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Nov 11, 2009
Should taxpayer-funded health insurance pay for city employees’ sex-change operations? Yes, says a city-sponsored diversity task force.
Five tips for improving medication adherence: One-third to one-half of all patients in the United States do not take their medications as prescribed.
The benefit of a bad mood: Being sad makes people less gullible, improves their ability to judge others and also boosts memory.
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Helium
November 11th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
I vote no on the sex change. Especially if I live in the city and I am a taxpayer.
November 11th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
So what are you suggesting? We should all take sadness pills?
November 12th, 2009 at 7:36 am
We keep hearing that patients with high deductibles are skimping on their meds becase of the out-of-pocket cost. But it appears that large numbers of people are not taking their pills, regardles of the cost.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:42 am
A recent paper looked at the efficacy of using periodic text messages to badger people into taking their meds. Apparently it works. Who would have thought twitter had medical applications.