Monday, October 29, 2012

Gluten-free needed by some, for others a fad

Gluten-free needed for some, a fad for others
The Australian
ONCE relegated to dusty shelves and dressed in unflattering packaging, gluten-free foods are now as common as iPhones. Thanks in part to celebrity claims that a gluten-free diet will assist with weight loss, increased energy and improved digestive ...

Diet may not help cut risk of heart attack in diabetics
Zee News
Wellington: A rigorous exercise and diet regime made no difference to the risk of a person with type 2 diabetes developing heart disease, a new study has found. AUT University nutrition ... “Although the study found weight loss had many positive health...

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Health insurance industry dislikes 'Obamacare,' but finds the prospect of its ...
Washington Post
Although the industry hates parts of President Barack Obama's health care law, major outfits such as UnitedHealth Group and BlueCross Blue Shield also stand to rake in billions of dollars from new customers who'll get health insurance under the law ...

Our View: A tale of two health care plans, and why this election is so important
Peoria Journal Star
The future of health care under a re-elected President Obama is somewhat clear, as embodied in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If you are currently uninsured, you will have new coverage options: access to Medicaid or subsidized commercial insurance ...

US Set to Sponsor Health Insurance
New York Times
Under the Affordable Care Act, at least one of the nationwide plans must be offered by a nonprofit entity. Insurance experts see an obvious candidate for that role: the Government Employees Health Association, a nonprofit group that covers more than ...

Oregon's health care workforce still is growing
Statesman Journal
The health care industry remained a stalwart bastion of employment growth, even through the rough patch called the Great Recession. Demographic trends underlie the industry's recession-resistant nature: The population is growing and aging, which means ...

Book tells history of health care reform through cartoons
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Health care reform has become a highly contentious issue this election year, but it is a debate that University of Rochester history professor Theodore Brown says dates back a century and has been fueled more by inflammatory rhetoric than reason. Brown ...

Iowa misses key federal health care deadline
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
According to the guidelines set out by the Patient Protective and Affordable Care Act — also called ObamaCare — states had until Sept. 30 to choose the “essential health benefits,” or minimums, that would be covered under ... “The state of Iowa will ...

Health care tops lobbyists' efforts
Kansas.com
... those issues to have an appropriate impact.” Like agriculture, banking and dozens of other industries and interests, the health care industry has a long history of lobbying in Topeka. But special attention has been focused on health care this year ...

Health care reform is inevitable, so is uncertainty
The News Journal
Regardless of who is president in January and how much of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) survives,health care reform will continue. Health care cost increases are unsustainable and our industry has advocated and designed delivery and payment reforms.

Health Insurance Companies Are Worried About A Romney Victory ...
By AP
Although the industry hates parts of President Barack Obama's health care law, major outfits such as UnitedHealth Group and BlueCross Blue Shield also stand to rake in billions of dollars from new customers who'll get health insurance under the law. ... Things could get grim for the industry if Republicans succeed in repealing the Affordable Care Act's subsidies and mandates, but leave standing its requirement that insurers cover people with health problems. If that's the outcome, the ...
Business Insider

'A One-Termer Who Gambled and Lost on Universal Health Care ...
By Jeffrey H. Anderson
Read conservative news, blogs and opinion about 2012 Elections, Health Care and Obamacare from The Weekly Standard, the must read magazine available in online edition. ... He explains, “The most important fact of the 2012 election is that the Affordable Care Act [Obamacare] was passed in 2010; it just hasn't been fully implemented yet. If President ... If he's reelected, he will go down in history as the president who finally provided almost every American with health insurance.
The Weekly Standard Blog

How big data is transforming health care and predictive analytics ...
Jon Parks of Grapevine Technologies explains the impact that big data is having in health care ...
www.zdnet.com/how-big-data-is-transforming-health-care-and...

Seven Factors Driving Up Your Health Care Costs - Kaiser Health ...
There is no one villain in the battle against rising health care costs. ... We get tax breaks on buyinghealth insurance -- and the cost to patients of seeking care is ...
www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stories/2012/.../health-care-costs.as...

Why It's Hard to Control Health Care Costs - The Daily Beast
On the other hand, they just settled a lawsuit by easing the restrictions on home health careprovision. You can argue that this is going to be good policy. But it's ...
www.thedailybeast.com/.../why-it-s-hard-to-control-health-car...

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