By Sabriya Rice The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced new guidelines in Washington Monday requiring health insurance plans beginning on or after August 1, 2012 to cover several women’s preventive services, including birth control and voluntary sterilization. According to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius the decision is a part of the Affordable Care Act’s [...]
By Madison Park Her name was Meg, 23, featherweight and feisty. Standing 3 feet tall, Meg didn’t look like her peers. Bald and skinny, her body was aging rapidly because she had a rare genetic disease called Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. People with progeria wrinkle and develop the same circulation and joint ailments as the elderly — except [...]
A study has concluded that even mild head concussions may risk the development of Alzheimer’s disease or other related dementia in older life. Closed head injuries and other head injuries are just the basic of every soldier who engaged in Iran and Afghan struggles. Although every men of the troops is fully packed with helmets [...]
By Anne Harding People who eat more sodium and less potassium may die sooner of heart or other problems than people who consume the opposite, a large, 15-year-study has found. The study of more than 12,000 Americans provides more ammunition to health advocates who say that slashing salt intake will save lives. But not everyone is [...]
BY Jesse Landers The phone does not stop ringing at Baltimore’s shock trauma center. A trauma tech picks up one of the calls. “Stabbing, 10 to 15 by land,” he yells out in the emergency room, citing how far away the victim is from the hospital. Every day dozens of trauma patients are wheeled into [...]
By Elizabeth Landau Michael Musick is all too familiar with the toll heat can take on the human body. He was helping his father put up hay on their family farm three weeks ago when his vision began to blur. His legs became weak and his muscles cramped. “If you keep pushing it, after you see [...]
The CDC has confirmed that an outbreak ofLegionnaires’ disease (a severe form of this common illness) has been discovered in a Las Vegas hotel (find out which one). The disease is not caused by person-to-person contact, but by breathing in the bacterium that causes it. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d3714′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });
Bladder problems are often associated with the very old and infirm. But guess what? Adults of all ages, including many who are seemingly healthy, can have unusual bladder symptoms — and they can be warning signs of problematic health conditions. “The urinary system can be a real canary in the coal mine,” says Jill Rabin, [...]
In recent years, sales of air fresheners—especially plug-in air fresheners—have soared. But while sales are up, so are complaints from people who are exposed to the scents at home, at work, in public places, and in the homes of family and friends. Not-So-Pleasant Scents Curiosity about anecdotal reports of negative responses to synthetic scents prompted [...]
These individuals transformed their lives and documented their struggles and successes one pound at a time Losing 20, 50, or 100 pounds is a huge personal achievement, but success can also have a ripple effect. The following people inspired friends and strangers by publicly sharing their struggles with weight. Read on to learn about their incredible [...]
Restore Mortgages Announces, The Birth of The Zero Percent Mortgage: America’s Replacement For Eliminating The Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction If government is going to kill the mortgage interest tax deduction, then what will take its place for homeowners? Restore Mortgages Zero Percent Mortgage Program. According to Reason.com the elimination of the mortgage deduction tax [...]
Google 2Q results show company thriving under Page
Google Inc. CEO Larry Page’s traditionally frosty relationship with Wall Street turned into a warm embrace Thursday after the Internet search leader released strong financial results for its latest quarter. The results represented Page’s first report card since he became CEO at the start of the second quarter in April, ending the decade-long reign of [...]
Are Bank Examiners to For Slow Job Growth?
With unemployment back up to 9.2 percent,as reported last week, the hunt is on for an explanation of why job creation has been so slow since the financial crisis of 2008. Some House Republicans think they have found a specific culprit: bank examiners. In the view of Representative Bill Posey of Florida and some colleagues [...]
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DVR making people loose track of time?
By Omar L. Gallaga Hey, do me a favor. Don’t tell me how the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton ends. I haven’t watched it yet. I’m assuming the deal was sealed? Every summer, after most of the TV shows my wife and I watch end their regular-season runs, I start descending the scroll-list [...]
Google+ is Pushing for Common Name Policy among its Users
Google+ has been on top of online discussions topics. After a month since the service has been launched it has received a lot of praise, speculations and criticisms from its chosen users. Google+ being on a beta testing mode has been launched on an invitational basis which they close registration after it receive massive response. [...]
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