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Cost Of Anoscopy - Articles
Routine Screening for Anal Cancer: Are We There Yet?
by
Paul Sax
Posted
Mon 09 May 2011 8:26am
A paper recently published in AIDS evaluated the cost effectiveness of various strategies for anal cancer screening in HIV positive men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM).
The “bottom line” (ahem):
In HIV-infected MSM, the direct use of high resolution anoscopy is the most cost-effective strategy for detecting anal intraepithelial neoplasia ...
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HPV does not descriminate among gay men, straight men and women
by
Nelson V.
Posted
Thu 18 Dec 2008 7:28pm
As we live longer, more long term related problems are appearing in HIV positive men and women.
As you can read in the report below, HPV is not a problem that only "bottoms" or gay men have in their butts. HPV can cause anal warts and cancer in all.
I want to remind everyone (men and women) to get their butts checked at least once a ye ...
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Costs, costs, costs
by
Paul L.
Posted
Tue 21 Oct 2008 12:50am
As always, a thoughtful piece by Steve Bailey in today's Boston Globe, this one quoting Regina Herzlinger from Harvard Business School. An excerpt:
What consumers need, she says, is greater transparency. "The premise is that they are wonderful," she says of the hospitals. "Maybe they are. I would like to see some data that shows just how ...
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Cut costs, cut costs, cut costs. ...
by
Drew W.
Posted
Thu 30 Oct 2008 3:26pm
Cut costs, cut costs, cut costs. That’s what we have been hearing lately (30 + years?) in order to effectively reform health care.
The problem is those costs are someone’s income. In a free market economy we are able to make money as we please, and as long as someone is willing to pay, services will be provided.
When we attack costs, we ...
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The high financial cost of Lupron therapy for autism
by
Kev Leitch

Posted
Sun 24 May 2009 10:34pm
Lupron therapy for autism has been controversial ever since it was first proposed by Mark and David Geier. Controversial—as in the rational for Lupron for autism was based on some of the worst junk science I have ever seen. Neurodiveristy.com has followed Lupron since the beginning ( here is but one example of the excellent reporting from neurod ...
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The Financial Costs of a DUI (DWI)
by
Lisa Frederiksen

Posted
Sun 22 Apr 2012 1:46pm
The following is a guest post — an info graphic — showing the costs of getting a DUI. It was submitted by Brittany Klontz of totaldui.com . According to totaldui.com, ”Each state has their own DUI laws, convictions, fines, and DUI penalties. Most people do not realize that facing a DUI or DWI charge can be very expensive. It also impacts your d ...
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On getting bang for your buck/ The financial cost of no care
by
Larry Drain
Posted
Fri 05 Feb 2010 12:10pm
I found some statistics today I wanted to share. They are statistics for my countyBlount CountyTennessee. But it might give you a way to look at where you live. Just as a comparision Blount County probably has a little over 100,000 people.
One of the common things you heard said is that people with mental illness have a greater than no ...
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Human and Financial Costs of Futile Treatment
by
Thaddeus Pope
Posted
Tue 23 Mar 2010 6:44am
Over at KevinMD , Dr. Grumpy discusses the human suffering and financial costs of futile treatment.
"Lady in her 60’s with advanced cancer. It had spread through every organ of her body. Brain, lungs, bones, liver, intestines. You name it. She’d had surgery. And radiation. And chemotherapy. Established treatments. Experimental treatme ...
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