What you were not told about Medicare

Bad news, good news--

Jenkins: None Dare Call It Default - WSJ.com: " . . . Under the Paul Ryan plan, the affluent would pay more. Under the Obama plan, the affluent would flee Medicare to escape the waiting lists, shortages and deteriorating quality as Washington economizes by ratcheting down reimbursements to doctors and hospitals. Don't call either default. You don't have a legally enforceable right to the free care you imagined you were promised. "Don't worry" was President Obama's implicit message during the campaign: If cutting subsidies for Big Bird is unthinkable, a joke, how much more so cutting benefits for middle-class voters? Don't go running to a judge when this doesn't pan out. The courts do not overrule changes in government policy just because citizens find their promised free lunch isn't forthcoming. Nor will it be fruitful to appeal to politicians' sense of "fairness." Politicians can be relied on to do what will get them re-elected. And, believe it or not, that is the good news. . . "

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Obama faces huge challenge in setting up insurance exchanges

Obama faces huge challenge in setting up insurance exchanges - The Hill's Healthwatch: "The Obama administration faces major logistical and financial challenges in creating health insurance exchanges for states that have declined to set up their own systems. The exchanges were designed as the centerpiece of President Obama’s signature law, and are intended to make buying health insurance comparable to booking a flight or finding a compatible partner on Match.com. Sixteen states — most of them governed by Republicans — have said they will not set up their own systems, forcing the federal government to come up with one instead. Another five states said they want a federal-state partnership, while four others are considering partnerships. It's a situation no one anticipated when the Affordable Care Act was written. The law assumed states would create and operate their own exchanges, and set aside billions in grants for that purpose. . . "

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Health Insurance Exchanges May Be Too Small to Succeed

Good News/Bad News--

Health Insurance Exchanges May Be Too Small to Succeed - NYTimes.com: " . . . The evidence is mixed, but some of it points to a counterintuitive result: more competition among insurers may lead to higher reimbursements and health care spending, particularly when the provider market – physicians, hospitals, pharmaceuticals and medical device suppliers – is not very competitive. In imperfect health care markets, competition can be counterproductive. The larger an insurer’s share of the market, the more aggressively it can negotiate prices with providers, hospitals and drug manufacturers. Smaller hospitals and provider groups, known as “price takers” by economists, either accept the big insurer’s reimbursement rates or forgo the opportunity to offer competing services. The monopsony power of a single or a few large insurers can thus lead to lower prices. For example, Glenn Melnick and Vivian Wu have shown that hospital prices in markets with the most powerful insurers are 12 percent lower than in more competitive insurance markets. So health insurance exchanges are probably welcome news for hospitals, physicians, and pharmaceutical and medical device companies throughout the United States. If health insurance exchanges divide up the market among many insurers, thereby diluting their power, reimbursement rates may actually increase, which could lead to higher premiums for consumers. . . . . "

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How I lost 150lb one byte at a time

How I lost 150lb... one byte at a time: Once-obese teen writes weight-loss ...
Daily MailBy Daisy Dumas At just 14-years-old, Taylor LeBaron was addicted to video gamesand eating - and weighed a shocking 297lbs. Now 18, the teen has transformed his body and his life. Over 18 months, the teenager, originally from Georgia, lost half of his...

Could public health care have saved Hostess?
Salon
And like all American companies that offer health insurance, they faced rising health care costs due to the U.S.'s uniquely irrational and inefficient system of privatized health care. It's absolutely true that these benefits were negotiated fair and ...

Washington state ahead of the curve on health-care reform
The Seattle Times
Washington state ahead of the curve on health-care reform. Washington state lawmakers embraced the Affordable Care Act and the state is a leader in creating a health-insuranceexchange for consumers.

Unauthorized health care provider convicted, sentenced
The Pike County Daily
"We have so many honest, hard-working health care providers in Ohio, but we are out there every day tracking down the people who only want to scam the system," said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. Investigators found that Cox, who was not an ...

Health care is a 'gift' to ourselves
Opelousas Daily World
Romney didn't include the rest of Obamacare in the list of "gifts" he didn't approve of, but other elements of the Affordable Care Act could also help free wannabe entrepreneurs from job lock. One is guaranteed coverage for all regardless of above ...

MAINE COMPASS: Affordable Care Act will hasten changes to evolving medical ...
Kennebec Journal
The Affordable Care Act, however, captures and will set a direction for American health care for the immediate future. In a preceding piece, I discussed benefits of this law that accrue to all of us. This column will address deeper changes that are ...

