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Drug for sale despite Health Canada warning Posted: 10 months ago by muppet
A drug currently available in some Canadian stores — said to induce the same kind of "high" as the street drug ecstasy — may pose serious health risks, Health Canada says.
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8 Foods That May Ruin Your Health Posted: 2 years ago by karenben
While occasional hamburger or can of Cola won't ruin your health, frequent consumption of the following foods may result in numerous health problems.
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Hawaii Ending Universal Child Health Care Posted: 1 year ago by Nateebiinature
Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched.
Image that... Universal Health Care not working out like they'd like us to believe.
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Report: Americans' Health May Decline Posted: 12 months ago by karenben
Americans' health improved by 18 percent between 1990 and 2000, but has leveled off over the past four years and may be about to decline, according to the 2008 America's Health Rankings report
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Natural Doesn’t Mean Safe: Dangerous Interactions Between Prescriptions & Supplements Posted: 3 years ago by fred
Ginseng, Vitamin A, Garlic, St. Johns Wort and more may react dangerously with common prescription drugs.
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Union Members To Be Exempt From Health Benefits Tax? Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
McCain's version of taxes on health benefits was twisted and he was nearly burned in effigy by Obama and his supporters. Obama's administration has been discussing taxing health benefits for some time now - however union members who helped get him elected (and have some of the most extensive benefits) will be exempt from such taxes.
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Getting the best health insurance for your money Posted: 7 months ago by 2longdogs
Health insurance can be confusing and expensive. Policy and COBRA information
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Doctors support public health option Posted: 2 months ago by lynxears
A randomly sampled poll of doctors nationwide — including some from the AMA, which officially opposes a public option — predominantly supports a public health care option.
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Moore's film attacks U.S. health care Posted: 3 years ago by 2manyusernames
Director Michael Moore says the U.S. health care system is driven by greed in his new documentary "SiCKO." He also took a group of volunteers suffering ill health after helping in the September 11, 2001 rescue efforts to Cuba, where they received exemplary treatment at virtually no cost
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Get Sterilized and We'll Insure You Posted: 1 month ago by suebe
Although she was in perfect health, Peggy Robertson says she was denied health care coverage by an insurance company in 2007 because, they said, she had had a previous cesarean section.
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Neurotic Men Improve the Health of Women, But Not Vice Versa Posted: 7 months ago by bingo
Psychological researchers have discovered that women gain a health benefit by living with neurotic men.
Their study, of adults over age 50, also found that women, but not men, get an added health benefit when paired with someone who is conscientious and neurotic.
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Daschle, the second tax evader in Obama's cabinet also taking bribes? Posted: 10 months ago by 2manyusernames
May not be bribes, but taking $220,000 in "speaking fees" from health companies who stand to benefit or suffer depending on the health decisions doesn't look good for the proposed Secretary of Health and Human Services. This is in addition to his tax evasion.
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Obama Calls On Bloggers To Keep Health Care Pressure On Congress (AUDIO) Posted: 4 months ago by nateebiinature
In a reflection of a legislative strategy that has left no stone unturned, President Barack Obama on Monday called on like-minded bloggers to help his administration keep the heat on lawmakers to pass health care reform.
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Clinton Fails To Pay Health Insurance Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Hillary has been pretty unsuccessful running her campaign and is deeply in debt ($8.7 million at the end of February. That may include the $5 million she loaned the campaign). Now records show that although she touts a universal health care program she has a hard time paying the bill for her employee's current health plan.
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U.S. Ranks Worst in Preventable Deaths Posted: 2 years ago by mandolinorange
If the U.S. health care system performed as well as the top three countries, there would be 101,000 fewer deaths in the United States per year, according to researchers writing in the journal Health Affairs.
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UK Health Service Spends $50 Million on Hospital Chaplains: Money Well Spent? Posted: 8 months ago by iamamaniac
Figures out today have revealed that the NHS (National Health Service) is spending upwards of £32 million a year employing religious personel in its hospitals – an amount that could be used to fund an extra 1,300 nurses or 2,645 cleaners instead.
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Fugitive caught; he was threat to public health Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
The man authorities called “an immediate and substantial threat to the public health and welfare” was caught Friday at about 6 p.m. on Highway 90.
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Map of countries with universal health care Posted: 2 years ago by misswinkle
"Iraq and Afghanistan universal health coverage provided by U.S. war funding"
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Colorado Health Insurers say current Health Care Bill would lead to "system collapse" Posted: 1 month ago by JoshSF49
At issue are what insurance companies consider absurdly low penalties for people who choose not to buy health insurance.
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Woodstock festival health inspector gave up and listened to the music instead Posted: 3 months ago by kakana
"I walked up to him and told him that he was violating a number of health codes," Cohen recalled. "Next thing I know I'm surrounded by hippies saying, 'Get lost, we're hungry.' "
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