They’re called “fruit flies” for a reason, and it sure isn’t for lack of appetite. But like most animals, the pests typically lose their appetite when they get infected. We humans go them one better: Even when bug-free and hungry, some of us are tempted to do some serious fasting, in hopes of living longer, healthier lives.
A recent online survey of more than 1,000 consumers found that those who purchased individual medical (IM) insurance through a professional agent were significantly more satisfied with their health plans than those who bought IM insurance online.
Need another reason to commit to a healthy diet and exercise? Think migraines are just headaches? Migraine and obesity sufferers feel more emotional pain than those dealing with life-threatening conditions like congestive heart failure, prostate cancer, osteoporosis and high blood pressure. In fact, they tend to feel more pessimistic than those diagnosed with depression.
You know the drill. You walk into your favorite grocery store, grab a cart and begin navigating through aisles laden with thousands of products – each with various claims of quality, taste, value and nutrition. As you find your way through the immense product array, you continually remind yourself of the goal to make healthy grocery purchases.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released new data from the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample — the largest, all-payer emergency department database in the United States. The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample is designed to help public health experts, policymakers, health care administrators, researchers, journalists and others find the data they need to answer questions about care that occurs in U.S. hospital emergency departments.
This past week the AMA issued formal endorsement of the House Healthcare Bill. According to Sermo, the largest online community of physicians in the US, AMA’s endorsement does not reflect the position of practicing physicians.
More than just unhealthy, California’s increasing girth is crippling the state’s economy, according to a study of the economic cost of obesity in California released today by the California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA). In just six years, reported economic costs of adult overweight, obesity and physical inactivity have nearly doubled and are now costing California an estimated $41 billion a year.
The idea that large numbers of Americans are declaring bankruptcy due to medical expenses is a myth and the introduction of government-run health insurance in the U.S. will do nothing to reduce personal bankruptcies, concludes a new study from the Fraser Institute, a leading free-market think tank with offices in Canada and the United States.
For the last six years, doctors have faced a dilemma about whether to treat men at risk of prostate cancer with the drug finasteride. On one hand, the drug had been shown to prevent cancer in about one of every four patients who received it. On the other, those who did develop cancer while on the drug were 25 percent more likely to have a more aggressive form of the disease.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the United States will provide 420,000 treatment courses of Tamiflu (Oseltamavir) to the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) to fight the novel H1N1 influenza in Latin America and the Caribbean.