Health care symposium to be held Wednesday
LubbockOnline.com
The Office of Dispute Resolutions will host the 6th Annual Health Care Symposium on Wednesday at the Texas Tech University Merket Alumni Center. The symposium will be from 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. and will cover topics such as the Affordable Health Care ...

Say bye-bye to retirement health care benefits
San Antonio Express
The days when retirement health care insurance coverage was part of pension plans are rapidly nearing an end. The health care reform law passed by Congress in 2010 and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court this year will hasten the end, according to a new ...

Local health care systems prepare for looming Medicare cuts
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Tim Olson, chief financial officer for ThedaCare, said every 1 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursement outlined in the Affordable Care Act, translates to more than $2 million in lost dollars. Dr. Dean Gruner, president and CEO of ThedaCare, said ...

Reducing Health Care Costs Through Innovation - CNBC
Health care costs, especially in drug development remains high despite advancements in medicine. But as Tahir Abbasi, CEO of Cellworks tells CNBC's Martin Soong, that is all set to change with innovation.
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Despite Softer Words on Affordable Care Act, Concerns Remain ...
By Jim Turner
... mandated Affordable Care Act. But officials say they are a long way from agreeing to set up thehealth insurance exchanges outlined under the law also known as Obamacare. House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, ... For some opponents of the Affordable Care Act, there should be no acceptance of the health care law that was narrowly backed by the U.S. Supreme Court this summer. Americans for Prosperity, a conservative organization backed by the billionaire Koch ...
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What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
Health care business managers are under tremendous pressure to become more innovative, more productive, more accountable. The question, asks Regina ...

Five diets you should never try - Page 1 - Galleries - Weight Loss ...
This popular four-phase diet starts off with a 'no carb/protein only' approach that promotes rapidweight loss. It's said to be a favourite of the Duchess of ...

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Judge grants company injunction against health-care law contraception efforts

Judge grants company injunction against health-care law contraception efforts
Washington Post
A federal judge on Friday temporarily prevented the Obama administration from forcing a Christian publishing company to provide its employees with certain contraceptives under the new health-care law. . . .

Health Care REITs Should Provide Durable Income in 2013
Forbes
The four healthcare REITs all offer unique operating platforms and the common thread is that they all should capitalize on the attractive tailwinds of low interest rates and the new certainty of the Affordable Care Act. Source: SNL Financial · Brad ...

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Health care and the fiscal cliff
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
Wharton Health Care Management Professor Jonathan Kolstad said that while there are health-care issues in resolving the immediate problem of the fiscal cliff, the long-term problem of deciding how the nation pays for health care extends beyond the Nov. 6 election and the Jan. 2 deadline. . . . .

Health care -- another victim of Sandy for Staten Islanders
SILive.com
doctors19.jpg Dr. M. Fawzy Saleem in his office at 1975 Hylan Blvd. with patient records that were ruined by the flood waters from Hurricane Sandy. Staten Island Advance/Irving Silverstein. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - The focus in Hurricane Sandy's deadly ...

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Remaking Health Care: Change the Way Providers Are Paid
Wall Street Journal
And if we just get 20% of it, which is a 6% change in health-care costs, we pay for the Affordable Care Act. Enlarge Image. image. Close. image. What happens in our system is if you get paid by a unit of service, you do more units of service. Our ...

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Health care law brings double dose of trouble for CCAC part-time profs
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
To Community College of Allegheny County's president, Alex Johnson, cutting hours for some 400 temporary part-time workers to avoid providing health insurance coverage for them under the impending Affordable Health Care Act is purely a cost-saving ...

What States Should Build Instead of Obamacare's Health Insurance Exchanges
Forbes
In the aftermath of President Obama's re-election, in which the implementation of the Affordable Care Act plays a large role, many states are facing an important decision. Should these states act as agents of the ... Exchanges were conceived by ...

Missouri's Voters: Working for the Health Insurance Companies
By J. Bradford DeLong
Missouri State of Mind: Missouri voters have apparently approved a ballot measure prohibiting the governor from using an executive order to authorize the creation of a Missouri health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act.
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Cochrane on Health Care | EconTalk | Library of Economics and ...
"Economic Research on Direct-Purchase Health Insurance: New Models for Real Health Care Reform", by Linda Gorman. Library of Economics ... What we might do with health care if we eliminated not just the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as Obamacare, but many of the restrictions that the government places on the health care market. The paper is so good I ... We assume that the only way these days you can get health care is if you have health insurance. People say: We need ...
EconTalk

No help anytime soon for poor without health insurance | Online ...
By Lee Shearer
Deal announced Friday that the state won't create a health insurance exchange, another part of thehealth care reform act. Instead, Georgians will have to participate in a planned national health exchange. The health exchanges are supposed ...
Local News

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Catherine Zeta-Jones shares her diet and obsessive fitness secrets

Catherine Zeta-Jones shares her diet and 'obsessive' fitness secrets
Examiner.com
... diet · Celebrity Weight Loss. Advertisement. Catherine Zeta-Jones, who once proclaimed ""I came out of the womb wearing make-up," recently confessed her fitness"obsession" and her "I'm no saint" diet, reported Independent Online on Nov. 15. From...


