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HIV Patients Targeted for Rescission by Insurer

Shortly after being diagnosed with HIV in May 2002, then 17-year-old Jerome Mitchell had his health insurance revoked by an insurance company whose policy automatically targeted HIV policyholders for rescission
2 hours ago by  Bill Lindner in Health

Opinion: Why do Americans need a change in health care reform?

Health care reform may not matter to you, unless you are one of the millions who can't afford health insurance or have a pre-existing condition. Then you may have been knocking on doors when you're sick to have them unanswered.
yesterday by  KJ Mullins in Health - 19 comments

B.C. Supreme Court judges raw milk a health hazard

The issue of raw milk is one that pits farmers seeking the legal right to produce raw milk for consumers against health officials who claim raw milk is a health hazard.
yesterday by  Stephanie Dearing in Health - 1 comment

Kraft to reduce sodium in foods 10% by 2012

Kraft Foods Inc. announced that it will be cutting the sodium content in its products by 10 percent over the next two years. For instance, they intend to reduce the salt in their Oscar Mayer bologna by 17 percent.
Mar 18, 2010 by  Cynthia Trowbridge in Health - 13 comments

Teenage girls get drunk faster than boys

There's a song that says "anything you can do I can do better." That isn't true when you compare teen boys and girls with drinking. Teenage girls get drunk faster than their male counterparts, a new study found.
yesterday by  KJ Mullins in Health - 1 comment

Six years after battle, birth defects in Fallujah skyrocket

Six years after severe fighting raged in Fallujah between U.S. Marines and Iraqi insurgents the effects of the battle still linger. Specifically, there is increasing anecdotal evidence that birth defects are increasing at an alarming rate.
Mar 18, 2010 by  Bob Gordon in Health - 1 comment

Wounded dog takes himself to New Mexico emergency room

When the automatic doors opened at the San Juan Regional Medical Center, in walked a German Shepherd mix with blood on his nose and paw, and a small puncture wound on one of his rear legs.
Mar 17, 2010 by  Cynthia Trowbridge in Health - 10 comments

Single dose of breast cancer radiation gives hope to sufferers

Breast cancer patients in the U.S. last week were offered a new treatment protocol that has been reducing the need of post-surgery radiation in Europe.
Mar 17, 2010 by  KJ Mullins in Health - 5 comments

Study: Erectile Dysfunction is a strong predictor of death

German researchers have linked Erectile Dysfunction (ED) as a risk factor of death from heart-related causes. Scientists want ED sufferers to consider it as serious as high blood pressure and problematic cholesterol.
Mar 16, 2010 by  Gordon K. Chan in Health - 5 comments

World's Shortest Man Dies at Age 21

The beloved Guinness World Record holder of 'world's shortest man', He Pingping, died on Saturday in Rome where he was to take part in a television show.
Mar 16, 2010 by  Laura Trowbridge in Health - 4 comments
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