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History of Beaded Jewelry
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925silverjewelry
Beads have been used to create jewelry and adorn costumes since the dawn of time. If you were to look back on the Ice Age you would discover small objects crafted of natural "beads" including animal bones and teeth, seashells and colorful stones. These items were usually attached to clothe or plant fibers to form the most primitive forms ...
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Hospitals in Hawaii Continue to Lose Money – Desperate Hospitals
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Medical Quack
Some of the hospitals went bankrupt and are now trying to recover. Hawaii has been a focus of telemedicine more so perhaps than other states and it also stands to represent some potential savings. The report states in the long run for next year, things are not going to get much better with current economic conditions and people losing their healt ...
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Health Headlines - November 7
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Meredy
FDA Issues Warning Letters To Flavored Cigarette SellersWarning letters have been sent to companies using Web sites to sell illegal flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.A ban on the sale of candy- or fruit-flavored cigarettes that took effect Sept. 22 is meant to reduce the number of children and teens ...
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House health reform bill up for vote
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Obi Jo
Well, supposedly tomorrow will be the day for a vote in the House on HR 3962. The House bill did receive a boost when it was endorsed by the AMA and AARP. The AMA represents at best 20% of American physicians. It is “in bed” with the government at many levels such as its ownership of the CPT coding language and guides. As the AMA co ...
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Humana One Sees Profits Rise in Third Quarter
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JLevy
According to the article “Humana Profit Rises 65% Despite Commercial Falloff” by The Associated Press on the NYTimes.com, Humana One posted a significant profit because of an increase in membership and premiums from Medicare Advantage. Humana’s quarterly revenue increased by 8% as enrollment rose 11% from last year in its Medicare ...
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Ankle again
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Clare
Andra's back in full swing...happy again (we had a fussy couple of days, highly unusual), crawling like a champ, and getting much better at standing without falling over (for a couple seconds at least!). We just found out the insurance company WILL pay for her hemangioma surgery (well, 80% of it since the doctor is out of network) which is now sch ...
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We Are Here!
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Emily
I’m finally in California! I’ve been waiting for this since I was a kid! I need to finish getting ready so I’ll keep it quick, but I wanted to check in. My flights went well, things were nice and uneventful. Because of the challenge (I’m not gonna lie, I love airport food, it is totally worth the money to me usually) I tr ...
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Dipping a Toe in the Alternative Medicine Waters (Part I)
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Alyson
My journey down the path of alternative medicine began due to the influence of my current doctor. She is an Internal Medicine doctor who treats many patients with HIV/AIDS or CFS. I think she is used to dealing with patients who have been marginalized or brushed off by others in the healthcare field. She has an amazing amount of compassion for her ...
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More On Medicare Open Season Stupidity
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Dr. Lynn Dorman
subtitled – why we need Health Care Reform and need it very badly Got my 186 pages of Medicare and my private insurance coverage information a few weeks ago. No I did not read it thoroughly and never will. [Disclaimer - I counted the pages for notes, the unnumbered pages and the covers] More recently I got the OFFICIAL medicare.gov documen ...
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