Can the Dukan Diet help you lose weight?
Times of India
But is the Dukan diet a healthy option for weight loss? How does the ... Hence the key to stabilization is follow the protein rich diet once a week, eat oat bran daily andexercise. Disadvantages of the Dukan diet 1. Since it is a protein rich diet ...

Times of India

The art of weight loss
GMA News
... many experts say, is not a temporary change in diet, but a change in lifestyle. “Weight loss is an art,” said Dr. James Chung, a Singapore-based consultant on health and nutrition, at a symposium on the new science of weight control held in Manila ...

Dr. Oz Show Recap 11/16/2012: Dr. Alan Hirsch Of Sensa Weight Loss ...
CMR
Dr. Oz starts today by asking what would we do if we could just sprinkle a powder on our food and lose weight no matter what we eat. Dr. Alan Hirsch and Kristin Kirkpatrick are on the show to talk about the Sensa Weight loss supplement. ... Oz asks ...

CMR

Weight-Loss News: 16 Percent of Americans' Calories Comes From This ...
Glamour (blog)
I don't know about you, but I find that number to be pretty big, especially if you're wondering why you can't lose that final 5 or 10 pounds, you know? It could be your evening glass of red wine (or two). Have you given up alcohol in the name of weight ...


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Matthew McConaughey Opens Up About Dramatic Weight Loss (WATCH VIDEO)
Enstarz
The nearly 6 foot tall actor said that through the process, he discovered that his diethad more of an impact on his weight loss than his exercise regime did. "I'm doing cardio but I'll tell you what, the more I've learned is - and I think it comes ...

Enstarz

How Hungry Girl diet guru shed pounds without guilt
MetroNews Canada
Someone who needed to drop 15 or 20 pounds and would do so periodically by following an all-liquiddiet or a one-meal-a-day diet or whatever other weight-loss regimen was in vogue. Afterward, she'd return to her beloved jam-slathered bagels and french ...

How Simpson Lost Weight: 60 Pounds Weight Loss, 5-Step Plan Revealed By ...
Enstarz
... goal of shedding a total 70 pounds since she gave birth in May. The singer/actress/fashion mogul is currently a Weight Watchers spokesperson who shared that in addition to her sponsored diet, her personal trainer, Harley Pasternak was a key factor ...

Enstarz

20 pounds lighter, but worried about my diet
Jamaica Observer
I've been on a diet and exercise plan for a few months now and I have seen some progress as I have lost 20 pounds so far and I am planning to lose about 15 more. I would like your opinion about whether my diet and exercise regimen is actually ...

eat carbs and lose weight with The Sun
The Sun
... the weight. Here, Sun diet guru AMANDA URSELL and fitness expert NICKI WATERMAN explain why carbs can go back on the menu. ... “Over a six-month period, those on the 'no carbs until after 5pm' diet were found to feel less hungry and to have lost ...

The Sun

Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle: Review Examines Popular "Fat Loss Bible"
Midland Daily News
DietsAndFitnessGuides.com releases a review of Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle the #1 best sellingdiet and fitness guide in Internet history. ... Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle was created by Tom Venuto a renowned weight loss expert, personal trainer, and ...

How to Lose Weight In Time for Vacation - Diet Talk - Health Talks
Classes are over and it's time for you to hit up the beach and show up some abs. However, the huge problem is, you've gained so much weight after all the ...
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How a foodie who needed to lose a few pounds became Hungry Girl

How a foodie who needed to lose a few pounds became Hungry Girl and ...
Washington Post
... Lisa Lillien says, she was just another 30-something LA “Hungry Girl.” Someone who needed to drop 15 or 20 pounds and would do so periodically by following an all-liquid diet or a one-meal-a-daydiet or whatever other weight-loss regimen was in vogue.

Victoria Beckham Gives David's Sister Weight Loss Advice
Entertainmentwise
Victoria Beckham jumped at the chance to help her husband's sister Joanne lose weight after she came to her for advice. Posh lent her a personal trainer and is always on hand to give out diet tips... bet she wishes she hadn't asked... If you're feeling ...

