Insurers pay for alternative care
Acupuncture, not pain pills that make me loopy, is what Cynde Durnford-Branecki wants for her aching back, and a treatment costs her only a $20 copayment. If I didn t have insurance, there s no way I could afford to go, said the 51-year-old g...
5.2K - Nov. 9, 2009; scored 249.0

Some who get vaccine not in high-risk groups
LOS ANGELES It was bound to happen: Some people who aren t at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine. Sometimes they were healthy adults or senior citizens instead of kids, pregnant women and people with health problem...
5.3K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 249.0

Vaccine helps prevent AIDS
BANGKOK (AP) For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possi...
8.1K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 249.0

Jackson death ruled a homicide
LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles County coroner s finding that the death of Michael Jackson was a homicide could mean criminal charges for his doctor, who told investigators that he administered a mix of powerful drugs to treat the pop star s insomnia h...
6.8K - Aug. 25, 2009; scored 249.0

Study shows Americans spend $34B on alternatives
ATLANTA Americans spend more than a 10th of their out-of-pocket health care dollars on alternative medicine, according to the first national estimate of such spending in more than a decade. Chiropractors, massage therapists, acupuncturists and herb...
6.0K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 1000.0

Study: Few survive cardiac arrest, even after CPR
You don t have to be Michael Jackson to have this problem: The odds of surviving cardiac arrest after getting CPR in a hospital are slim and have not improved in more than a decade, a big Medicare study concludes. Only about 18 percent of such patien...
3.9K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 249.0

Some cancer patients turn to alternative care
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - With much of her lower body consumed by cancer, Leslee Flasch finally faced the truth: The herbal supplements and special diet were not working. I want this thing cut out from me. I want it out, she told her family. But it was too...
8.8K - Jun. 15, 2009; scored 1000.0