They cover a wide range of needs, from small medical expenses to extensive cancer treatments and even organ transplants.
Chopped meat and sausage are also risky choices because they may be made of meat, perhaps even organ meat, from several deer or elk.
Not only cash but discount coupons, gifts and vouchers have become incentives in programs to encourage healthy behavior, whether the issue involves reproduction, drug treatment or even organ donation.
Is it wrong to work for a church and not believe in God? -- J. H., Toronto If your work is technical in nature -- bookkeeping, say, or plumbing, or even organ maintenance -- your own theological opinions are beside the point.
Synthetic Genomics, co-founded a decade ago by biotechnologist Craig Venter, one of the first scientists to sequence the human genome, aims to use the tools of synthetic biology to produce biofuels, nutritional oils and supplements, vaccines and even organ transplants.
The initials stand for New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase. "Medical tourism" to India for many surgeries -- cosmetic, dental and even organ transplants -- is becoming more common as experienced surgeons and first-class hospitals offer care at a fraction of Western prices.
