Archive for June, 2009

Wal-Mart supports employer health insurance mandate

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

The Associated Press is reporting that the nation’s largest private employer, Wal-Mart, has announced that it supports an employer health insurance mandate.

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Beet Salad For Lunch

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

As lunch time rolled around today and I began to think about what to fill my hungry stomach with, I remembered the fresh beets I bought a few days ago at our local organic market. With Alan blogging out in the community today, leaving me home to enjoy the peace and quiet of our small [...]

11 health myths debunked

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

A health reporter debunks 11 myths about your health, and some of them truths may be surprising.

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Weight-loss surgery cuts cancer risk in women

Monday, June 29th, 2009

A new study has found that obese women who undergo weight-loss surgery are 42 percent less likely to develop cancer than obese women who do not have surgery.

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USDA recalls beef from Colorado company

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have recalled beef from a Colorado company because of possible E. coli contamination.

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How to get quick help in the ER

Monday, June 29th, 2009

The average total wait time in an emergency room in the United States is four hours and three minutes, but experts say there are ways you can cut down your wait.

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Some Mediterranean diet ingredients healthier than others

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Results from a new study suggest that some parts of the Mediterranean diet are more beneficial to good health than others.

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Statin-related muscle pain may be genetic: expert

Friday, June 26th, 2009

A reader asks Joe and Teresa Graedon about the flu-like symptoms he experienced when he began taking the statin Lipitor, symptoms that stopped after his doctor took him off the cholesterol drug.

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Obama Health Care Show – What About Personal Responsibility?

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

As my wife and I were sitting around watching the Obama Health Care town meeting last night, one recurring thing that kept cropping up in our conversation about the prospect of the government spending another trillion and a half to 2 trillion dollars (money that we don’t have) on some new program was, what about personal [...]

Doctors avoid joint replacements for the very obese

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

According to a new study, orthopedic surgeons are less likely to recommend joint replacement surgery for patients who are morbidly obese, and researchers say the surgeons’ unwillingness to do so is not justified.

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