4 Keys To Permanent Weight Loss And How to Use Them
Hive Health Media (blog)
Every dieter who's on the weight loss path knows that he or she needs to abide to the right eating guidelines on nearly daily basis—and that's no easy feat. Good eating habits require practice and long life commitment to develop. This is why most ...

Preview: Dr. Oz reveals how to reverse memory loss, boost energy and blast fat
Examiner.com
Dr. Mehmet Oz has prepared a healthy lifestyles week on his talk show that can reduce your risk of dementia, boost your energy and help you achieve your weight loss goals permanently. Among his featured guests: First Lady ... 22 to discusshealth in ...

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Healthy protein-rich snacks for the weekend
Times of India
... of health. Protein is the key component to popular weight loss diets. ... HealthBenefits: From nuggets to tikkis, but this time we look at soya granules to fulfil your intake of protein. .... Read more Personal Health, Diet & Fitness stories on ...
 
Times of India

Paleo Diet: Can eating like a 'caveman' really make you healthy?
VOXXI
The Paleo Diet, also referred to as the Caveman Diet or the Paleo lifestyle, says if we could just abandon the foods that came since the agricultural revolution, we could lose weight and ditch disease. It's the foods that have come about since we ...

How to lose weight in 7 days with Tofu, Lemon and Water.
How to lose weight in 7 days? Being slim is what everybody wants but it is also something that not everybody gets. Why? It is because not everybody has the ...
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A Weight-Loss Nutrient You'll Still Not Eating Enough Of

The Weight-Loss Nutrient You'll Still Not Eating Enough Of
Shape Magazine (blog)
But fiber's powers don't stop at weight loss. It may also reduce the risk of death from any cause, according to a recent paper in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Women who ate about 25 grams of fiber a day were 22 percent less likely to die during ...

Shape Magazine (blog)

Dr. Oz Discusses Sensa Weight Loss Sensation with Experts
eMaxHealth
You lose weight,” says Dr. Oz's special guest Dr. Alan Hirsch, the inventor of the SENSA® Weight-Loss Tastants that many dieters swear has worked wonders toward their weight loss—one of which on The Dr. Oz Show stated that she lost 128 pounds from ...

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Good carbs for weight loss
Times of India
If you combine these good carbs with exercise, you can burn fat while building essential lean muscle. Including carbs in your diet is not a bad thing, but everything depends on the type of carbohydrates you choose. We give you a lit of good carbfoods ...

Times of India

How To Lose Weight Fast | How “Fat Loss Factor” Can Help People Lose Weight ...
Midland Daily News
He has introduced several innovative techniques to lose fat and get a dreamed and lean shape. After he released this updated version of Fat Loss Factor, it has gotten multiple questions if it can help the dieter burn weight effectively. Therefore, the ...

Dr. Oz investigates Sensa claims: Lose 30 pounds in six months
Examiner.com
However, he advises against using it for long-term weight loss and recommends making healthy food choices (cut down on junk food while increasing your intake of fruits and vegetables). In addition, Dr. Oz emphasizes the importance of exercise, such as ...

Examiner.com

CBS Atlanta News explores potential dangers of rapid weight loss programs
WGCL Atlanta
"The appeal of these low carb diets and part of the reason they're so popular is that people lose weight very rapidly. But in reality, that weight is water weight and ... These are for people who are overweight to the point where the benefit of these ...

The 50% Solution to Weight Loss After 50 (and Before the Holidays!)
AARP News (blog)
A plan to lose weight or start a fitness program can be stymied before you even start if it seems too difficult to do. Like most of us, you'll be tempted to just ... Steer clear of processed, high-caloric foods and sugary drinks, eat healthier (dark ...

AARP News (blog)

Woman sheds 35kg in six months
The Press
As discussions on obesity and weight loss open at a national conference in Christchurch, Olivia Carville talks to two women who lost a combined weight of more than 100 kilograms through drastically different means. Obesity is on the ... WeightWatchers ...

The Press

Jessica Simpson Scores 60-Pound Weight Loss After Baby
Celebrity Health & Fitness
... Post-Birth Body. By Celebrity Health & Fitness, November 16th, 2012 ... Jessica Simpson struggled at first after gaining more than 60 pounds while pregnant with daughter Maxwell, but she's finally reached her goal, which should lead to a multi ...

RANI Medical Weight Loss Clinic 68% Off Medical Weight Loss Intro Package ...
Rockford Register Star
At RANI our weight-loss programs are directed by a board-certified, medical specialist who has 20 years of experience managing weight-reduction with surgical and non-surgical techniques. We help you achieve your weight-loss goals by using FDA-approved ...

