by Research Team | Oct 24, 2014 | Health News
For all the strengths of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, the first U.S.-diagnosed Ebola patient walked through its seemingly weakest link: the emergency room. Presbyterian met or exceeded 75 percent of 138 specific measures of care, according to its most...
by Research Team | Oct 24, 2014 | Health News
Oregon is cutting its last ties with a botched health insurance exchange portal built by Oracle as the state and the high-tech company pursue lawsuits against each other. In April, Oregon announced it was giving up on the troubled state exchange and would use the...
by Research Team | Oct 24, 2014 | Health News
The nation’s second-biggest tobacco company informed employees Wednesday that beginning next year, the use of traditional cigarettes, cigars or pipes will no longer be permitted at employee desks or offices, conference rooms, hallways and elevators. Lighting up...
by Research Team | Oct 24, 2014 | Health News
Dr. Mehmet Oz has been under fire recently for promoting weight loss products on TV’s “The Dr. Oz Show” that aren’t backed by a lot of scientific evidence. Now a study supporting one of those products, diet pills made with green coffee bean...
by Research Team | Oct 24, 2014 | Health News
China has one of the world’s lowest birth rates, and a growing number of middle class couples are choosing to lavish their time and money on pets rather than kids. Their busy Shanghai household of four cats and two dogs costs about $600 a month in pet food,...
