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While prescriptions for durable medical equipment, such as orthotic braces or wheelchairs, have long been a staple of Medicare fraud schemes, some alleged scammers are now using telemedicine and unscrupulous health providers to prescribe unneeded equipment to distant patients.

Phone Scammers And 'Teledoctors' Charged With Preying On Seniors In Fraud Case

Officials warn that schemes devised to steal from Medicare have embraced telemedicine. One man was prescribed $4,000 of medical equipment he didn't need and never asked for.

The winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine are Gregg Semenza of the U.S., Peter Ratcliffe of Britain and William Kaelin of the U.S. They're seen here on a screen during a news conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.

Trio Wins Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine For Work On Cells And Oxygen

The three physicians "found the molecular switch that regulates how our cells adapt when oxygen levels drop," a member of the Nobel Committee said.

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey discusses the direction of the team with the media during a basketball news conference in Houston in 2011.

Houston Rockets GM Apologizes For Tweet Supporting Hong Kong Protesters

On Friday, Daryl Morey tweeted: "Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong." But he issued an apology after backlash from the Chinese Basketball Association and others.

FKA Twigs Is A Cosmic Navel-Gazer In 'Home With You' Video

FKA twigs' self-directed video for the quiet, spacious "home with you" takes us from the club to the serenity of home.

Patriot Prayer Member Tusitala 'Tiny' Toese Arrested, Charged With Assault

Tusitala "Tiny" Toese's arrest is connected to a secret grand jury indictment from February. Toese reportedly fled Oregon after the indictment.

<p>A side channel of the Deschutes River called the ox bow feeds an intake pipe for the Warm Springs water treatment plant. </p>

Deschutes River Conservation Plan Seeks Slow Change

Irrigators want protection from lawsuits under the Endangered Species Act. Conservationists want more water for spotted frogs and other wildlife.

Good Gardening: Cabbage

Master Gardener John Fischer here with KLCC's Good Gardening. Sometimes careful planning, and benign neglect can produce the same results in your garden.…

Oregon Women's Basketball Predicted To Finish 1st in Pac-12; OSU Picked For 3rd

College basketball season is fast approaching and polls released Monday have local women’s teams faring well this year.For the third straight year, Oregon…

British authorities are asking that Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, return to the U.K. for a police investigation of a crash that killed 19-year-old Harry Dunn. The fatal incident occurred in late August outside England's Royal Air Force Croughton, site of a U.S. Air Force communications base.

Wife Of U.S. Diplomat Flees U.K. After Fatal Car Crash, Avoiding Police Investigation

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he hopes the woman will return to face justice. The State Department says the immunity given to diplomats and their family members overseas "is rarely waived."

The Pendletons provide a jazzy, dancing-in-your-living-room soundtrack to self-care.

Heat Check: Songs That Let It All Out

With new music from Wale, Swsh, Mahalia and more, these songs of catharsis are just what you need to disconnect.

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