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Tag Archives: health
A Web of Deceit
Heard the one about the common shampoo ingredient that causes cancer?
Faith-Based Insurance: Christian Health Care Sharing
Correction Appended: May 29, 2010 Three years ago, James Lansberry faced the kind of health care crisis that has become all too common in the U.S.
Whose Life Is It? (Roe v. Wade)
Roe v. Wade.
Is My County Healthier Than Yours? Why Rankings Matter
Recently the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released its second annual County Health Rankings, a within-state comparison of county health covering each county in every state the United States. Newspapers and TV news programs jumped all over the results — particularly local outlets serving counties that were ranked comparatively lower than their neighbors.
Will Insurance Agents Be First Victims of Health Reform?
As Democrats on the campaign trail do their best to drum up support for health care reform by touting the benefits that take effect this year, it’s easy to forget that the full thrust of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act doesn’t kick in until 2014. But by then, a few major players in the health care industry might have already experienced a real downside of the massive overhaul, so much so that they may no longer exist
Upgrading the Disaster
It’s the latest evidence that the health and environmental effects of the Fukushima nuclear-power-plant accident will be devastating and long-lasting. After a review of data on the amount of radiation leaked by the damaged plant following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese nuclear-safety officials raised their assessment of the crisis to Level 7, the highest ranking on an international scale of nuclear-incident severity–which puts the Fukushima disaster on par with the Chernobyl explosion in 1986
Electronic Health Records: What’s Taking So Long?
Prescription pads, clipboards and patient charts are so 20th century.
Sudden Cardiac Death: Should Young Athletes Be Screened?
For most people, regular exercise is associated with cardiovascular health. But doctors have long noted a troubling tendency among the ultra-fit: an athlete has a greater chance than the average person of suddenly dropping dead
Medicine: Pills for Mental Illness?
Mental-health experts across the U.S were choosing up sides in a controversy over a new drug.