Health Care Reform: What's Next?
Huffington Post
Even as I write this, the Obama administration has turned from celebrating its victory to moving forward with the rollout of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), which also had a good night on Tuesday. A repeal of the act had been a key ... New ...

More employers send workers to find their own health insurance
NBCNews.com (blog)
Until now, defined contribution health insurance plans have been largely limited to small businesses and retirees. But more employers are considering them as a way to control their rising health carecosts. After all, the average annual premium — or ...

Wonkbook: Building a better health-care system
Washington Post (blog)
MT @samsteinhp By rejecting the exchanges GOP govs are just inviting MORE federal govt control over health care. The deadline on health exchanges, a key component of the Affordable Care Act, however, just got pushed back one month. ... ahead of a ...

States' deadline for health insurance exchange plan notification extended
Business Insurance
States' deadline for health insurance exchange plan notification extended. November 16, 2012 - 10:09am ... Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which authorized the exchanges, states have three options. They can set up their own ...

Walker won't create health care exchange, defers to feds
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
An odd coalition of business groups, health insurers and Democrats pressed Walker, an opponent of the Affordable Care Act that is often called Obamacare, to set up state exchanges where small businesses and individuals could buy health insurance.

Butler: Taking out the waste in health care system
San Jose Mercury News
The Affordable Care Act limits insurance companies to 15 percent of premiums that they can spend on administrative and marketing costs, so we'll soon see how this provision fairs under the "rule of unintended consequences." Attempting to reduce what ...

Serious Games Seek Slice Of Health-Care Market
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Speaking at the Games for Health conference in Amsterdam last week, Dr. John Harrison, a psychologist at Imperial College, London, said that on current trends, “by 2050 the cost of direct health care in just the U.S. for Alzheimer's is going to be $1 ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Branstad meets health insurance exchange deadline, blasts federal process
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
Terry Branstad notified federal officials Friday that Iowa policymakers intend to create a state-based health insurance exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but need many questions answered before they will be in a position to ...

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)

Health Insurance Exchanges Deadline Extended As More ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Governors on the fence or opposed to implementing a crucial element of President Barack Obama'shealth care reform law now have more time to make a decision following a Thursday announcement from the Department of Health and ... But Heineman ultimately came to a different conclusion: "A state exchange is nothing more than the state administering the Affordable Care Act with all of the important and critical decisions made by the federal government," he said, also citing the ...
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Health Care Hardball: Why Democrats in Washington and around ...
By RealQuiet (Diary)
Additionally, neither the Congressional Budget Office score nor the Joint Committee on Taxation technical explanation of the Affordable Care Act discusses excluding those enrolled through a Federally-facilitated Exchange.” (Though they don't cite any legal .... It increases the cost of privatehealth care and insurance, crowds out private health insurance and long-term-care insurance, and discourages enrollees from climbing the economic ladder. There is scant reliable evidence that ...

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10 ways to burn off that pumpkin pie

10 ways to burn off that pumpkin pie - CBS News: " . . . there are just more opportunities for eating during the holidays. And let's face it: You don't want to pass up all the treats. But that doesn't mean you have to look like Santa come January. If calories in equals calories out, then more calories coming in means you need to have more calories going out over the next six weeks or so to avoid gaining weight. Fortunately, there are lots of ways to fit more movement into your life, in addition to your regularly scheduled workouts, even during the holiday crunch. 1. Try a walking meeting. If your meeting involves four or fewer people, and you don't need to follow slides closely, go for a walk instead. You don't need to go fast. But it's better than sitting and drinking a soda during that hour. 2. Pace while on the phone. Get a headset and roam the halls. Or just stand up in your cubicle and move around. 3. Park somewhere else. . . .  "

Futurity.org – After divorce, many women lose health insurance
By Diane Swanbrow-Michigan
After divorce, many women lose health insurance. Women in moderate-income families face the greatest loss of insurance coverage, because they're more likely than higher-income women to lose private coverage and have less access than ...
Futurity.org

Weight loss clinic says you can lose weight without exercising, but does it work?
WWL
NEW ORLEANS -- It's a popular weight loss clinic where people say they lose a lot of weight, quickly, with no cravings, hunger or exercise. So what's behind the testimonials? When Bonny Walton, 49, hit her 40s, she could not lose weight. Then she went ...

Anne Hathaway shows off 25-lb weight loss at New York gala
Examiner.com
Hathaway channeled the late Audrey Hepburn with her gamine pixie haircut in a body-hugging sleeveless black dress that accentuated her tiny waist. Anne, who recently switched to a vegan diet, confessed she crash-dieted to play Fantine in "Les Miserables.

