Word: treatments
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...sooner did she steel herself for the procedure, however, than her insurer, the Trustmark Insurance Co., made things more complicated. Since the $90,000 treatment was still considered experimental, it was ineligible for coverage under the terms of Trustmark's policy. "Whether it's a $100,000 charge or a $10 charge, we make our decisions based on that contract language," says Lloyd Sarrel, Trustmark's assistant vice president for benefits. Geisbush, understandably, has bigger things than contracts on her mind. "I'm in a fight for my life," she says. "I shouldn't be having this fight with...
That's why cancer advocates and the insurance industry were so anxiously awaiting last week's release of the most definitive studies yet undertaken to evaluate the treatment. The news, on its face, was not good. Transplant therapy, the studies suggest, may not improve survival odds any more than traditional therapy. The findings, however, are preliminary, and further study may overturn them altogether. By week's end, all that was certain was that an already heated debate would get hotter still and that patients who want the therapy are not giving up hope. "With this treatment," says Geisbush, "at least...
...drugs do kill cancer cells, they also destroy most of the disease-fighting cells in the immune system. That's why doctors harvest marrow cells from the bones or stem cells from the bloodstream--both of which give rise to new immune cells--before they begin chemotherapy. When the treatment is done, these cells are reinfused into the body, in the hope that the immune system will rebound. Punishing as the therapy is, advocates say it can work, and patients are clamoring for it--but at no small price. In the U.S., well over half a billion dollars may have...
...fluorescent fertilizer looks like an alien with thinning hair just coming out of the shower, before the Rogaine is applied. It can't be too easy to get a mixture of that heinous color; why not tone it down a few shades to get it a grassy green? Radioactive treatment: Bad; back to basics: Good...
...women in the world because prisons ensure public safety. But 70 percent of the women in prison are non-violent offenders and only a minuscule percentage are really a threat to public safety. Ninety percent have some history of substance abuse, but only one in ten prisoners gets the treatment they need. Though the recidivism rate for people who get a college education in prison is almost zero, in almost all prisons there is no education available beyond G.E.D. Meaningful job training is rare. The general attitude of women's prisons is one of infantilizing paternalism that works to further...