Study: Bankruptcies soar for seniors - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- First came the health problems. Then, unable to work, Ada Noda watched the bills pile up. And then, suffocating in debt, the 80-year-old did something she never thought she'd be forced to do. She declared bankruptcy. While the ...
Doctors say Dalai Lama health no concern - International Herald Tribune DHARAMSALA, India : Doctors looking after the Dalai Lama in India say there is no cause for concern after he was admitted to hospital, according to one of his aides. "He is doing fine. He is undergoing some checkups ... the doctors have told us that ...
Doctors say Dalai Lama health no concern - aide - Reuters India DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - Doctors looking after the Dalai Lama in India say there is no cause for concern after he was admitted to hospital, according to one of his aides. "He is doing fine. He is undergoing some checkups ... the doctors have ...
Editorial: Place health care near top of agenda - Roanoke Times The Kaiser Family Foundation recently analyzed the impact of the so-called doughnut hole for people enrolled in the Medicare prescription drug benefit. The news isn't good. One of every four people hit the $2,510 limit by the end of August and were ...
Hospital care discrepancies found - Guardian Unlimited Patients may have a vastly different experience of NHS hospital care depending on whether they live in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, it has been reported. An analysis for the Health Service Journal (HSJ) found discrepancies in the ...
BGE seeks to raise charge - Baltimore Sun Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. is seeking permission from state regulators to charge homeowners who use natural gas an average of nearly $50 more a year to offset higher delivery costs -- the first such increase in six years. The proposed increase has ...
Keeping a budget boosts financial health - Carroll County Online Kids in Carroll County and most everywhere are getting in that last summer hurrah before the school bell rings again. With fall approaching, it's time for us all to get back to business. The change of the seasons and the transition from lazy summer ...
50% Of Katrina Dead Were Elderly - Tampa Bay Online CHICAGO - As New Orleans residents warily track another threatening storm, a new report presents the clearest picture yet of deaths from Katrina in Louisiana. Of the nearly 1,000 who died, almost half were 75 or older, according to researchers. Most ...
Deaths from hospital bug up by 28% - Guardian Unlimited Deaths from the hospital infection Clostridium difficile jumped by 28% last year to more than 8,000, according to official figures published yesterday. The Department of Health claimed the rise was the result of more accurate reporting of deaths by ...
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