You'd better like grapefruit -- a lot. Most versions of this diet recommend eating it with every meal. The classic version of the diet involves: Cutting back on sugar and carbs (including rice, potatoes, and pasta) Avoiding certain foods, such as celery and white onion.
As one of several measures of efficiency, the Medicare data shows the average wait time in an emergency department until the patient is seen by a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician's assistant â and compares that to state and national averages of 33 and 30 minutes.
City ambulances are taking nine and a half minutes to get to the scene of life-threatening emergencies, new data show. The average EMS response time was 9 minutes 23 seconds in the six months from June to December 2013 â the first time the city has counted from the moment a caller reaches 911. And it seems to be getting worse, not better: For the first two months of this year, the number was an even higher 9 minutes 42 seconds.