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5 Health Insurance Mistakes Costing You 09/26/2014 12:00am • Health insurance is one of the pricier products you're likely to buy. It's also one of the most confusing. Studies show that most Americans have a poor understanding of their health benefits and how they impact their ability to access and pay for medical care. A study out last year by researchers How the Slowdown in Medicare Spending Is Affecting Hospitals 09/26/2014 12:00am • It's a chicken and egg kind of question. Which came first: a slowdown in Medicare spending that will necessitate further cost cutting by hospitals and healthcare systems? Or efficiencies recently underway in many healthcare organizations leading to the slowdown in Medicare spending? That kind dizz Webster helps Red Sox beat Rays 11-1 09/25/2014 11:40pm • KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Red Sox can at least be excited about their young players going into next year.Rusney Castillo and Christian Vazquez each hit his first major league homer, and Allen Webster pitched seven solid innings to carry the Red Sox to an 11-1 win over the Mother accused of beating, scalding 5-year-old son 09/25/2014 10:10pm • MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin woman was charged Thursday with child abuse for allegedly beating and scalding her 5-year-old son who has Down syndrome.Ruthann Gneiser, 31, of Manitowoc, faces one felony count of physical abuse of a child, intentionally causing great bodily harm.According to the US Ebola patient released; says he feels great 09/25/2014 08:20pm • JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- After three weeks in isolation, an American doctor who contracted Ebola while working in West Africa says he's grateful for the specialized care that allowed him to recover and remains concerned about the people he was trying to help.Rick Sacra, 51, was Chilean officials say man dies in bomb blast 09/25/2014 07:10pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- The fiery explosion of a homemade bomb killed a man in downtown Santiago on Thursday, officials said, adding to a string of blasts in Chile's capital.Prosecutor Claudio Orellana initially said the man was handling the bomb when it exploded about 1 a.m., but he later opened th Zambia's president treated by doctors in New York 09/25/2014 07:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Police say Zambia's president was treated in his New York hotel room by doctors but has not been hospitalized.President Michael Sata had flown to New York from Lusaka to attend the annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. He did not deliver a scheduled address Greek woman allegedly buried alive by accident 09/25/2014 05:50pm • COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press PERAIA, Greece (AP) -- Police in northern Greece are investigating a cemetery worker's testimony that a woman revived in her grave shortly after being buried and called for help, only to die before she could be extracted.Police officials say the man and two people v Sabres starting fresh in net with Enroth, Neuvirth 09/25/2014 04:40pm • JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Defenseman Tyler Myers immediately sensed something was different in the Buffalo Sabres' locker room when he arrived for the start of training camp.The welcome sight of Ryan Miller -- with his ever-unshaven face, steely eyed stare and sometimes broo Kenya nurse sentenced to death over abortion 09/25/2014 02:30pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A Kenyan court has sentenced a 41-year-old nurse to death for assisting a young woman to get an abortion which killed her.A judge ruled Thursday that Jackson Namunya Tali was guilty of murdering Christine Atieno, who bled to death following a botched abortion in July 2009.The Lessons learned 6 months into worst Ebola outbreak 09/25/2014 01:40pm • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- Six months into the biggest-ever Ebola outbreak, scientists say they know more about how the deadly virus behaves. The first cases were reported in Guinea by the World Health Organization on March 23 -- before spreading to Sierra Leone, Liberia and elsewh Column: Should you install iOS 8 at all? 09/25/2014 01:23pm • Ken Colburn, Data Doctors Q: With all of the issues that I keep hearing about iOS 8, should I even bother getting the update at all? A: Apple's iOS 8 is another significant update to the mobile operating system that can be used on many of its mobile devices. Some of the more beneficial featur Harvard selects insider to manage $34.6B endowment 09/25/2014 01:20pm • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Harvard University is turning to an insider to manage its largest-in-the nation endowment.The university has announced that Stephen Blyth will take over as president and CEO of Harvard Management Co., which oversees the $34.6 billion endowment.Since 2006, Blyth has been HMC' Full-Service Veterinarian’s Office Opening in Clarendon 09/25/2014 10:00am • A new doctor’s office for cats and dogs is coming to Clarendon. Two locals are opening a veterinary clinic on N. 10th St. between N. Garfield and N. Highland Streets. Set to open in early 2015, Clarendon Animal Care will provide a range of treatments. “We’ll be a full-service gener FDA warns doctors to beware fake drug distributors 09/25/2014 07:10am • MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. health regulators are trying to help doctors spot counterfeit and unapproved drugs by raising awareness of illegal operations that peddle bogus drugs to health professionals.Federal prosecutors have recently uncovered rogue companies distribut