Weight Loss AdviceWritten by Amber Snyder
Weight Loss AdviceThe concept of weight management program is a high protein, low carbohydrate diet. Carbohydrates are used as fuel for our body and they are stored as fat. Therefore, if you don't supply carbs to body, then you in fact turn your body into
| | Full-body Scams, er a ... ScansWritten by Stephen Bucaro
Permission is granted for following article to forward, reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website, offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as long as no changes are made and byline, copyright, and resource box is included. ---------------------------------------------------------- Full-body Scams, er a ... ScansBy Stephen Bucaro Full-body CT (Computer Tomography) scanners are appearing in strip malls and office centers all over country. Many doctors are recommending a full-body CT scan (follow kick-back money). The sales pitch; "A full-body scan can find disease early when it is more treatable." The scans cost between $600.00 and $3,000.00 and are not covered by Medicare or health insurance plans when no symptoms exist. The scam is most profitable when perpetrated against individuals over 50 years of age. Scans of individuals in this age group often show scars from long ago healed cysts and benign spots on kidney, liver, or pancreas. Doctors and hospitals can use these meaningless irregularities to generate thousands of dollars in unnecessary tests. False positive test results can generate profits from biopsies and invasive surgeries. CT scans provide most profitable but poorest quality of medical imaging. Contrast agents can be used to make CT scans more accurate, but fast-buck consumer imaging centers don't use contrast agents. Ultrasound and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans provide much sharper images, but a lower profit margin. The result is, CT scan might give you false security of perfect health when a killer disease exists.
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