Category: Interesting Links

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

Hospital errors reported by staff just 14 percent of the time.

Many doctors are going broke.

Hospitals employ almost 20 percent of all physicians.

Jan 12, 2012 | 4 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

Antioxidant vitamins, supplements do nothing to improve health: major, international study.

Mack Brown’s 2011 Salary as University of Texas Football Coach: $5.1 Million. Combined Value of Athletic Scholarships for University of Texas Football Team: $3.1 Million.

Blindfolded experts: The fiddles made by the old masters do not in fact sound better than high-quality modern instruments.

The share of large insurers’ revenues contributed by their Medicare and Medicaid business has jumped from 36 to 42 percent over the past three years.

Jan 06, 2012 | 5 comments | by John Goodman

9 in 10 Americans Break New Year’s Resolutions, and Other News

Nine in ten Americans who have ever made food-related New Year’s resolutions have broken them.

Anti-obesity ads shame fat kids.

Martinis and beer may be just as effective at extending life as wine.

Why do we shut off electronics during takeoff? No one agrees on the answer.

Yo-yo diets not all bad: new study.

Minorities feel let down by health care system. In Sweden.

South Korea will welcome more than 150,000 medical tourists next year. One-third from the United States.

Jan 04, 2012 | 8 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

90% of U.S. bank notes carry traces of cocaine.

The government will pay for a lifetime of dialysis ($75,000 a year) for an illegal alien, but not for the $100,000 transplant that would make it unnecessary.

Nearly One in Three Will Be Arrested by Age 23.

Dec 30, 2011 | 8 comments | by John Goodman

Holiday Myths, and Other Links

Holiday myths. Recycled by Aaron Carroll.

The average lifetime cost of dementia per patient for Medicare is approximately $12,000 (2005 dollars) and for Medicaid about $11,000. HT: Jason Shafrin

Does mental health insurance reduce suicide? HT: Jason Shafrin.

Just how Neanderthal are you? (HT: Tyler)

Dec 27, 2011 | 5 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

Members of Congress barred from saying ‘Merry Christmas’ in mailings…

The top 0.01% mainly give to leftist causes.

The poor face the highest tax rates in America.

Canadian couple spends $600,000 in US on cancer care they couldn’t get at home.

His and her planes for the Obama’s Hawaiian vacation cost $4 million.

Dec 27, 2011 | 6 comments | by John Goodman

Conservatives and the Individual Mandate, and Other News

Was an individual mandate once the conservative position? No.

“If the same number of people were seeking work today as in 2007, the jobless rate would be 11 percent.”

Commonwealth on the Final MLR Regulations: Good for Consumers.

Good news: Not every psychopath is like Norman Bates.

Dec 19, 2011 | 4 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

Woman denied insurance coverage after losing weight with surgery.

Obama circumvents Congress to propose that home-care workers be paid minimum wage and overtime.

Report: 48% of schools failing No Child standards.

Dec 16, 2011 | 5 comments | by John Goodman

Headlines I Wish I Hadn’t Seen

The federal government is paying its employees $137 million a year not to work for Uncle Sam.

Seattle welfare recipient lives in million-dollar home.

How does an Asian student get into Harvard? Don’t admit to being Asian.

There are limits on how smart humans can get.

Dec 08, 2011 | 7 comments | by John Goodman

Surprising Headlines

Pew: Majority of Illegal Immigrants Have Been in the U.S. for More Than a Decade.

The US Has Become a Net Exporter of Oil.

Pennies are Worth More Dead Than Alive.

Rabbit Breeding: 25,000 Compete for Best in Show.

Dec 06, 2011 | 8 comments | by John Goodman