February 15, 2008
And now for something completely different
Usually here at the Health Disparities Blog we post information about current news and research in the area of health disparities. But from time to time it might be refreshing to look at a few health related news stories that may have gone unnoticed.
The NY Daily News provides this case study in poor customer service:
A Staten Island woman being rushed from her doctor's office to the hospital after a heart attack was hounded for a $5 insurance co-pay while lying on a gurney and breathing through tubes.
Wired.com is reporting that in the near future there will be mommy, daddy and the other one:
British scientists have created an embryo with three parents.
And finally, according to Reuters.com the most important fringe benefit for elderly caregivers in the future might be oil changes.
Household robots may help human carers look after the growing number of elderly Norwegians in years to come, enabling them to live longer and more comfortably in their own homes, a project leader told Reuters on Thursday.