It’s Christmas time and over 50 million people in the United States are struggling with hunger? These people are skipping many meals because they are unable to afford food, and sadly, over 17 million of them are children. This is…
Study Finds Drug Resistant Bacteria in US Meat Supply On Friday I heard a quick mention on the news about a study showing that much of the meats sold in the United States are tainted by drug resistant bacterias. This…
Did you know that more women die from heart disease than men in our country? It’s true. But when it comes to researching treatments for heart disease, women are being left behind. So I wasn’t surprised when I read a…
Weight Loss: It’s Not About The Twinkies, Stupid – (cross posted at BlogHer Health & Wellness) Here’s what I think about the Twinkie Diet and the professor who claims to have lost weight on it… In an unprecedented show of…
I know many people don’t think our government has any business telling us what we can and can not eat. Until recently, I might have even agreed. But the problem of obesity is reaching epidemic proportions, and there’s no signs…
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National Public Health Week: Can We Become A Healthier Nation? I think many people living in the United States would be surprised to know that we are not one of healthiest nations in the world. Not even close. The American…
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A few weeks ago I noticed that I was seeing an increasing number of commercials advertising inexpensive “easy to get” health insurance. The first thing that came to my mind was…This has got to be some sort of scam. Otherwise,…
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Are healthcare, politics, and the high cost of healthy foods related? Yes. Let me start by saying…I am so sick of politics I could throw-up. But that said, this is about much more than politics. It’s about the warped reality…
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Stem Cell Research: Mixing religion, science and politics equals controversy. This week president Obama announced the release of 13 new embryonic stem cell lines to be used for research. Scientists are hopeful that this research could someday treat or even…
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Are women just too emotional for mammograms before 50? Unless you’ve been under a rock all week, you have probably heard about the government task force that has recommended new guidelines for breast cancer prevention. It goes something like this……
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