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Is All Durable Medical Equipment Covered by Insurance?

The simple answer is no. Medicare Part B (medical insurance) covers medically necessary durable medical equipment (DME) that your doctor prescribes for use in your home. Your physician, nurse practitioner (NP), physician’s assistant (PA) or certified nurse specialist (CNS) can prescribe medical equipment for a patient. Medicare is considered the driver when it comes to …

13 Things Your Nail Salon Doesn't Want You to Know

These secrets about your manicure and pedicure might make you second guess your next nail salon visit

Proven Tips to Consider When Choosing Suitable Stair Lift

Stair lifts are indispensable equipment for people with mobility issues. It helps them bypass the challenges of moving up and down the stai...

10 Horrifying Things Doctors Don't Tell You

As a modern culture, we tend to put our faith wholeheartedly in doctors. They're the experts, and more often than not we take their advice without question

Things to NEVER Lie to Your Doctor About

How much you smoke, drink, eat, exercise and whether you use protection during sex or while out in the sun matters. Doctors weigh in on what matters most.

5 potentially deadly body pains you should never ignore

Nearly everyone experiences a headache or leg cramp on occasion. But when do these aches warrant a visit to the doctor's office or hospital?

Drawing Biomedical Electronics Directly Onto Skin |

Wearable biomedical devices hold the promise of allowing for continuous, remote patient monitoring in all kinds of settings. A variety of vital signs,

Biomedical engineer 3-D prints life-saving splints

In 2013, parents of a 5-month-old child were told that it was unlikely that their son, who suffered from a condition known as tracheobronchomalacia, would live to leave the hospital. Today, from a desk full of 3-D printed models, Scott Hollister picks up a small splint that saved that child's life. Hollister is a professor of biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering and associate professor of surgery at U-M.

Use ‘combined chemical probe resources’ to select biomedical tools, report urges

The report recommends biomedical scientists avoid general search engines and vendor catalogue information and instead use two kinds of online resource.

It’s Time to Include the BME

8 Ways Smart Meal Timing Can Improve Your Health

How to time your meals so you can lose weight and boost your health.

To make better biomedical tools, a grad student picks apart fireflies' glow

Invertebrate evolution and biomedical research are more closely intertwined than you might think.

Be Aware: Your Tattoos Could Cause False-Positive Results for Cancer

Three Major Innovation Opportunities For Biomedical Textiles

Biomedical textiles are gaining significant momentum for use in medical devices to facilitate less invasive surgical procedures.

Bridging the Sequestration Gap

America’s military families are facing a new set of challenges that are just beginning to emerge from the deep military budget cuts of defense downsizing and sequestration.