Examiner.com

Diet helps combat holiday pounds
Famuan
This seven-day weight loss management plan has found the interest of students looking to lose a lot of weight in a short amount of time. Camille Daniels, a third year psychology student from Bradenton, ... According to Freddy Kaye, a clinical ...

Loving her low-carb life, Sharon Osbourne shows off 28-pound weight loss
San Francisco Luxury News
After losing 28 pounds on the Atkins diet, Sharon Osbourne looks and feels fabulous. And she ...Her weight loss is part of Sharon's focus on leading a healthy, happy life. But her diet ... I want tolose another seven and I'll do that over time ...

Will New Diet Drugs Cure the Obesity Epidemic?
Caribbean Media Vision
Americans love a quick fix, and the pharmaceutical industry has obliged with products to lose ourweight for us. Two new weight loss drugs have hit the market in spite of safety concerns: Qsymia and Belviq. The FDA had ... The drugs are considered ...

How to Beat 5 Embarassing Ailments With Your Diet
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
... we expect to get everything we seek with lightening speed. But it's not just information we want quickly—we also expect weight-loss diets to take effect immediately, and we want our workouts to make us look like body builders as soon as we join ...

GFD for the Gluten Tolerant: Healthy Cure-All, or Dangerous Fad?
Celiac.com
Some, like a Jennifer Esposito and Miley Cyrus suffer from celiac disease or non-celiac gluten intolerance, while others like Kim Kardashian and Lady Gaga don't have any kind of wheat intolerance, but still tout the diet's health benefits (often weight ...

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Featured Article Avoiding Pitfalls of Corporate Weight Loss Programs
Workforce Management
They were given access to nutrition and other wellness services and their physical activity was tracked—participants burned nearly 22 million exercise minutes and their pedometers approached 5 billion steps. ... "They say, `Help us lose weight.' says ...

Gov. Jindal confirms Louisiana won't do health insurance exchange ...
By Laura Maggi, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Gov. Bobby Jindal confirmed to the Huffington Post that Louisiana will not implement its own health insurance exchange, the new marketplaces for purchasing coverage that are supposed to be created within a year. The article, posted ...
New Orleans Metro Real Time News

Health Care - Washington Post
Now that we know the Affordable Care Act will be fully implemented major ... The Veterans Administration runs the country's largest health care system, with ...

Get going on health-care exchange
Greensboro News & Record (blog)
Get going on health-care exchange. Our editorial today urges the state to run the Affordable Care Act-mandated health insurance exchange rather than leave it to the feds. Last year, the state signaled its intent to operate its own program, but the ...

States face Friday deadline on health insurance exchanges
Kansas City Star
Many states that opposed the health care overhaul didn't prepare for the exchanges, hoping that a Mitt Romney presidential victory and a Republican takeover of the Senate would deal the law a death blow. But President Barack Obama won and Democrats ...

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How to avoid being obsessive about diet and exercise

How to avoid being obsessive about diet, exercise
Journal Times
She offered some tips on how to lose and maintain weight loss successfully, without obsessing or becoming addicted to stringent diets and compulsively working out. 1. Have a good support system of people in your life who support your health goals.

Dr. Oz's 5 Latest Diet Myths Busted
eMaxHealth
Diet Myth #1: If you want to lose weight, you should wait until you are hungry before you sit down to eat. “That my friends is a diet myth,” says Dr. Oz as he explains that our hunger is a lot like an air-filled balloon that shrinks when placed in ...

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The Checkup: Fad Diets Don't Work for Most People, Study Says
Philadelphia Magazine (blog)
Of the two-thirds who try to lose weight, researchers found, the ones who are most successful are those who stick to the tried-and-true tenets of weight loss: eat less,exercise more, eat healthier foods. Proving? It ain't rocket science, people. Also ...

Philadelphia Magazine (blog)

Economist's View: 'It’s All About Health Care': "What these three charts tell you is simple: It’s all about health care. Spending on Social Security is expected to rise, but not particularly quickly. Spending on everything else is actually falling. It’s health care that contains most all of our future deficit problems. And the situation is even worse than it looks on this graph: Private health spending is racing upwards even faster than public health spending ..."

For Business Owners, the Health Care Details Begin to Emerge
New York Times (blog)
But one of the tabs in the sheet was titled “Health Care Reform” and laid out all of the ways that theAffordable Care Act — a k a Obamacare — would be changing the landscape. ... “Health insurance will be available for purchase through the exchanges.

