eHealthInsurance, the leading online
source of
for individuals, families and small businesses, today released a list of
answers to questions frequently asked in its customer care center. The
customer care center includes a call center staffed with licensed insurance
agents.
A one percent rise in the unemployment rate is projected to increase the
number of uninsured Americans by 1.1 million according to data from
(1). The answers provided can Read the rest of this entry »

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It’s that time of year — you start to think about getting into shape, and joining a gym seems like a good place to start. Before you rush to join one, here are a few tips to keep you from losing more than you bargained for.
How should I choose a gym?
Shop around. Look at all the gyms in your area. See how far they are from your home or office. Some facilities offer trial memberships. Take Read the rest of this entry »

Some directors of the now dissolved South Coast Medical Center foundation contend that the hospital’s nonprofit parent, Adventist Health, failed to properly account for restricted gifts by donors and for several years failed to provide a satisfactory accounting of the foundation’s assets.
Even as Adventist Health was seeking a bidder for the Laguna Beach hospital, a request in September for a real estate appraisal of a foundation-owned office building Read the rest of this entry »

LANSING — There were many concerns brought up even before voters gave the green light to medical marijuana legislation in Michigan, and now another issue has bubbled to the surface.
Some state police are worried over what will be come of any excess marijuana crops that will be grown for patients seeking to use the drug for medicinal purposes, specifically who should be destroying any extra plants. State police spokesman Greg Zorotney says one Read the rest of this entry »

Unlike all other developed countries that have some form of government-sponsored universal health care, most health care in this country is purchased, said Kevin Dahill, head of the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council. And we pay more for those services than other countries, said Gerard Anderson, professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
One reason for this, said Arthur Gianelli, chief executive of
, is that hospitals get higher reimbursements Read the rest of this entry »

Last week,
, who chairs a
panel on the chemical bisphenol-A, defended himself in an editorial in a Milwaukee newspaper against charges that he has been influenced by millions of dollars in donations to his research center by BPA makers.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
, who heads a House panel that oversees FDA funding. In a letter sent to FDA today, DeLauro asked the FDA to delay the release later this week of its report on the safety of BPA, Read the rest of this entry »

COSMETIC doctors have a new way to mitigate tear troughs, those shadowy under-eye indentations that are the bane of people trying to camouflage an aging appearance: the injection of viscous substances around the eye socket.
But as more doctors embrace the procedure, some physicians said they were seeing more complications.
and folds — a use for which those substances have a high safety record — the fillers have not been approved for Read the rest of this entry »

at some point in their lives since the birth control pill’s introduction in the 1960s. But while this form of birth control has made life easier in many ways for women, big questions remain about its safety, especially among women at elevated risk of
.
spells out what we know about oral contraceptives’ safety — and how much remains unclear.
Frankly, I find it shocking. After close to half a century of the pill’s use, those gaps in knowledge Read the rest of this entry »

Certain statements contained in this press release are forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The statements
contained herein that are not purely historical are forward looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended. Forward-looking statements deal with the Company’s
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