothpaste which would cost $16 per tube and which is sold "right here in our office" b/o I was presumably suffering from "allergy" to a common component.

• Are you feeling more confident about spending money again?

  Fri Apr 30, 2010
  • We could, but after two years of living frugal we actually came to like it.

• Putin: Bombers to be dragged from the ‘sewer’

  Tue Mar 30, 2010
  • Well, I'm not from "the area" - so what? I don't share "prejustices" (reading "racism") of my former co-citizens.

• Putin: Bombers to be dragged from the ‘sewer’

  Tue Mar 30, 2010
  • Guys, I'm sorry to say it but you have no idea how things are going on in Russia. I'm ashamed to speak like that about the country I was born, but the following is the cold fact of life: Russia and Russians deserve every single grain of hatred they've just got back.