Tag: health
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Despite Benefits, Mammograms More Harmful Than Realized
from washingtonpost.com: Mammography’s benefits are substantial, but its potential harms may be greater than previously realized, which should prompt physicians and patients to make decisions about the screening test based on women’s individual risks and preferences, researchers concluded in a study…
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Despite Expensive Ads, ‘Cover Oregon’ Worst At Enrolling Young
from dailycaller.com: Apparently Oregon’s catchy, expensive Obamacare hipster ads fell flat. Very flat. Newly released data reveals that Cover Oregon, the state’s Obamacare exchange, has been the worst exchange in the country at attracting young people. Just 18 percent of the coveted young invincibles, or people between the ages of 18-34, in Oregon have enrolled…
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The Amazing Healing Properties of Fermented Foods
from greenmedinfo.com: Between the hard and fast dichotomies of cooked and raw, dead and alive, is this beautiful thing called fermented. A place where many of the digestive challenges associated with raw foods (e.g. enzyme inhibitors, anti-nutrients, lectins) are overcome in favor of not just preserving their benefits (e.g. enzyme activity, vitamin content, life energy),…
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Top 5 Detox Foods: Tomatoes, Spinach, Fennel, Artichokes and Black Radishes
from nydailynews.com: There is no such thing as a truly detoxifying food, according to Nathalie Negro, a nutritionist at French weight loss resort Thermes de Brides-les-Bains. Nonetheless, most fruits and vegetables are rich in potassium and low in sodium, which means that they have particularly effective diuretic properties. They may also be rich in antioxidants,…
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Amazingly, Smoking Is Even Worse Than We Knew
from newser.com: Yes, smoking is bad for you, but just how bad might still surprise you. A surgeon general’s report out Friday reports (PDF) that lighting up is scientifically proven to cause diabetes, colorectal and liver cancers, erectile dysfunction, and ectopic pregnancy, the New York Times reports. And more: vision loss, tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis, impaired…
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Pittsburgh Diocese Wins Delay Against Obamacare Birth Control
from pittsburgh.cbslocal.com: A federal judge in western Pennsylvania says Catholic groups don’t immediately have to comply with mandates in the federal health care overhaul law. The Diocese is challenging its participation in the health care program because it would be required to provide its employees with contraceptives… Churches are exempt from the mandate, but charitable…
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Obamacare Web Users Invited by U.S. to Try Signup Again
from bloomberg.com: About 275,000 people who tried and failed to sign up for Obamacare health plans are being asked by the U.S. government to return to the website as the software flaws that initially shut them out are being corrected. People are being contacted this week in a “series of e-mails in waves” to avoid…
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FDA to Ban Artery-Clogging Trans Fats
from abcnews.go.com: Heart-clogging trans fats were once a staple of the American diet, plentiful in baked goods, microwave popcorn and fried foods. Now, mindful of the health risks, the Food and Drug Administration is getting rid of what’s left of them for good. The FDA announced Thursday it will require the food industry to gradually…
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Take Charge of Your Health Now (Before the Government Does)
from ActivistPost.com: Radical changes to health insurance coverage in America have brought issues of health to the nation’s collective attention. Millions are now asking: Will I have health insurance? Will I be able to afford it? How will a nationwide doctor shortage impact me? There are few things that you have direct control of in…
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Obamacare Website Problems Jeopardize Obama’s Legacy
from usatoday.com: As his administration scrambles to fix the online enrollment process under the Affordable Care Act, President Obama is facing a challenge that threatens to undercut the most significant legislative victory of his presidency… The online website was billed ahead of the rollout as an easy-to-use portal where the uninsured could window shop for…




