Category: Healthcare

5 Things You Might Not Know About ObamaCare

1… Contrary to what 42 percent of Americans think, Obamacare really is happening. In fact, people can start signing up for state-run health insurance on October 1st. That’s when states and the federal government will open marketplaces, called exchanges, to offer subsidized benefits to the nation’s 50 million uninsured. 2… Another survey found that a majority of Americans think the law… Continue reading 5 Things You Might Not Know About ObamaCare

Top Plastic Surgeon Being Sued For Chopping Off Patient’s Entire Nose

Plastic isn’t always fantastic. In just the latest example of surgery gone too far, New Yorker Vishal Thakkar is suing Tulsasurgeon Dr. Angelo Cuzalina for chopping off his nose duringsurgery. Cuzalina, a member of the Oklahoma Medical Board and president of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery, completed eight surgeries on Thakkar between 2006 and 2007 before allegedly making the cruelest cut, his… Continue reading Top Plastic Surgeon Being Sued For Chopping Off Patient’s Entire Nose

Lose the Young, Lose the Future

It shouldn’t have taken a report like this to uncover what’s wrong with the Republican Party, but now that it’s been released, it would be great if the power brokers on the right will heed its call. The problem is that this is the other major American political party and their dysfunction is having a… Continue reading Lose the Young, Lose the Future

UCLA Awarded $10M Grant to Study Autism in African-Americans

NBC Southern California – The National Institutes of Health awarded UCLA a grant to study the genetic causes of autism in African American children. Areva Martin of the Special Needs Network says “there’s a void” of qualified health care officials to make the diagnosis in communities like South LA. The study hopes to change that,… Continue reading UCLA Awarded $10M Grant to Study Autism in African-Americans

A Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest – What’s The Difference?

Many people use heart attack and cardiac arrest interchangeably, but they are actually two entirely different medical conditions. Here are the differences between the two. Heart attacks are usually painful attacks that are caused by blockage of the arteries that send blood to the heart. The medical term for heart attack is myocardial infarction. Many… Continue reading A Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest – What’s The Difference?

Kermit Gosnell Guilty Of First-Degree Murder (GRAPHIC: Kermit Gosnell’s House of Horrors)

A Philadelphia jury has found Dr. Kermit Gosnell guilty on three of four counts of first-degree murder, the Philadelphia Inquirer and NBC News report. Gosnell, a longtime abortion provider, was accused of killing four babies and one female patient, among numerous other charges. Gosnell was acquitted in the fourth baby’s death. The jury reached the verdict Monday after initially splitting on… Continue reading Kermit Gosnell Guilty Of First-Degree Murder (GRAPHIC: Kermit Gosnell’s House of Horrors)

Missed Chances to Shut Philadelphia Abortion Clinic Abounded

Johnnie Mae Smith, 61, mother of Marie Smith who sued Dr. Kermit Gosnell after a botched abortion, looks at a newspaper with Gosnell’s photo on it during an interview with the Associated Press in Philadelphia Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. Abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, who catered to minorities, immigrants and poor women at the Women’s Medical… Continue reading Missed Chances to Shut Philadelphia Abortion Clinic Abounded

Woman Left Unable to Walk, Talk after Surgeons Operate on Wrong Side of Brain

FENTON, Mo. (KSDK) – It was a botched brain surgery with massive consequences. A St. Ann woman went in for surgery on the left side of her brain, but the procedure was mistakenly performed on the right, and now the hospital is facing a lawsuit. Pictures show proof. Fifty-three-year-old Regina Turner is seen in a photo… Continue reading Woman Left Unable to Walk, Talk after Surgeons Operate on Wrong Side of Brain

A Step Closer To A Perfect World

In a perfect world there would be no wars, the people who we love, love us back and fibroids would not exist. Well, one out of three isn’t bad. Bronx, New York’s Montefiore Medical Center has become the first hospital in the United States to use a medical procedure called Radio Frequency Ablation to shrink… Continue reading A Step Closer To A Perfect World

Talks Of ObamaCare Repeal Hurting Republican Rebranding Efforts

Republicans are in the midst of a vast re-branding effort. They have looked at the results of the 2008 and 2012 elections and have decided that the American people are correct – their policies are as popular as trickle down economics, and Americans are not buying those policies anymore. The obvious next move for Republicans… Continue reading Talks Of ObamaCare Repeal Hurting Republican Rebranding Efforts