Costs of Common Treatments Vary Hugely at Colorado Hospitals
Submitted by Neeraj Shahane on Thu, 05/09/2013 - 13:07
New federal data has shed light over a fact that when it comes to charging retail prices for treatments and common surgeries, Colorado hospitals show a lot of variation from one another.
The difference is also not less. Around 400-500% change has been noted across the nation. Also, the most egregious rates were found to be 8-10 folds of what was paid by Medicare.
Woman Hoaxes Colorado with Non-Existing Boy’s Cancer Story
Submitted by Neeraj Shahane on Thu, 11/08/2012 - 11:59It is not for the first time that in order to earn money and fulfill one's own wishes, one has cooked a fake story. Just akin to an N. J. woman, who faked her cancer for cash, and an ARIZONA WOMAN, who had spread rumours about her breast cancer, this time Briana Augustenborg came up with her own long, but con story.
It has been found that she had told about a purported child of 9 years that he had been suffering from leukemia. The whole community was fooled and kept rallying around him on Facebook ending up strangely knowing that there was no such boy.
Researchers on Verge of Developing a Drug That Would Diminish Side-Effects of Morphine
Submitted by Neeraj Shahane on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 09:26
Morphine as been a pain relieving drug for a long time but there are a lot of side effects that are generated from it due to which its use was very restricted and only given in extreme circumstances. The biggest problem with administering morphine is that there has to be frequent modification of the amount of the drug patients receive to get pain relief.
Talon Environmental Supervisor Punished for Illegal Asbestos Disposal
Submitted by Dinesh Chandra Gaur on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 09:36James Robert Soyars Jr., a certified asbestos abatement supervisor in Colorado, has been caught disposing asbestos in an improper manner. He being the owner of Talon Environmental was fully aware of hazards that could be caused to the residents of Colorado by this act of his. But instead, he tried to violate the clean Air Act. As the act is a completely illegal act, the supervisor has been sentenced to six months of home detention and has also been slapped a fine of $435,477 as compensation.
