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Two Hospitals Fined for Violation of Medicare’s Worth Transparency Legislation

September 15, 2022 · 7:00 AM

I’ve lengthy been an advocate for value transparency in healthcare. The Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Providers (aka CMS) has lately taken motion that requires hospitals to submit their costs on-line, which ought to increase competitors and allow you to store round to economize. If reminiscence serves, the value posting solely applies to a restricted variety of companies. I presume the uncommon hospitals that do not settle for Medicare and Medicaid funds are exempt.

From MedPage Immediately:

This week [June 2022], CMS handed down their first penalties to 2 hospitals

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RBC below investigation by Competitors Bureau over local weather claims

Canada’s largest industrial financial institution is dealing with an investigation by the Competitors Bureau of Canada over allegedly misleading promoting associated to its local weather motion, the federal watchdog confirmed on Tuesday.

In response to a Sept. 29 letter from the bureau obtained by Yahoo Finance Canada, Royal Financial institution of Canada is below an investigation associated to “sure advertising practices” on the financial institution. The letter is addressed to attorneys at Ecojustice, a non-profit environmental legislation group, that beforehand filed a

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Extremely-Processed Meals Could Impair Cognition in Aged

An article earlier this yr within the European Journal of Diet reported that top consumption of ultra-processed meals is linked to worse-than-average efficiency on one explicit take a look at of cognitive perform in older US adults (60+ years-old) who didn’t have power illnesses reminiscent of diabetes or heart problems. The actual take a look at was “Animal Fluency.” By no means heard of it? Me both. Maintain studying.

The research included 2,700 contributors, common age 69. Members had been requested to recall what they ate within the prior 24 hours. Meals had been “categorised in accordance

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Some Fad Diets Are Higher Than Others

September 27, 2022 · 7:00 AM

Paleobetic Diet, Steve Parker MD, paleo diet, Paleolithic diet, diabetes, diabetic diet — Unique naked bones e-book cowl

Frontiers In Diet in July, 2022, revealed “Fad Diets: Information and Fiction.” Thanks, FIN, for making it obtainable for free of charge. The authors are based mostly in Pakistan and Romania. They tried to summarize the literature on well-liked fad diets. I’m shocked that they included the Mediterranean food regimen. Learn the article and 134 references then kind your individual opinion. Some snippets:

Relating to the Atkins Weight loss plan: “AD offers a number of advantages together with weight discount and cardio-metabolic well being enchancment, however restricted proof exists

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Quinoa Beet Salad – JennifersKitchen

Let me be very clear. I do not like beets. I’ve spent over fifty years disliking beets.

I’ve tried them boiled (gag-inducing), roasted (almost tolerable, but no), raw (the additional chewing required just prolongs the misery), and picked (where’s the bathroom?).

To me, beets taste like garden dirt laced with a little bit of sugar. Interestingly, there is validity to that perception. Beets contain a naturally-occurring compound called geosmin, and geosmin gives beets their dirt-like . . . er. . . earthy flavour.

Some people like this earthy flavor.

I’m not one of them.

Just as interesting – at least

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Do You Absolutely Hate Broccoli?

June 7, 2023 · 8:50 AM

If so, it may well be because of your genes according to an article at SBS.com. Particular genes determine whether you can detect a bitter chemical (called PTC) in broccoli and other brassicas like cauliflower and brussels sprouts.

Do You Absolutely Hate Broccoli? — “Free broccoli and carrots in frying”/ CC0 1.0

“On average, about 70% of us can taste something bitter in broccoli or PTC, but those with two copies of the bitter sensitivity gene are closer to 20%, and they are much more likely to hate it.”

US President George HW Bush said in March 1990, “I do

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5 things you may have missed in investing this week

It’s safe I think to make these four assumptions after a long, grueling week in the markets.

First, you thoroughly understand the blowup of Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB for short) by reading this in-depth feature out of Yahoo Finance editor Dan Fitzpatrick. This look at the fallout from the VC side by Natasha Mascarenhas at Yahoo Finance sister publication TechCrunch is also super helpful.

Hence, this hot take from veteran strategist Jim Reid at Deutsche Bank shouldn’t knock you off the chair.

“Considering the client outflows are also likely driven by higher interest rates, it is not a stretch to

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J. McCann & Co. Ltd – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

To win a RoSPA Health and Safety Award is by no means an easy feat. Last year alone, we received close to 2,000 entries from across the globe. To achieve one gold achievement award is a fantastic accolade for your organization… however, to continue that winning streak year after year is outstanding. In 2019, Nottingham based civil and electrical engineering firm J. McCann & Co. Ltd. did just that and achieved their fourth RoSPA Gold Achievement Award (and they couldn’t be more delighted).

An Achievement Award truly is the accolade that safety professionals across all industries aspire to. In our

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