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  Mandatory health insurance now law's central villain

  Posted: December 14th, 2010, 11:23pm CST by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  With a court ruling in Virginia this week that the government cannot require Americans to buy health insurance, President Obama has landed in the position of defender-in-chief of an idea he once opposed.
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  Supplement Claims To Get Rid Of Gray Hair

  Posted: October 23rd, 2010, 3:30pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  The battle against gray hair can be constant as we get older, but now there's a supplement which claims to make that gray go away.
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  8 Alzheimer's Symptoms Checklist | Early Signs of Dementia Checklist

  Posted: October 17th, 2010, 9:32pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  Applying the word "Alzheimer's" to someone close to you can be uncomfortable, even if the signs, or symptoms, have been adding up for some time. It's much easier to gloss over strange behavior: "Oh, Mom's just getting older.
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  Real Weight-Loss Stories: I Kept the Pounds Off

  Posted: October 17th, 2010, 10:34am CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  When it comes to major weight loss, it's no surprise that in many cases, losing it is the easy part. Maintaining that weight loss, however, is a whole different story.
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  It's time to give up fast-food sex

  Posted: October 12th, 2010, 4:48pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  In many ways our sexual drive sadly gets the same treatment. We take the sensuous part of our humanity for granted, forgetting the power that scent has in waking up our memory, sexuality and emotions.
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  NIH: Some stem cell work OK despite court ruling

  Posted: August 24th, 2010, 6:28pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  The government says dozens of stem cell experiments will continue, despite a judge's ruling blocking taxpayer funding of the work, because the money already is in scientists' hands.
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  America's healthiest pleasures: 10 'vices' that are good for you

  Posted: August 21st, 2010, 1:20pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  Pleasure No. 4: A daily chocolate fix: Our experts gave a hearty thumbs-up to nibbling a little chocolate every day -- as long as you stick to a square or two of the dark kind, to minimize sugar and fat intake and maximize the benefits.
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  Obama changes VA rule to help vets get stress disorder aid

  Posted: July 10th, 2010, 7:32pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  President Obama, saying that post-traumatic stress injuries are a one of two "signature injuries" of today's wars, announced Saturday that new policies will soon take effect to make it easier for war-zone veterans suffering from the disorder to receive disability benefits.
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  Junk Food Crackdown: Feds Draw Up Strict Standards For Marketing To Kids

  Posted: July 8th, 2010, 10:12am CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  On Wednesday, BNET pointed to an interagency document from the FTC, FDA, CDC, and USDA proposing new nutritional standards for food marketed to children ages 2-17. Sugary fruit juices and fatty foods would be off limits, and could not be aimed at children.
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  Pregnant drinking 'affects sperm'

  Posted: June 29th, 2010, 7:22pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  Women who drink during pregnancy may be damaging the future fertility of their sons, research suggests.
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  Pregnant drinking 'affects sperm'

  Posted: June 29th, 2010, 7:22pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  Women who drink during pregnancy may be damaging the future fertility of their sons, research suggests.
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  Pregnant drinking 'affects sperm'

  Posted: June 29th, 2010, 7:22pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  Women who drink during pregnancy may be damaging the future fertility of their sons, research suggests.
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  Nervous About Alzheimer's? Coffee May Help

  Posted: June 28th, 2010, 1:21pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  It's an appealing notion that our daily pick-me-up may also confer a range of health benefits. And for coffee drinkers there's a lot of research percolating. Several studies suggest that a daily caffeine habit may help protect against Alzheimer's disease. But there's a catch.
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  Breastfeeding is 'creepy'

  Posted: June 27th, 2010, 12:11pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  An article describing breastfeeding as "creepy", written by the deputy editor of a leading parenting magazine, has caused widespread outrage on the internet and prompted protests to the Press Complaints Commission.
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  The Signs of Aging... Important Biomarkers of Age

