Health
Are You Paying Too Much For Health Insurance?
10.22.08,
4:00 PM ET
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Sure, there’s sun and sand, but the state is also where singles, on average, contribute the least amount toward their employer-sponsored health insurance plans, paying just $335 annually,or 10% of the total cost of their plans. It’s a much chillier situation in
, however, where single residents fork over $1,072, or 23% of the cost of their plans.
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ScienceDaily (Jan. 14, 2009)
— By the time they have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, many patients’ decision-making ability is so impaired that they cannot give informed consent to participate in research studies.
Close family members are left with the decision, but there is no clear policy for this so-called “surrogate” consent. Because of that, research about the increasingly common disease is often stalled. Read the rest of this entry »
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii, the state that adopted the nation’s first “defense of marriage” constitutional amendment a decade ago, has now become the latest battleground in the fight for same-sex civil unions.
It would become the fifth state to legalize the alternative to gay marriage if the Democrat-dominated Legislature and Republican governor approve a civil union law. The measure was passed by the state House this month but it now faces the Read the rest of this entry »
“Many women’s
hospitals focus primarily on birthing services,”
said Sari Levine, MD, urologist and chair of the Women’s
Hospital Medical Advisory Board. “However,
women have diverse health needs and typically seek medical care
throughout their lifetimes for such issues as osteoporosis, breast
health, heart disease, gastrointestinal and urologic problems and
cosmetic and aesthetic surgery. What Read the rest of this entry »
Max Baucus will be a key player in the health care debate the next two years. As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee he has jurisdiction on many of the key issues including Medicare and provider payment reform.
He is also a leader in the true bipartisan spirit – something crucial to actually getting health care reform done.
Last week, he released a 98-page white paper, “Call to Action–Health Reform 2009.”
Reading the executive summary, Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 16 2008, 12:21 AM EST
BETHESDA, Md. (Oct. 16, 2008) − Eating too much fructose can induce leptin resistance, a condition that can easily lead to becoming overweight when combined with a high-fat, high-calorie diet, according to a new study with rats.
Although previous studies have shown that being leptin resistant can lead to rapid weight gain on a high-fat, high-calorie diet, this is the first study to show that leptin resistance can Read the rest of this entry »
Sportline
is the performance brand leader in Personal Fitness Monitors (PFMs) and
accessories. Sportline products are designed to instill motivation,
increase safety and bring greater enjoyment to all levels of health and
fitness enthusiasts. The company offers a comprehensive assortment of
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many featuring the patented Advanced Pendulum Design (APD) technology
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WASHINGTON — A new federal rule gives states sweeping authority to charge premiums and higher co-payments for doctors’ services, hospital care and prescription drugs provided to low-income people under
.
The rule, published Tuesday in the Federal Register, is expected to save money for the federal government and the states. But public health experts and even some federal officials predicted that many low-income people would delay or Read the rest of this entry »
Perpetual dieter Oprah Winfrey is advocating the merits of yet another diet plan. Just when you thought she had stopped harping on about the Acai berry diet and the 21-Day Vegan Detox diet, she’s now a fully fledged devotee of the Geno-type diet.
This new diet separates people into six categories, depending on their physical build, metabolism and medical sensitivities. It sounds promising, until you determine your ‘type’ and find that your ’special Read the rest of this entry »
committed perjury when he told Congress that he did not use performance-enhancing drugs.
It was a return to the spotlight for Radomski, a confessed steroids dealer, and he may stay there for a while. That is because Radomski has written a book chronicling the decade he spent selling performance-enhancing drugs to baseball players and how, after his arrest, he became a key source for
in the report Mitchell issued on baseball and drugs.
The book, Read the rest of this entry »