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Welcome to The Home of Health and Fitness!
Posted by: RonKerr Post date: November 18th, 2008
Below you will see posts of health and fitness news and articles. Please check the categories list at left of screen for specific health and fitness topics that may be of interest to you. There are many!
Please note that the content of this site is for information purposes only and is not a substitute for advice from a qualified medical professional.
Shape Of Health Care Overhaul Unclear
Posted by: RonKerr Post date: June 25th, 2009
Debate is intensifying in Washington over the Obama administration’s health care ambitions. While President Obama has made it clear he wants to use the power of the federal government to make health care available and affordable for all Americans, what exactly such a plan would look like is less clear.
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Will Health Care Reform Tax Benefits?
Posted by: RonKerr Post date: June 25th, 2009
President Obama wants to overhaul health care reform in the U.S. to aid the 46 million Americans who are currently uninsured. But his plan needs major funding. Some argue that one of the ways to pay for the proposed reform is to tax health care benefits. NPR health policy correspondent Julie Rovner explains what the president’s proposal could mean for consumers.
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Ad Watch: Exploiting Public’s Distrust Of Insurers
Posted by: RonKerr Post date: June 25th, 2009
A new ad by a major activist group blames the health care system’s ills on greedy insurance companies and promotes a government-backed insurer as the cure. But the diagnosis is flawed.
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Help for High-Risk Heart Attacks
Posted by: RonKerr Post date: June 24th, 2009
atients who have a heart attack and receive clot-busting drugs do better if they are transferred as soon as possible to a hospital that can perform angioplasty, a procedure to open blocked arteries, according to a new study.
Experimental Pill Fights Inherited Cancer
Posted by: RonKerr Post date: June 24th, 2009
For the second time this month, researchers report success using a novel type of anti-cancer pill to curb the growth of inherited tumors that often defy standard treatment.
Steve Jobs’ Liver Transplant Confirmed
Posted by: RonKerr Post date: June 24th, 2009
Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in Memphis has confirmed that Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive officer, got a liver transplant there recently.
Public View Of Health Care Same As In Clinton Era
Posted by: RonKerr Post date: June 24th, 2009
In a poll looking at public attitudes toward health care, pollster Stan Greenberg found something startling: The results were almost identical to a poll he conducted on the issue when he worked for the Clinton White House. Greenberg, chair and CEO of Greenberg, Quinlan Rosner Research, says the public wants change, but it wants to ensure it is the right kind of change.
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Weight Loss Surgery May Defeat Diabetes
Posted by: RonKerr Post date: June 24th, 2009
Weight loss surgery can improve or even resolve type 2 diabetes in the long term, according to two new studies.
Do Bone Tests Help Monitor Osteoporosis?
Posted by: RonKerr Post date: June 24th, 2009
Bone mineral density testing is not helpful and may even be misleading during osteoporosis treatment with bisphosphonates, new research finds.