Shadow Of Death

Unidentified Respiratory Virus Likely to Hit Kids Across Country

Unidentified Respiratory Virus Likely to Hit Kids Across Country - A respiratory illness that has already sickened more than a thousand children in 10 states is likely to become a nationwide problem, doctors say. The disease hasn't been officially identified but officials suspect a rare respiratory virus called human enterovirus 68. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention_" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the virus is related to the...

Need surgery? Good luck getting hospital cost info

Need surgery? Good luck getting hospital cost info - Good luck getting hospital cost info; study finds answers often elusive and costs vary widely - Want to know how much a hip replacement will cost? Many hospitals won't be able to tell you, at least not right away — if at all. And if you shop around and find centers that can quote a price, the amounts could vary astronomically, a study found. Routine hip replacement surgery on a healthy patient without insurance may cost as little as...

Costs of hip replacement hard to find, vary widely

Costs of hip replacement hard to find, vary widely - Many hospitals are hard-pressed to tell people needing a hip replacement how much their procedure is likely to cost, according to a new study. Even when they can cite prices, going rates for the procedure may vary from hospital to hospital by a factor of 10, researchers found. "It was very frustrating," said Jaime Rosenthal, a student at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, who led the new research. "You got transferred to all...

Could acupuncture help relieve seasonal allergies?

Could acupuncture help relieve seasonal allergies? - Acupuncture may help improve seasonal allergy symptoms in some people with runny noses and watery eyes, according to a new study - but the effect seems to be small. Researchers found 71 percent of people reported an improvement in their allergies after eight weeks of acupuncture. But so did 56 percent of allergy sufferers who were treated with sham acupuncture instead as a comparison. "It works, but there are a couple of caveats (for) people...

Intense acupuncture may improve Bell's palsy

Intense acupuncture may improve Bell's palsy - Patients with facial paralysis saw greater improvements in function after a more intensive form of acupuncture in a new study from China that compared the treatment to standard acupuncture. Researchers found that wiggling the acupuncture needles to produce a sensation called "de qi" led to a patient's having a better chance of recovering full facial function in six months than if the needles were just inserted and left alone. De qi "should be...

1st Photos from New Discovery Channel Telescope Unveiled

1st Photos from New Discovery Channel Telescope Unveiled - A privately funded telescope has taken its first images, capping off a two decades-long quest to construct the facility for research and public engagement. The Discovery Channel Telescope is an observatory with a 14-foot (4.3-meter) mirror built near Happy Jack, Ariz., by the Lowell Observatory and Discovery Communications, the parent company of television's Discovery Channel. The telescope's opening was marked with a gala on Saturday...

Boy dies after sand tunnel collapse in New Jersey

Boy dies after sand tunnel collapse in New Jersey - A 12-year-old boy who was rushed to the hospital after a sand tunnel collapsed on him at a New Jersey beach has died.The boy and his brother were digging a tunnel at the Long Branch, N.J., beach late Tuesday when it collapsed on him, trapping him under the sand, police and witnesses said. Lifeguards pulled the boy out of the sand and began administering CPR. He was unconscious "with blood trickling from his nose," a witness told the Asbury...