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Eye Health
Via Newswise– “Eating healthy can affect more than what the scale says. According to experts at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), it is possible to aid eye health through nutrition and supplements. Research by the National Eye Institute … Continue reading
Projected Medicare Spending Over 2011-2020 to Fall by More than $500 Billion
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has projected Medicare spending over 2011-2020 to fall by more than $500 billion. This projection is important in the context that the Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson called for approximately $300 billion in Medicare spending … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Health
Tagged baby-boomers, budget, health, health care, Medicare spending, Simpson-Bowles
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Social Security and Medicare: Taxes Paid and Benefits Received
What are the lifetime benefits and taxes paid for a typical recently retired couple? According to the Urban Institute this couple paid less in taxes than they will receive in Medicare and Social Security benefits. Here are the specific estimates for the … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Government, Health
Tagged benefits, government, health, Medicare, Social Security, taxes
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Antibiotic Use by Livestock Industry May Contribute to “Antibiotic Apocalypse”
The discovery and use of antibiotics have definitely improved human longevity but recent research suggests the utilization of antibiotics in animals is contributing to the emergence of drug-resistant superbugs that make infections more difficult and costly to treat. In 2011 Pew Charitable … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged Antibiotic Apocalypse, antibiotics, bacteria, health, infections, livestock, poultry, superbugs
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Rice-Cell Cocktail Tough on Cancer Cells, Nice to Normal Cells
Via Newswise: Newswise — Juice from rice cells can knock out two kinds of human cancer cells as well or better than the potent anti-cancer drug Taxol, a Michigan Technological University scientist has discovered in laboratory tests. Plus, it does … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, colon cancer, health, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, rice
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Guess What Lobbying Group Stopped the U.S. from Finding Solutions to Firearms Violence
Via Reuters “Research restrictions pushed by the National Rifle Association have stopped the United States from finding solutions to firearms violence, more than a hundred scientists from virtually every major U.S. university told Vice President Joe Biden’s task force on … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Health, Science
Tagged Centers for Disease Control, Congress, deaths, gun control, guns, health, NRA
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A Tool to Compare Nursing Homes in Your State
If evaluating nursing homes is on your agenda you may want take advantage of a database and tool described below. A new tool, Nursing Home Inspect, is available from ProPublica. According to ProPublica the purpose of the tools is to … Continue reading
The Greater the Number of Guns the Greater the Number of Killings
Here are some facts on guns and killings: The greater the number of guns the greater the number of violent deaths, both homicides and suicides. If there’s a gun in the house women and children are more likely to die … Continue reading
U.S. Death Rates Linked to Inequality
The best available evidence suggests that higher levels of inequality in the United States lead to increased deaths over time. The influence of inequality on death is not instantaneous but occurs over time. Mortality rates increase five years after the … Continue reading
Want to Live Longer? Exercise
A 150 minutes or more of physical activity each week increases longevity compared to those who don’t, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. According to Newswise,“men at age 20 were estimated to gain as much as … Continue reading