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Too little protein may equal too much body fat – CNN
AFP Too little protein may equal too much body fatCNNBy Anne Harding, Health.com People who are overweight should consume adequate protein and focus on improving their ratio of body fat to lean muscle. On low-protein diet, 90% of calories are stored as body fat vs. 50% on high-protein (Health.com) …Extra calories, low protein are... »
Gay Married Men Enjoy Better Health Than Single Gay Men – Medical News Today
CBC.ca Gay Married Men Enjoy Better Health Than Single Gay MenMedical News TodayMen in same-sex marriages enjoy better health, have fewer doctor visits and lower health care costs compared to other gay or bisexual men, researchers from the Mailman School of Public Health wrote in the American Journal of Public Health. …Gay marriage 'improves... »
More Health Insurance Complexity – More Confusion – Forbes
Kansas City Star More Health Insurance Complexity – More ConfusionForbesOne agreement we have to come to in this country is “what is essential healthcare?” In the Affordable Care Act, essential benefits were to be determined by the Department of HHS. We would have uniform policies throughout the country which may have cut …Health Care... »
Gingrich Push on Health Care Appears at Odds With GOP – New York Times
New York Times Gingrich Push on Health Care Appears at Odds With GOPNew York TimesStephen Chernin/AP Newt Gingrich at a Tea Party event in April 2009, amid rising conservative anger over health care issues. By JIM RUTENBERG and MIKE McINTIRE Shortly before the passage of President Obama's stimulus bill in 2009, Newt Gingrich's …Rivals... »
Obama Health Chief Blocks FDA on ‘Morning After’ Pill – Wall Street Journal
CBC.ca Obama Health Chief Blocks FDA on 'Morning After' PillWall Street JournalIn an unprecedented step, the Obama administration's top health official on Wednesday overruled the Food and Drug commissioner to block the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill from becoming available to young teens without a …'Morning after' pill will stay prescription-only for girls under... »
Qualcomm Launches Mobile Health Company, New Cloud Medical Data Platform
Qualcomm has announced a new subsidiary, Qualcomm Life, to focus on remote health management and a new cloud platform called 2net for transferring biometric data. – Qualcomm has announced it will form a new subsidiary called Qualcomm Life to manage the development of the company’s mobile health platforms. The new company, formerly known as... »
US Won’t Start Long-Term Care Insurance – Bloomberg
Los Angeles Times US Won't Start Long-Term Care InsuranceBloombergA long-term disability care program shepherded into the US health overhaul by Senator Edward Kennedy before his death was canceled as financially unsustainable by health secretary Kathleen …White House eliminates insurance program for long-term careWashington PostObama pulls plug on part of health overhaul lawCBS NewsObama administration... »
The Award for Most Fear-Mongering Health Care Statement of the Year … – Technorati
Tampabay.com The Award for Most Fear-Mongering Health Care Statement of the Year …TechnoratiProstate cancer kills about 30000 American men a year, so if Lockwood is right, that means the PSA test would have prevented MOST of those deaths. If it was that obviously beneficial, why would so many doctors and health care leaders have... »
Obama Administration Asks High Court to Uphold Health Care Overhaul – Voice of America
The Guardian Obama Administration Asks High Court to Uphold Health Care OverhaulVoice of AmericaSeptember 29, 2011 Obama Administration Asks High Court to Uphold Health Care Overhaul VOA News The US Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to uphold the Obama administration's historic overhaul of the nation's health care system. …Supreme Court Is Asked... »
26 States Appeal Health Care Law to Supreme Court – Fox News
USA Today 26 States Appeal Health Care Law to Supreme CourtFox News| AP WASHINGTON – States and a business group opposed to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday for a speedy ruling that puts an end to the law aimed at extending insurance coverage to more than 30... »