johnd7

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Home, sweet medical home

Posted Fri, Sep 4, 11:06 a.m.

Group Health was able to recoup its investement in more staff just in reduced emergency room visits. How many surgeries were avoided? How many people with diabetes were kept on a care regimen? Health insurance reform will help support these kinds of initiatives. If we remove pre-existing condition exclusions and ...

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Doc, got anything to make me immortal?

Posted Mon, Aug 31, 10:18 p.m.

If life extension were accessible through something simple like some pills (as opposed to something that's procedural on an outpatient or inpatient basis), I think there would be an enormous clamoring for it to be made widespread and cheap and no government could withstand the fervor -- nor should one! ...

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Doc, got anything to make me immortal?

Posted Sun, Aug 30, 1:08 p.m.

For those following CR, it would seem that the health benefits would also be cost benefits -- you aren't living to 110 with diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Live a long time with less disease, and expire due to old age with a DNR order! How to pay living expenses, ...

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Once again, it's 'Apocalypse Now' in Southeast Asia

Posted Fri, Jul 31, 11:39 a.m.

What a simple yet brutal fact that SE Asian mosquitoes are active during the day, evading our best defense. And of course, the ultimate question, can we stop malaria before it gets to Western WA?

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