‘Health’ Archives
Republicans put out their own health care bill but falls short.
Washington Post - Republicans are learning an unpleasant lesson this morning: The only thing worse than having no health-care reform plan is releasing a bad one, getting thrashed by CBO and making the House Democrats look good in comparison. Late last night, the Congressional Budget Office released its initial analysis of the health-care [...]
No Can is Safe as latest tests show measurable levels of Bisphenol A (BPA).
Huffington Post - Consumer Reports' latest tests of canned foods, including soups, juice, tuna, and green beans, have found that almost all of the 19 name-brand foods tested contain measurable levels of Bisphenol A (BPA). The results are reported in the December 2009 issue and also available online. BPA, which has been used for years in clear [...]
Some people need help to kick their internet obsession, says article you can only read on the internet
Boston Globe - The trouble signs are all there. They don’t sleep enough, they don’t eat right, they’ve lost touch with their friends, and their school performance has dropped off a cliff. Their worried parents bring them to the doctor, fearing drug abuse or depression, but the evaluations come up empty. A doctor at Children’s Hospital [...]
In the OMGWTF category. Domestic abuse now a pre-existing condition.
Huffington Post - With the White House zeroing in on the insurance-industry practice of discriminating against clients based on pre-existing conditions, administration allies are calling attention to how broadly insurers interpret the term to maximize profits. It turns out that in eight states, plus the District of Columbia, getting beaten up [...]
“Two parachutists die – no word on cause.” Couldn’t they at least say “gravity may have been involved?”
KCRA - Two parachutists were killed at the Lodi Parachute Center in Acampo after an accident Sunday, officials said. It happened in the area of Kennefick Road and Collier Road at about 12:54 p.m. The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department said one person was dead at the scene. One person was transported to Lodi Memorial Hospital. There [...]
Fact Check for last nights Obama speech.
Pittsburge Post - (AP) President Barack Obama used only-in-Washington accounting Wednesday when he promised to overhaul the nation's health care system without adding "one dime" to the deficit. By conventional arithmetic, Democratic plans would drive up the deficit by billions of dollars. The president's speech to Congress contained a variety [...]
Our Food and why it just might be killing us.
Gismodo - It's hard to think of anything more essential to human survival than eating. And yet that very primal act of gobbling sustenance has, of late, become one of the most genuinely perplexing things we people do. Notice the sudden flood of books and movies covering the evils of industrialized food? Since Taste Test is, after all, a look at [...]
Obama slams ‘outrageous myths’ about health care
CNN - Facing a recent erosion of public support for health-care overhaul, President Obama lashed out at his opponents Saturday for spreading "outrageous myths" on the Internet, television, and at town hall forums. Republican leaders, in turn, said it was Obama who is guilty of playing "fast and loose with the facts." They repeated their [...]
Billy Mays was really snorting up all that Oxiclean that he was selling.
TBO - Cocaine contributed to pitchman Mays' death, autopsy report says. The official cause of Billy Mays' June 28 death still remains a heart attack.
Mississippi asks “Does my ass look fat in these jeans?” Answer is ‘Yes!’
National Post - Obesity rates continued to climb in the past year with 23 U.S. states reporting adults in their states are fatter now than they were a year ago, two advocacy groups said on Wednesday. Obesity rates did not decrease in a single state last year, and the groups warned that the U.S. obesity epidemic must be addressed as lawmakers [...]