  Posted: June 10th, 2010, 9:33am CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  I have compiled a list of biomarkers that show IF you are getting older... The bad news is that these biomarkers will show how YOU are getting older... The good news is that you can reverse each one of them with the appropriate anti-aging therapy.
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  McDonald's Recalls 'Shrek' Glasses Because of Cadmium

  Posted: June 5th, 2010, 5:26pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  McDonald's Corp. is recalling 12 million glasses sold as a promotional tie-in to the latest "Shrek" movie because they contain the toxic metal cadmium.
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  6 Reasons Your Body Isn't Doing What You Want It To Do

  Posted: May 29th, 2010, 11:05am CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  Want to lose weight? Here's the deal: you must create a caloric deficit.
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  Fire Ronald McDonald--Do it for our kids!

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 9:25pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  McDonald's targets the most vulnerable among us- our kids. We need to stand up for them and target McDonald's- arguably the company most active in marketing unhealthy food directly to children.
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  Chocolate Is Good For You, Apparently: Study Finds Small Amounts Cuts Risk Of Heart Attacks

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 8:25am CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  Chocolate is no longer a guilty pleasure, in fact it is good for you - apparently lowering blood pressure and cutting the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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  Some States Find Burdens in Health Care Law

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 10:53pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  Because of the new health care law, Arizona lawmakers must now find a way to maintain insurance coverage for 350,000 children and adults that they slashed just last week to help close a $2.6 billion budget deficit.
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  ObamaCare: Repeal, Replace or What?

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 10:10am CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  In the dead of night on Sunday, Democrats rammed their health-care overhaul through Congress. Some say we made history.
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  50 Depressing Facts About The Healthcare System That Will Make You Beg For Reform

  Posted: March 23rd, 2010, 9:32am CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  America spends $7,290 per capita on health care, far more than other countries.
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  Final Health Bill Omits Some of Obama's Promises

  Posted: March 19th, 2010, 4:53pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  It was a bold response to skyrocketing health insurance premiums.
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  Health care reform bill 101: Who must buy insurance?

  Posted: March 19th, 2010, 3:55pm CDT by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  If you ignore this mandate and don't get health insurance, you'll have to pay a tax penalty to the federal government, beginning in 2014. This fine starts fairly small, but by the time it is fully phased in, in 2016, it is substantial.
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  Economic View - Managed Care - Get Used to It

  Posted: March 13th, 2010, 11:03pm CST by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  The concept embodies many modes of delivering medicine, ranging from the nightmarish bureaucratic encounter to the highly professional clinic.
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  FDA urged to let homosexuals donate blood

  Posted: March 11th, 2010, 7:29pm CST by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  According to the FDA: "['Gay' men] have an HIV prevalence 60 times higher than the general population, 800 times higher than first-time blood donors and 8,000 times higher than repeat blood donors."
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  Wine: The new weight-loss miracle?

  Posted: March 9th, 2010, 11:57pm CST by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  Could a daily wine habit prevent weight gain? Yes, according to a new study by experts at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, suggesting that women who drink a moderate amount of alcohol daily — especially red wine — are less likely to pack on the pounds in midlife than w …
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  HIV can hide in bone marrow

  Posted: March 7th, 2010, 11:03pm CST by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  Medical researchers have gained a significant insight into how the virus that causes AIDS hides in the body as it dodges medicines that are designed to kill it off.
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  The Way Forward on Health Care

  Posted: March 7th, 2010, 10:58pm CST by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  But Democrats have no choice but to pass health reform legislation of some kind and finally use the reconciliation mechanism that could have allowed them to construct a good bill in the first place.
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  Coffee Is Generally Heart-Friendly

  Posted: March 2nd, 2010, 7:08pm CST by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  For example, coffee drinkers appear to have a lower risk of hospitalization for abnormal heart rhythms.
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  Anti-retrovirals could halt Aids spread in five years

  Posted: February 20th, 2010, 11:06pm CST by redshadowwithgreenbackground

  Anti-retroviral treatments (ARVs) could stop the spread of Aids in South Africa within five years, say scientists.