Category: Medical equipment
Rape Protector Invented By South African Doctor
A 20-year-old rape victim became Dr. Sonnet Ehlers inspiration to invent a devise that could reduce sexual assaults.
Forty years ago, CNN says, Dr. Ehlers was attending to a devastated rape victim who told her “If only I had teeth down there.”
Home Medical Products: Why They Are Exorbitant
Our Healthcare Consumer Explains Why Home Medical Products Are Exorbitant Keith is a wheelchair user who writes that he is appalled at the prices often charged for items supplied to the disabled. As an example, a replacement battery charger for his power wheelchair was billed at over $480 and he was personally responsible for paying [...]
Stores Illegally Selling Cosmetic Contact Lenses
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today demanded that two retailers and two distributors immediately stop illegal sales of non-corrective cosmetic contact lenses, which under state law can only be sold to consumers by licensed eye care professionals. Blumenthal sent letters to 7-Eleven Inc., ExxonMobil, Wholesale Club and AAA Discount demanding they stop selling the lenses, which [...]
Dental Vacations: Save Money, Increase Risk, Do Your Homework
Due to lousy teeth from childhood on, Anna Baker was facing a difficult decision as an adult: get dentures or spend more than $50,000 for implants. But after seeing a story on CNN about a woman who saved thousands of dollars by going overseas for dental work, Baker, of Westchester County, decided to look into [...]
Health Insurance Legislation Has Some Lesser-Known Cost-Reduction Features
While it will take years before we know all the intended and unintended consequences of the historic health legislation, there are two provisions I have read about that I like. The reason I like them is that they are likely to reduce health costs – the critical part of keeping insurance and medical care affordable [...]
Artificial Hip Replacements: Complications Seen In Metal-On-Metal Devices
If you are considering an artificial hip replacement, make sure you discuss with your doctors a new editorial in the Journal of Arthroplasty warning of complications with a popular medical procedure. LawyersandSettlements.com, a leading Internet site for consumer lawyers, notes that the Journal is warning doctors to use metal-on-metal devices only with “great caution, if [...]
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