Following the issue of new rules by the United States administration on Thursday, patients planning to appeal health insurance denials can now find the process easier. The new regulations promise the patients the right to appeal for claims in case of insurance denials. The additional benefit comes from the point that the consumers can appeal unswervingly to the insurers and in case of a non-action to the external review boards. These new rules apply for all internal appeals related to group health plans of both insured and self-insured group health insurance coverage. It includes all the insurance plans for plan years starting from 23rd Sep, 2010. However, these rules cannot [...]
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Restrict Coffee during Pregnancy
by on 23. Jul, 2010 in Health News
An opinion of a group of U.S. doctors appearing in the coming issue of American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology’s journal, Obstetrics & Gynecology, supports the consumption of coffee during pregnancy. The group agrees that drinking one cup of coffee per day during pregnancy does not lead to miscarriage or preterm birth. So far expecting mothers quit coffee when they discover their new condition for fear that their caffeine intake may increase the chances of miscarriage. However, the trend may change as this group of doctors is coming out with a new statement that consuming not more than 200 milligrams of caffeine won’t be harmful. But this leniency is not [...]
Sitting Longer Can Reduce Life Span
by on 23. Jul, 2010 in Health News
A new study revealed that most of the Americans engage in ‘sitting around’ not knowing that they are actually reducing their average life span. Even though researches reasoned out obesity or the level of daily physical activities by individuals involving a study of more than 120000 American adults, the effect remained unchanged. According to Dr. Jay Brooks, Chairman of hematology/oncology at Ochsner Health System in Baton Rouge, La., it can be considered as one more reason to “get up and walk”. He adds “The message here is like everything in your life. People need to recognize that the things you do every day have consequences. And if you’re in a [...]
Obesity — Major Cause for Womb Cancer
by on 23. Jul, 2010 in Health News
Recent figures suggest that there has been an alarming increase of womb cancer in women, in almost 30 years, from 13 per 100,000 in the year 1975 to more than 19 per 100,000. A recent survey by experts at Cancer Research UK shows that more than 7530 women every year are found to be suffering from womb cancer compared to 4813 in 1993. In fact, it is the fourth most common type of cancer in women claiming 1741 lives in 2008. It has also turned out to be the second fastest growing cancer in women lacking only behind malignant melanoma skin cancer. The main reasons for this increase are believed [...]
World’s First Full Face Transplant
by on 17. Jul, 2010 in Health News
The world’s first full face transplant has been done in France. This landmark operation that lasted for more than 12 hours was carried at the Creteil-Mondor hospital in Paris. The patient was a 35-year-old man known only as Jerome (not last name given). The French man whose face was deformed as a result of genetic defect has received his facial features from a dead donor. The donated facial parts include eyelids, face mucles and even tear glands, that will allow him to cry naturally. The new face can mould itself to the bone structure of the patient, says lad surgeon Prof. Laurent Lantieri. ‘He will begin to resemble his original [...]
Ocean Water Pollution Warning
by on 20. Jun, 2010 in Health News
Ocean water pollution is at an all time high today. The world’s oceans are depleting and getting increasing polluted due to the increase of greenhouse gases, destruction of marine ecosystems and the break in the food chain – irreversible changes have occurred since several million years, according to a new study. The changes could mean ruin for hundreds of millions of people around the world who depend on the oceans for their livelihood . “It’s like the earth has been smoking two packs of cigarettes a day,” says the report’s lead-author Australian marine scientist Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg citing that ocean water pollution cannot be ignored. The report published in Science [...]
Brushing Teeth Morning and Night Could Prevent Heart Disease
by on 31. May, 2010 in Health News
Brushing your teeth twice a day could prevent heart disease, found in a new study. Researchers conducted a large study linking the number of times a day people brush their teeth to lower risk of heart disease.
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