H7N9 Bird Flu Outbreak Costs More Than $6.5 Billion So Far -UN

H7N9 bird flu outbreak costs more than .5 billion so far -UN
As a 2010 Medicare investigation revealed, and the Wall Street Journal reported, IMRT costs Medicare roughly $ 40,000 per patient and is often used by “self-referring” physicians who send patients to treatment centers in which the doctors themselves own … Read more on Today.com

New, Pricey Prostate Cancer Treatments May Be Overused: Study
The research team, led by doctors at the University of Michigan, reviewed thousands of Medicare patient records, focusing on men who underwent treatment using IMRT, EBRT, robotic prostatectomy, open radical prostatectomy or observation. IMRT uses … Read more on Doctors Lounge

Washtenaw County Sees 8 Heroin Overdoses in Two Weeks
The Oakland County Health Division issued a warning last week about "a significant increase" in heroin-related overdoses reported to the Michigan Poison Control Center. While the cause for the increase remains under investigation, the Health Division … Read more on Patch.com