Budget negotiators get options for $385B in health care savings, mostly from ...
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Hoping to head off wider health care cuts in upcoming budget talks, a think tank close to the White House is unveiling a plan for how to save $385 billion, mostly from Medicare. Medicaid and the new health care law are largely spared from ...

APNewsBreak: Fla. gov. wants to talk health care
CBS News
He made his first foray into politics by forming a group called Conservatives for Patients' Rights that ran TV ads criticizing health care reform before it was adopted by Congress. Florida led the legal battle to stop the health care overhaul and ...

Governor Jindal Confirms No On Health Care Exchange, Suggests Medicaid ...
Huffington Post
The Affordable Care Act mandated the creation of exchanges in each state, which will serve as clearinghouses in which private insurance plans can compete for business in a central database as long as they meet certain government-specified criteria, and ...

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Anne Hathaway's 'Les Mis' diet: Two pieces of oatmeal paste

Anne Hathaway's 'Les Mis' diet: Two pieces of oatmeal paste - TODAY Entertainment: "Hollywood starlet Anne Hathaway credits a strict diet of dried oatmeal paste for helping her shed some 25 pounds for her role in the forthcoming big screen musical "Les Miserables." "I had to be obsessive about it - the idea was to look near death," Hathaway told Vogue about preparing for her role as the consumptive prostitute Fantine in the musical version of Victor Hugo's classic 19th century French novel.  Hathaway, 30, told the December edition of the magazine, that she first lost 10 pounds to begin filming and then later dropped another 15 pounds by eating nothing but two thin pieces of oatmeal paste a day."

Anne Hathaway lost 25 pounds for 'Les Mis': 'It was definitely a little nuts'
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
In a move straight out of costar Christian Bale's acting playbook, Anne Hathaway adopted an extreme diet and exercise regimen to tone her body for The Dark Knight Rises, then lost 25 pounds for Les Misérables. The Vogue cover girl discussed ... After...


Can Eating Carbs at Dinner Help You Lose Weight?
Men's Fitness
In a recent study, published in the journal Obesity, Israeli researchers put 78 overweight police officers on one of two weight loss diets—the first ate carbs throughout the day while the second saved them for dinner. (The study authors say the latter ...

Men's Fitness

Five Celebrity Weight Loss Myths That Are Like Poison for Your Mind
Huffington Post UK (blog)
Most celebrities heavily emphasise exercise as a big factor for their weight loss. But especially for women, if you rely on exercise alone to lose weight, you will be sorely disappointed. For women, limiting your calorie intake (eating less) is much ...

Dr. Oz: Reshape your body, blast fat with Tony Horton's quick diet and workout
Examiner.com
Reward: Cheat 10 percent of the time, using snack time as your cheat selection. Choose foods with only one ingredient. So if that can of tuna reads "tuna, water, preservatives, salt, food dye," put it back on the shelf. Re-shake to reshape! One meal ...

With $8M, Retrofit focuses on data, not dieting, to help people lose weight
GigaOM
Retrofit, a Chicago-based company offering a data-driven, expert-led weight losssystem, on Tuesday announced that it had raised $8 million in Series A funding, led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and including Correlation Ventures and Hyde Park Angels ...

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Eat pizza and lose weight? ABC 4 News tracks the WIO Diet
ABC 4
"Anybody dealing with high cholesterol, high blood pressure, fatty liver, obesity or diet diabetes they're all directly related to what's called hyperinsulinemia which is where the pancreas is excreting too much insulin," he said. Brady said to get ...

Health Care After the Election
Huffington Post
Throughout this election season, there has been considerable debate concerning the future of our nation's health care system. With the elections behind us, we ... First, the Affordable Care Act(aka Obamacare) will move forward. Throughout the primary ...

SD health care providers urge Medicaid expansion
Businessweek
"If we're left out of the benefits that can come from the Affordable Care Act, how do we take care of the people of South Dakota who are below the federal poverty level?" said Dr. Rob Allison, ... "People stay healthier when they have health insurance ...

NJ must decide soon on health insurance exchange
Ventura County Star
The decision is the first major one states must make under the health insurance overhaul adopted in 2010 by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama. The health care law aims to expand coverage to 30 million uninsured people nationwide.

