My understanding of PPO pricing is thus:
1.  Dr. Smith states his procedure costs $40,000.
2.  PPO contracts to pay Dr. Smith $10,000.  Of this $10,000, patient
pays a small part.

A friend of mine recently had her Gall Bladder out because of "serious
reflux".  She had no pain.  My question is, is how exactly does the gall
bladder cause heartburn or acid reflux?  It doesn't seem to me like it
should.  But I'm no doctor, so here I be.

I am wondering if there are any resources out there about
vegetarianism and how it affects eidetic memory.  I have an eidetic
memory for text.  When I began a vegetarian diet (including milk
products and eggs), after a week I noticed I could not remember text

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    Lets vaccinate all the kids now .
Obese people 'simply have the fat virus'
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
(Filed: 29/07/2000)

Peter Kung was 39 when he began taking Lipitor. He is now in constant
pain and unable to work. He was put on Lipitor
for "prevention".
This part: introduction

I came down with a severe calf pain, which made walking difficult,
last Sunday.  Onset was very sudden.
Tuesday eve, I noticed swelling in the calf including the ankles so I
called my HMO 24 hr nurse.  To my suprise she told me to go to the ER

Animal consciousness versus human consciousness by J. Holme.
As far as we can tell the main difference between humans and other animals
is not biological but technological. We share 95% plus of our DNA with our
nearest primate cousins and yet they share virtually none of our ...

Too Much Red Meat May Boost Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk
Eating lots of it could double your chances of getting autoimmune disease,
study says
THURSDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDayNews) -- If you like to eat hamburgers, steak and

<Co-author Jim Wright is head of Therapeutics Initiative and a member
of the Cochrane Collaboration. Zee>
"The internationally recognized Cochrane Collaboration (which accepts
no money from the pharmaceutical industry) did a systematic review of

Curious if there are any new ones, that work particularly well for
sinusitis.
I used to be on antibiotics for chronic sinusitis a good part of the year,
so I know all the ones that were prescribed as of a few years ago.

I have a personal, somewhat embarrassing question.
When I was a young kid, my testicles would often rise up out of the scrotum
and then reappear. I could slight push above my waist and the testicle would
easily drop down also. When I was around 8 or 9, I experienced bad pain in

Am building a taxonomy of medical terms for diseases and illnesses in
English. Please clarify the correct usage of the above named illness.
Thanks

This isn't the only piece of evidence of the value of androgens/testosterone
therapy in women. But it makes it clear the testosterone isn't only
about sexual pleasure but also about life. If ERT regimens were no
longer a risk breast cancer, they'd be more useful. Even taken alone

When I turned 50 I noticed the world growing dimmer and darker. I could not see
nearly as well, in the dark, as I had always done in (younger) life. I began to
take supplements and eat green leafy vegetables, and that did help. But my eyes
still are nothing like when I was just a ...