My health insurance should cover me when I need it. Close loopholes that can leave me huge surprise medical bills.
Day: January 1, 2017
It’s All in the Facts: Reasons to Change This New Year, 2017
2. Complications from obesity, including increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, osteoarthritis and cancers, account for 90 percent of all health care costs. These are lifestyle diseases and are mostly preventable with exercise and healthy eating.
In Religious Freedom Victory Federal Court Blocks Obama Abortion, Transgender Regulations
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas Judge Reed O’Connor issued a preliminary injunction Saturday, blocking the federal government from enforcing an Obama administration regulation which”forbids discriminating on the basis of ‘gender identity’ and ‘termination of pregnancy'” under Obamacare. The regulation would have taken effect on January 1. The Plaintiffs claimed the regulation’s interpretation of sex discrimination pressures doctors to deliver healthcare in a manner that violates their religious freedom, thwarts their independent medical judgment and will require burdensome changes to their health insurance plans on January 1, 2017.
California’s Gigantic Medical-Marijuana Industry Could Be Devastated by an Unlikely Source
If you support the legalization of marijuana, 2016 didn’t give you much to complain about. Last year, residents in four states approved recreational-marijuana ballot initiatives, doubling the total from the end of 2015, while five new states put medical-cannabis laws on their books.
US lawmakers press pharma firm on high prices for antibiotic
Two US lawmakers are questioning whether Heritage Pharmaceuticals misled them in response to a 2014 congressional inquiry about the rising price a common antibiotic, after 20 US states this week accused the company of price fixing. In a Dec. 16 letter to Heritage seen by Reuters, Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings and Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders said they feared the company was “disingenuous at best” in October, 2014, when it told them it had not seen any significant price increases for its doxycycline hyclate product.
4 Financial Surprises Awaiting Seniors in 2017
The stock market has been exploring all-time highs since the election, the U.S. unemployment rate is at a nine-year low of 4.6%, and U.S. GDP growth in the third quarter came in at 3.5%, its most robust growth rate in two years. By all accounts, there’s plenty of reason for investors and working Americans to be excited for what 2017 might bring.
William Christopher, M*A*S*H actor, the last celebrity death of 2016
Everyone thought Ronda Rousey’s career was the last celebrity death of 2016, but then William Christopher, the famed M*A*S*H actor, passed away at 84 from lung cancer. It’s been a long year full of meltdowns and celebrity takeaways, but let’s be thankful that he reached 84 and send him off with well wishes.
Judge Bright looks back
… had mailed to each of us about two weeks before he died: I want to share with you a recent development regarding my health. My doctors have concluded that I have a condition known as aortic valve stenosis which leads to congestive heart failure. For …
Everything we know about hangovers – and what you can do to make the pain go away
Many of us may not be feeling the welcome just quite yet. After all, Newton’s third law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Best dieting apps: 8 apps to help you lose weight
… next meal or you can take something off the menu and Nutrino will log it and take it into consideration. There is a health coach on board to keep you on track and you can also keep up to date with the latest nutritional research through this app. …
A tale of hope in the new year: 23-year-old cancer patient battles…
Alexis Mercer looks at her form in the mirror as she works out on the cable machine. Alexis Mercer would test her endurance during each exercise with weights during a workout at Yawn’s Fitness Center in Rincon.
If you’re going to do one thing for a healthier 2017, choose one of these
WATCH: Global News asked leading health experts for their top picks for 12 healthy behaviours Canadians may want to adopt for the New Year. Welcome to a new year filled with hopes for a healthy, happy 2017.
Heart Failure: What You Need to Know
Heart failure, sometimes known as congestive heart failure, occurs when the heart muscle does not pump blood as well as it should, which could result in electrical instability in the ventricles and cause sudden death. Properly assessing patients with diagnostic tools such as EKG, echocardiogram, nuclear stress test, blood work and heart rate monitoring are the best practices to identify heart failure-related risk factors, including coronary artery disease, hypertension, high cholesterol and diabetes.
Prescription drugs at reduced prices starting today
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and Health Minister Yaakov Litzman signed a price controls act expected to reduce the maximum retail price of prescription drugs starting today at an average rate of 3.5% compared to last year. Among other things, the price decline was facilitated by changes in exchange rates, slight price declines in the countries where drug prices are set, and reductions in the pharmacist’s profit margin with expensive drugs.
Mouse Study: Inactivity in Obesity May be Tied to Dopamine Receptors
… altered dopamine receptors rather than excess body fat. “We know that physical activity is linked to overall good health, but not much is known about why people or animals with obesity are less active,” said the study’s senior author, Dr. Alexxai V. …
2017 Outlook: Risk And Opportunity
… This has the potential to increase uncertainty on whether individuals, families, or businesses need to purchase health insurance and what the cost might be. Parents that can currently cover children until age 26 might find the age rolled back and/or …