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Nonsmoking Hotel Rooms Still Contain Smoke

Posted on 05/20/2013 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthIf you think the air in your nonsmoking hotel room is free of smoke residue, think again: If a hotel allows smoking in any of its rooms, the smoke will permeate everywhere, including nonsmoking rooms, a new study shows. Nicotine residues and other chemical traces “don’t stay in the smoking rooms,” lead researcher George Matt, chairman of the psychology department at San Diego State University, told USA Today. “They end up in the hallways and in other rooms, including nonsmoking …

Can Medicare Slow the Hospital Revolving Door?

Posted on 02/11/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthBy Lauran Neergaard, Medical Writer, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1 million Americans wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they left for reasons that could have been prevented — a revolving door that for years has seemed impossible to slow. Now Medicare has begun punishing hospitals with hefty fines if they have too many readmissions, and a top official says signs of improvement are beginning to emerge. “We’re at a very promising moment,” Medicare …