Word: stomachal
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...hundreds of surgeries, tests and procedures. But the medical establishment is winning the accounting war. Some doctors attend seminars on "creative billing," learning how to describe medical treatment in terms that will yield the highest prices. A $2,900 gastrectomy, the removal of all or part of the stomach, can be billed a la carte as several procedures for a total of $6,900. When auto-repair shops or lawyers do that, we call it padding the bill. Doctors call it "unbundling." Some maintain that they do it in the spirit of Robin Hood, overcharging people with good insurance...
...Miami is a friendly rivalry. There's no hatred on either side," said Wayne Hogan, Florida State's sports information director. "Florida is a whole different thing. When you play Florida, you get sick to your stomach...
...really feels that this artist enjoys what he conceives. The actors adapt to Fitch's landscape skillfully, with a style and verve which saves the play from seeming belabored. Viewing The Sweating Door Alarm is like watching someone's imagination run free on stage, and for those able to stomach the weird and the wacky, Fitch's production provides an evening of pleasure...
...nefarious H. pylori has also been linked to ulcers and gastritis -- inflammation of the stomach lining. Parsonnet and others believe that people with chronic duodenal ulcers should consider a course of antibiotics to knock out the bug rather than rely on costly medications like Tagamet and Zantac, which treat the symptoms, not the cause. Meanwhile, studies are under way in Colombia and Mexico to determine if a similar strategy of antibiotics could play a role in cutting the world's incidence of stomach cancer...
HEALTH A bug that causes stomach cancer; radar-gun hazards...