The right way to preserve Medicare doesn't limit access to care Seattle Times Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:17 PM PDT There's a right way and a wrong way to bring Medicare costs into line. Unfortunately, writes guest columnist Roger Stark, a new government body empowered to reduce reimbursement rates for doctors and other providers is a step in the wrong direction. | Blues' Halak ruled out for two games against Kings KSAT San Antonio Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:10 PM PDT St. Louis Blues coach Ken Hitchcock confirmed that goaltender Jaroslav Halak will miss the first two games of the team's upcoming Western Conference semifinal series against the Los Angeles Kings. Halak was injured after he collided with teammate Barret Jackman in Game 2 of the conference quarterfinal series against the San Jose Sharks. The team publicly deemed it to be a lower body injury, but ... | Man hurt in fall onto Interstate 5 in Seattle KING5 Seattle Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:55 PM PDT A man was taken to Harborview Medical Center with lower body and back injuries after possibly jumping or falling onto Interstate 5 near the Convention Center on Monday afternoon. | Safety Of Shingles Vaccine Confirmed Medical News Today Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:26 PM PDT A new study of 193,083 adults, published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, reveals that the herpes zoster vaccine, also called the shingles vaccine, is safe for preventing shingles, a chickenpox virus rash which affects more than 1 million people annually in the United States. Shingles is extremely painful and infectious, and the virus can return to a person's body multiple times, causing ... | Our State Canât Afford to Ignore Oral Health Real Change News Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:59 PM PDT From our decades of working with low-income and disadvantaged people in Washington, it is obvious that oral health is an overlooked and critical need in our state. Too often discussions about healthcare donât even include oral health, as if the mouth is somehow separate from the body. | | |
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