Category: Life

US agrees to pay billions to Marines affected by toxic water

After years of wait, veterans who had been exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina may now be able to receive a portion of government disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion. Beginning in March, the cash payouts from the Department of Veterans Affairs may supplement VA health care already being provided to eligible veterans stationed at the Marine base for at least 30 days cumulative between Aug. 1, 1953, and Dec. 31, 1987.

A vaccine commission? Bad idea

… sort would be unnecessary and politically irresponsible. At worst, it could prove incredibly dangerous for public health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Drug Administration and the medical community at large have …

Obama administration to pay billions to Marines affected by toxic water

The Obama administration has agreed to provide disability benefits totaling more than $2 billion to veterans who had been exposed to contaminated drinking water while assigned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Beginning in March, the cash payouts from the Department of Veterans Affairs may supplement VA health care already being provided to eligible veterans stationed at the Marine base for at least 30 days cumulative between Aug. 1, 1953, and Dec. 31, 1987.

Keep your kidneys healthy in 2017

… manage all of your nutritional requirements, especially if you have kidney disease or other dietary concerns. Your health care professionals can help by providing important support and education about dietary requirements and modifications that …

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Over the past year we all saw, and or experienced a steep rise in the popularity of health & wellness. Likely as a direct result of our fast-paced and driven society, many of us find comfort in taking the time to slow down and nurture ourselves.

Joe’s Health Calendar

… include: Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes Overview; Healthy Eating and Physical Activity; Diabetes Medications; and Heart Health and Diabetes. Registration is required. Phone (209) 944-8355 . Diabetes can be managed successfully. Let us walk with you on …

Low-calorie sweetener use in kids jumps 200%, study finds

The consumption of low-calorie sweeteners jumped a whopping 200% among children and 54% among adults from 1999 to 2012, according to a study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on Tuesday. “We were somewhat surprised,” said Allison Sylvetsky, assistant professor at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, who was lead author of the study.

Daily folic acid supplementation remains important for prevention of birth defects

Despite the mandatory addition of folic acid to enriched grain products in the United States, many women still do not consume adequate amounts of this important vitamin, according to an editorial written by Laura E. Mitchell, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health. Mitchell was invited to write the editorial for JAMA Pediatrics , which published it today during Folic Acid Awareness Week and January’s Birth Defects Prevention Month.

Unintended consequences, special interests, and our problem with sugar

“The dietary fat consensus negated the viability of a competing hypothesis that highly processed carbohydrates, and particularly sugars, are the macronutrients to worry about in the American diet. By this thinking, the modern diet damages our health not through cholesterol-related mechanisms but through disruptions of insulin signaling, in which diabetes and so premature death is the end state.

Dion’s

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a public health alert due to the concerns that assorted sliced deli meat products were served to customers at Dion’s in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The sliced roast beef, ham, pastrami and turkey items were produced between Dec. 14, 2016 and Dec. 29, 2016, however product may have been available in restaurant locations through Jan. 4, 2017.

Focusing on Pharmacists

… pharmacy department to provide cooking classes for diabetic patients or different services that work around the health and wellness aspect of nutrition.” In this case, the supermarket works with a nearby pain-management clinic. Others may serve a …

Veterans Affairs Canada still understaffed despite Liberal pledge

Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr says the delays in processing, and the fact the department is not meeting its own service standards, can be attributed to an increase in the number of veterans claiming serving-related injuries. Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr says the delays in processing, and the fact the department is not meeting its own service standards, can be attributed to an increase in the number of veterans claiming serving-related injuries.

News flash: why some refined carbs may be good for us

Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer View text version of this page Help using this website – Accessibility statement Join today and you can easily save your favourite articles, join in the conversation and comment, plus select which news your want direct to your inbox. Refined carbs aren’t exactly health heroes and are often accused of raising the risk of obesity, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

Republicans Take Upper Hand in Fight to Defund Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, joined by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., right, and others, speaks during a news conference discussing women’s health care, Jan. 5, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The day after Thanksgiving, president-elect Donald Trump left Marjorie Dannenfelser a voicemail thanking her for the efforts of her volunteers, who knocked on more than one million doors on his behalf this election.

Obama’s Minnesota legacy

From a health care overhaul to student-debt relief, President Obama’s policies had a significant impact on the lives of many Minnesotans. Minnesota was an early adopter of Obama’s health care overhaul, bringing the number of uninsured residents in the state to an all-time low.

Cheers & Jeers

JEERS: In regard of our recent cost of living adjustment of 0.3% in 2017. This week I received a letter of social security benefits informing me of my increase of $2.10 monthly.

Don’t Let the Swag Throw Off Your Swagger

It’s the New Year and we’ve all made promises to ourselves to better our health , but few of us think that could entail reconsidering our willingness to take advantage of free products. It’s possible that the allure of gold patina on plastic bottles and exotic synthetic fragrances blind us to the small print announcing toxic substances contained within them.

K, ok?

… urpose to get potassium? Do you care at all? I am middle aged, female, vegetarian but not vegan, fit but some chronic health issues. Curious if this is even a thing away from the small square dictator that is my laptop.

France orders massive duck cull to contain bird flu

France yesterday ordered a massive cull of ducks in three regions most affected by a severe outbreak of bird flu as it tries to contain the virus which has been spreading quickly over the past month, the agriculture ministry said. All free range ducks, as well as geese, will be slaughtered between 5 January and approximately 20 January in an area in southwestern France comprising parts of the Gers, Landes and Hautes-Pyrenees administrative departments, it said in a statement.