These were the first vaccines approved for universal use in any age group that clearly cost the health system money rather than saved it, in contrast to less expensive shots, against measles and tetanus, for example, that pay for themselves by preventing costly diseases.
Health economists estimate that depending on how they are used, the two cervical cancer vaccines will cost society $30,000 to $70,000, or higher, for each year of life they save in developed countries — a cost commonly seen in treating people already suffering from deadly cancers. That number will be far higher if a booster is needed.
Looked at another way, countries that pay for the vaccines will have less money available for other health needs. “This kind of money could be better used to solve so many other problems in women’s health,” said Dr. Lippman at McGill. “Some of our provinces are running out of money to provide primary care. I’m not against vaccines, but in Canada and the U.S., women are not dying in the streets of cervical cancer.”
¡tarjetas de credito!
I just applied for what I think might be the best credit card ever: AMEX Blue Cash. But with 15 months of 0% interest, my brain almost exploded as I considered the advice from creditaddict.com:
One strategy with a card like this would be to use it in place of your usual credit cards, but make any payments above the required minimum into a high yield online savings account. That way you’ll be earning a bit of interest on money that you’ve already spent, and you won’t get caught short when the introductory 0% period runs out. Just be sure to make you payments on time and respect your credit limits.
Rules of thumb about how to have a high credit rating flooded my thoughts and were confirmed by “How Many Credit Cards Should You Have?”
Ideally, you should keep your balance low — less than 30 percent of your credit limit on each card.
BUT, further googling turned up “Perfect credit? You don’t need it.”
You’re one of the lucky ones in the financial pecking order: Your credit score is high. Really high. But what if you want perfection?
Get a hobby.
CONCLUSION: I need to chill out. Chill enough to follow the advice of creditaddict.com and get free money from American Express.
This is much better than the endless surveys about ourselves we used to forward in the old days of e-mail.
Type your answer to the questions into flickr search
-Using only the first page, pick an image
-Copy and paste each of the urls of the Mosaic Maker1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3.What high school did you go to?
4.What is your favorite color?
5.Who is your celebrity crush?
6.What is your favorite drink?
7.What is your dream vacation?
8.What is your favorite dessert?
9.What do you want to do when you grow up?
10.Who/ what do you love most in life?
11.Choose one word that describes you?
12.What is your Flickr name?
Intense thrift suggestions:
“Edges to middle” your old bedsheets. When they start thinning in the middle, fold in half, cut a line up the middle, bring the edges together and sew back up.
Make old clothes look new by adding corsages, buttons and bows.
Please also note that they spell “yogurt” with an h.
(via eec)
This article makes me feel bad that after 2.5 years in Manhattanville I’ve never had breakfast at Floridita or dinner at the Hudson River Cafe. I need to step it up a notch!