health

SO true...

Quoted: Cancer has a cure. That breakthrough medical news is not the result of grueling medical research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Instead, it is brought to us via fading actress-cum-Thighmaster queen-cum-New Age health guru Suzanne Somers.

Yeah, it's a fine line ... but I wish sick people would stop showing up at my yoga class.

Quoted: Studies have concluded that exercise can enhance the immune system, but is the effect great enough to stave off swine flu?

haha

Quoted: Democrats took on a pair of Republican senators Friday, signing on to an amendment that would make lawmakers join the public option. On Thursday, thinking Democratic senators would balk at the idea, Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) introduced the gimmick health-care amendment.

A helpful Q&A...

Quoted: The major reversal in breast cancer screening advice is causing a lot of confusion and anger among women who doubt the motivation and timing of the decision.  NBC's chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman answers your questions.

Quoted: ４０年以上前は喫煙率８割の日本がなぜ超高齢化社会を迎えてるのでしょうか？

とある質問でこういう回答がありましたが確かに言われるとその通りで。

日本は世界的にも喫煙大国であって長寿国です。

GBS is also a very rare side effect of the regular flu shot ... and in fact, health officials are saying they're seeing a surprisingly low percentage in swine flu shot recipients compared to what they see with the standard seasonal vaccination.

Quoted: A 14-year-old Virginia boy is struggling to walk after coming down with a suspected case of Guillain-Barre syndrome within hours after receiving the H1N1 vaccine for swine flu. The cases raises anti-vaccine fears, but health officials see no link.

Great piece from MSNBC.

Quoted: Msnbc.com readers reveal that even good health insurance is no guarantee of covered care. Three families found that their coverage wasn’t enough, that it didn’t exist when they needed it most, or that it ended with the loss of a job.

It's just stupid to say this is preferential treatment ... they got their swine flu shot at the same time as other Washington, D.C. school children. Should they NOT get a swine flu shot when they are part of a high-risk group (children)? I agree that it's setting a good example when 1 out of 3 American parents are against getting their children vaccinated.

Quoted: With Dad a world leader and Nobel Prize winner, Malia and Sasha Obama surely could have been first in line when vaccinations began for swine flu.

Yet another reason we need a major health care overhaul. This reminds me of how women were being denied coverage for their second c-sections because they had a "pre-existing condition." This isn't even veiled sexism -- it's misogyny.

Quoted: The Pennsylvania home health care company Linda Bettinazzi runs is charged about $6,800 per worker for health insurance – $2,000 more than the national average for single coverage. One reason: nearly every one of her 175 employees is a woman.