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Recently, letters to the editor have touted “single-payer” universal health care focusing on the evil, profit-making insurance industry, and contend an additional 47 million people would be insured and we'd pay the same or less for medical coverage. The problem with universal, single-payer health care is the lack of qualified medical doctors and nurses. In recent years, the nursing population has not grown and the doctor population has increased only 1 percent yearly, neither keeping up with population growth. (Statistical Abstract of the United States) So, there are not enough qualified medical... [read full story]
Deanna Peck wasn’t going to gamble with her children’s health. The Raynham mother of two laid down $20 on a raffle ticket to benefit the Raynham Association of Volunteers for Education. “Ryan gets awesome treatment,” Peck said...
The family of a soldier who killed himself in Baghdad is mounting a lobbying effort to overturn the longstanding policy preventing the president from sending condolence letters to families of troops who have committed suicide.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- A total of 264 cases of syphilis were diagnosed in Scotland in 2008, the most in more than half a century. A report prepared by the National Health Service also showed young people are the...
Enlarge Queen's University Ophthalmology professor Sanjay Sharma leads a team investigating sudden-onset flashes and floaters. Credit: Insidermedicine Suddenly seeing floaters or flashes of light may indicate a serious eye...
