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To Your Good Health: How do arthritis types differ? Dear Dr. Roach: I have a good friend who has arthritis in his hands and lower back. His physician has never suggested cold laser treatments to him. From what I have read on the Internet, they seem to be an effective, low-risk treatment option. What's … [...]

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Experts explain looming health care reforms Policy experts discuss health care exchanges: Health policy experts Robert Laszewski, Mary Ellen Schill and David Riemer explain what the federally facilitated health care exchanges could mean for Wisconsin residents. Full News here – Read more on Stevenspointjournal

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State, insurers launch public campaigns to explain health care exchange Vermont's new health insurance marketplace, called Vermont Health Connect, will set the stage for a head-to-head business battle to win over the 100,000 Vermonters who will soon be searching for coverage. The state of Vermont and the marketplace's two … Full News here – Read [...]

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Will Companies' Health Care Programs Result in More Body Size Discrimination? Pills. (Photo: arbyreed / Flickr)Companies have long utilized "incentives" to encourage employees to participate in health-promoting programs – that is, they provide rewards to employees who meet certain health-related goals. As health care costs have … Full News here – Read more on Truth-Out

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Indiana schools' dilemma: Offer health insurance to part-timers or cut hours WASHINGTON — Schools across Indiana are cutting back the hours of teacher assistants, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and other aides to avoid having to offer them health insurance under the federal health care employer mandate that begins next year. Full News here – Read [...]

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Health Alert: Childhood Asthma The past few weeks on Health Alert we have explored the topic of asthma and we have touch on asthma in children but I want to explore this disease even further, so tell me how is asthma diagnosed in children? The Centers for Disease Control states that … Full News here [...]

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Geography affects premiums on California health insurance exchange For the same health coverage from the same insurer, a 40-year-old Sacramentan will pay $ 78 more per month than a Los Angeles County resident through the state's new insurance exchange. In rural Mono County, the disparity will be even larger: $ 150 per … Full News [...]

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Check Your Health: Diabetes Prevention Woosley sees many patients with diabetes. She says if untreated, diabetes can cause blindness, heart disease, and kidney failure. And, while one in 17 people in Utah is estimated to have diabetes, Woolsey estimates that number may be higher because not … Full News here – Read more on KUTV [...]

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Q&A: Will Consumers Find Bargains on Health Insurance Exchanges? Critics of the federal health law have long predicted that its new insurance regulations – such as the requirement that carriers cover people with pre-existing conditions – will cause premium “rate shock.” Proponents counter that the law contains … Full News here – Read more on [...]

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The IRS, Obamacare, and You: The Government Is Coming for Your Health … Thanks to Obamacare, all Americans will now have to submit their health insurance information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Sadly, this new requirement comes at the same time that serious questions have been raised about the IRS's ability to … Full [...]

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Rasmussen: Consumers Set to Repeal a Big Part of the Health Care Law Most stories about the president's health care law these days are about the challenges of implementation and the complexity of setting up exchanges. But that's not where the action is. What's more important is that insurance companies, benefits … Full News here [...]

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HCA Holdings, Inc. Presents at 38th Annual Deutsche Bank Health Care … My name is Darren Lehrich at DB's health care providers team, and with us today, HCA Holdings. From the company, Milton Johnson, he's the President and Chief Financial Officer. To his right, Vic Campbell, who heads up Investor Relations and Government … Full [...]

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Doctors Health Press Releases Statement Marking Arthritis Awareness Month … Doctors Health Press, a division of Lombardi Publishing Corporation and publisher of various natural health newsletters, books, and reports, including the popular online Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin, recently released a statement in honor of … Full News here – Read more on Houston Chronicle

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Local concepts of anemia-related illnesses and public health implications in … A 14-month prospective longitudinal study conducted in the Taabo health demographic surveillance system (HDSS), south-central Cote d'Ivoire, revealed high prevalence of anemia in different population groups in three types of settings (i.e ., small town … Full News here – Read more on 7thSpace [...]

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Health insurance options for the recent graduate Despite the fact that it feels like only last week when the thermometer climbed out of the winter range, it is May, which means high school and college graduations are upon us! With that comes the concern about what to do about the health insurance for … Full [...]

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