Over 45 Million Americans Now Lack Health Insurance
Title: Over 45 Million Americans Now Lack Health Insurance Category: Health News Created: 12/16/2009 12:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 12/17/2009
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Over 45 Million Americans Now Lack Health Insurance
Americans may live longer and cost more: study (Reuters)
Reuters – Americans may live significantly longer in the future than current U.S. government projections, and that could mean sharply higher costs than anticipated for Medicare and other programs, researchers reported on Monday.
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Americans may live longer and cost more: study (Reuters)
Poor being turned away from free cancer screenings (AP)
AP – As the economy falters and more people go without health insurance, low-income women in at least 20 states are being turned away or put on long waiting lists for free cancer screenings, according to the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network.
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Poor being turned away from free cancer screenings (AP)
Health Tip: Understanding Crohn’s Disease (HealthDay)
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disorder that leads to ulcers inside the gastrointestinal tract. The cause of Crohn’s is unknown, says the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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Health Tip: Understanding Crohn’s Disease (HealthDay)
Expensive healthcare not always the best, says OECD (Reuters)
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Reuters – The United States spends more on healthcare than any other nation but the most expensive healthcare is not always the best, the OECD said Tuesday.
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Expensive healthcare not always the best, says OECD (Reuters)
Surprised? Black market steroids usually mislabeled (Reuters)
Reuters – used by some athletes to build muscle mass – are by now well-documented. But it turns out, perhaps not surprisingly, that steroids bought illegally through “underground labs” and over the internet generally aren’t what their labels say they are, researchers reported yesterday at the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry’s annual meeting in Los Angeles.
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Surprised? Black market steroids usually mislabeled (Reuters)
Surprised? Black market steroids usually mislabeled (Reuters)
Reuters – used by some athletes to build muscle mass – are by now well-documented. But it turns out, perhaps not surprisingly, that steroids bought illegally through “underground labs” and over the internet generally aren’t what their labels say they are, researchers reported yesterday at the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry’s annual meeting in Los Angeles.
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Surprised? Black market steroids usually mislabeled (Reuters)
Keep Asthma, Allergies at Bay for the Holidays (HealthDay)
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Keep Asthma, Allergies at Bay for the Holidays (HealthDay)
Most in U.S. want public health option: poll (Reuters)
Reuters – Most Americans would like to see a “public option” in health insurance reform but doubt anything Congress does will lower costs or improve care in the short term, according to a poll released on Thursday.
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Most in U.S. want public health option: poll (Reuters)
Health Tip: Smokeless Tobacco Can Cause Its Own Problems (HealthDay)
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Using a smokeless tobacco product doesn’t absolve you of possible risks, the American Academy of Family Physicians says.
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Health Tip: Smokeless Tobacco Can Cause Its Own Problems (HealthDay)
