Day: March 5, 2017

Repeal and replace Obamacare? With what?

… Care Act proposal. The Affordable Care Act was a public option that applied only to the working poor unable to afford health insurance. Like Social Security, modest premiums would have been payroll deducted, and health care would have been …

Bills would ban religion exception to birth control coverage

Democratic lawmakers are proposing Nevada mandate that all health insurance plans cover birth control regardless of religious objections to contraceptives by family-owned businesses – an exemption recently validated by the nation’s highest court. Two bills introduced in the Legislature would delete state laws that allow employers to exclude birth control pills and devices from their insurance plans if they oppose those treatments on religious grounds.

New help for that bane of middle-age: blurry close-up vision

Squinting while texting? Always losing your reading glasses? An eye implant that takes about 10 minutes to put in place is the newest in a list of surgical repairs for the blurry close-up vision that is a bane of middle age. But who’s really a good candidate to toss their specs? “It’s not bringing anybody back to being 20 again,” cautioned Dr. Shilpa Rose, a Washington ophthalmologist who tests whether patients’ eyes are healthy enough to qualify.

Go Red Campaign Targets Heart Disease in Women

The American Heart Association hosted its annual Santa Barbara Go Red For Women Luncheon with the goal of raising awareness about the risk of cardiovascular disease among women. The luncheon included a health expo and program at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort.

The Quiet Parts Loud: Medicaid Edition

… Marshall doesn’t believe it has helped, an outlook that sheds light on how this new player in Washington understands health policy. “Just like Jesus said, ‘The poor will always be with us,'” he said. “There is a group of people that just don’t want …

Liver transplant surgical pioneer Dr. Thomas Starzl dies

Dr. Thomas Starzl, the pioneer of liver transplantation and the driving force behind the world’s first baboon-to-human liver transplants and research on anti-rejection drugs, has died. He was 90. The University of Pittsburgh, speaking on behalf of Starzl’s family, says the renowned doctor “died peacefully” Saturday at his home in Pittsburgh.

Batuhan: The business of pain

PRIOR to this week, I have never had any first-hand experience with chiropractic medicine. Sure, I have seen adverts and literature about it, but it has always seemed like a distant subject to me-something that you hear and know a little something about, but nothing more.

Why US cocaine use is up

… cocaine in 2015 was the highest since 2006 and the second-highest since 1999, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported. And the number of young Americans who admitted to trying cocaine for the first time …

Just what do energy drinks contain? 1

… for their perceived or actual benefits as a stimulant, for improving performance and increasing energy. What are the health risks?The health risks associated with energy drink consumption are primarily related to their caffeine content. That means …

Highmark Spoofs Patients With So. Many. Questions Marketing Daily a ” 9 minutes ago

It’s a phenomenon that gets worse with every birthday: The average doctor’s visit gets shorter, while patients’ list of health problems gets longer. So Highmark, the fourth-largest Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated health insurance provider, is introducing a new ad campaign that pokes gentle fun at the growing list of health worries that follow people as they sail into their Medicare years.

Looking under the skin: the first steps in malarial infection and immunity

To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. Malaria, which is caused by Plasmodium spp., starts with an asymptomatic phase, during which sporozoites, the parasite form that is injected into the skin by a mosquito, develop into merozoites, the form that infects erythrocytes.

Social Media Algorithm IDs Trump as Not Married

When scientists from Russia and Singapore tested an algorithm they created that that predicts marital status using data from three social networks, they found the program identified President Donald Trump as single. He is actually married to Melania Trump, his third wife.

Hanson is ‘ignorant, dangerous and wrong’

Pauline Hanson says she supports penalty rate cuts and calls the Labor party a ‘bunch of hypocrites’. Courtesy: ABC Insiders DOCTORS, health experts and politicians have lashed One A Nation senator Pauline Hanson for peddling ignorant and dangerous advice to parents about vaccinating their children, after she urged them to “go out and do their own research”.

When Can I Get Medicare Before 65?

… eligible for Medicare doesn’t mean that you have to take it. In general, if you have other coverage through group health insurance, you can keep that coverage. Then, if you later lose that coverage, you can typically turn to Medicare for benefits. …

Prez Akufo-Addo calls for Cuban support to fight malaria

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has enlisted the support and technical assistance of the government of Cuba for the construction of a biolarvicide factory in Ghana to help in the fight against malaria. Apart from the production of biolarvicides, the factory, when established, will also produce bio-fertiliser to boost agricultural productivity and create jobs.

Ajinomoto unveils big plans

… is nothing but a taste enhancing powder. There was a misconception among people that the powder was not good for health with claims even to the extent that it led to In an effort to clear the air on such talk, Ajinomoto took a team of mediapersons …

Deryck Whibley’s goal in hospital was to perform live again

The Sum 41 frontman – who has suffered with on-going alcohol abuse in the past – had to relearn the guitar and find his voice again after a stint in hospital in May 2014, which saw his body “shut down” after he spent a week in intensive care for severe liver and kidney problems, and the only thing that was keeping him alive was his desire to get on stage and sing and play again. Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz, he said: “When I was lying in the hospital the only goal was to get back to making music.

Coming up at Cameron Senior Center

… and simple hearing-aid cleanings. No charge; appointments are required. Call 978-692-5509. Sponsored by Westford Health Department. Adult health-maintenance clinic: Tuesday, March 14, from 9 to 10 a.m. Clinic provides seniors with blood-pressure …

Pyles to address church seminar

Photo courtesy of Wyatt’s Chapel Baptist Church Anzetta Pyles, Executive Director for the Union County Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, will address Wyatt’s Chapel Baptist Church’s Harvest Rally on Saturday, March 18. She will be speaking on substance abuse prevention and treatment. Wyatt’s Chapel plans to conduct a seminar on substance abuse and mental health.

Broncos beat 2016 champion Cronulla in NRL season opener

Cronulla’s premiership defence in Australia’s National Rugby League got off to a shaky start when the Sharks were beaten 26-18 at home by Brisbane to open the 2017 season. The Broncos appeared headed for an easy victory after captain Darius Boyd set up two of his side’s three tries on the way to building a 20-6 lead early in the second half.

Toomey says repeal of Medicaid expansion must be negotiated

Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania says dealing with the Medicaid expansion in a repeal of President Barack Obama’s health care law must be a “negotiated agreement.” Toomey also said Monday that the sickest people should be covered through a high-risk pool that is subsidized by the government to make it affordable.