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Celebrities and Eating Disorders

Celebrities and Eating Disorders - YouBeauty.com: "“It gets very complicated when people with body image issues are posting pictures,” she says. “They look at themselves and other people and compare. But it’s not an objective, logical comparison; it’s fueled by an inherently distorted body image and it’s difficult for these people to see the reality of their own reflections. They want positive feedback, but they’re looking through a distorted lens.” This may be as true for Lady Gaga herself as for anyone else. We can look at her pictures, stretched tall and lean in one, flaunting what many would consider an enviable derrière in another, and think, “But she looks so good. I’m supposed to feel sorry for someone who’s thinner than I am?” What we’re missing, Quinlan stresses, is that while a person with an eating disorder might be perceived as thin and beautiful, she sincerely believes she is severely overweight. I might say that Gaga looks great, but who knows what Gaga sees when she looks at her own image . . . "

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Slow and steady was key to weight-loss success

For Kathleen Pennington, slow and steady was key to weight-loss success
Columbia Daily Tribune
Kathleen Pennington works out on an elliptical trainer at Wilson's Total Fitness. She has lost more than 100 pounds through diet and exercise. Advertisement. This is not a story ... "I knew I wanted to lose the weight the right way, slowly, by changing ...

One man's route to weight loss
The Morning Sun
An education administrator at Alma College, the 33-year-old Korson had an “all-you-can-eat “ mealplan on the campus as part of his job compensation. At 6 feet, 3 inches, ... But when he was ready to fly to his vacation, it occurred to him that if he ...

Employers grapple with federal health care reform
Boston.com
... it appears the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, is here to stay. And as annual open enrollment periods get underway at many companies, both employees and employers face changes in health insurance coverage ...

Governor pressured on health-care exchange
Janesville Gazette (blog)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An array of interests, including business groups and liberal health careadvocates, is pressuring Gov. Scott Walker to create a state-run exchange under the federal health care law. Walker faces a Friday deadline to tell President ...

Unknowns in health care coverage worry those who may need it
La Crosse Tribune
They also might be helped by the law's health insurance exchanges — virtual marketplaces for people without employer coverage to buy private insurance beginning in 2014, in many cases with government subsidies. The health law, which requires most ...

Letters | Veterans Day gratitude, health care for veterans, salute to Marines
Kansas City Star
Recent articles on the “fiscal cliff” said that veterans benefits wouldn't be affected but neglected to mention federal proposals to triple veterans' health care premiums to help pay down the deficit. That proposal comes as a shock to veterans who ...

Economist's View: 'It's All About Health Care'
By Mark Thoma
The top graph is health care, including Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. The middle graph is Social Security. And then there's literally everything else: Defense, education, infrastructure, food safety, R&D, farm subsidies, the FBI ...
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Mindful eating helps weight loss

'Mindful eating' helps weight loss
Health24.com
The interventions took place over three months. Researchers assessed participants' healthmeasures and dietary habits immediately after the programmes concluded and then again three months later at the study's end. Weight loss and improvements in ...

Odd twist in weight loss's diabetes effect
Muncie Star Press
The study showed that obese people with diabetes who lost a modest amount of weight didn't lower their risk of a heart attack or stroke, but the weight loss did help improve many other health factors.... After four years, the findings showed that ...

Belly Bustin' Tips: Five Fall Fitness and Weight Loss Tips
TCPalm
Lee McCaskill is the owner of Before and After Weight Loss Clinics in Saint Lucie and Indian River Counties, and the nationwide diet program, Belly Buster Diet, Inc. In addition to being a Master Certified Weight Loss and Wellness Coach, Lee is a ...

Weight Loss Surgery may Lead to Bone Loss
Counsel & Heal
A new study suggests that weight loss surgeries or bariatric surgery can result in the loss of bones for some people. Here's another reason why exercise and maintaining a proper diet regime are the best ways to lose weight. However, for some people ...

Small Goals Keep Jennifer's True Weight Loss Story on Track
Diets In Review (blog)
For one, she's not on a diet. She's establishing healthy habits that are helping her achieve one goal at a time (which is one of the healthiest habits of all when losing weight). Setting small, manageable goals helps you enjoy achievement all along the ...

Jennifer Hudson talks weight loss diet
FansShare
When talking about losing weight with Weight Watchers, she says, “I'm at theweight I want to be. But I hear all the time, 'Don't lose any more weight, you need to stop.' People are under the impression that I'm still losing but I'm not. I'm getting ...

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'Salty six' foods revealed
India.Com Health
Beware of the six common foods that the American Heart Association (AHA) has revealed as major sources of salt in our diets. ... 'Excess sodium in our diets has less to do with what we're adding to our food and more to do with what's already in the food.

Harvard Medical School Belly Fat News and Weight Loss Tips for Women
eMaxHealth
A recent press release issued by the November issue of the Harvard Women's HealthWatch warns women that studies show that carrying around belly fat is much more than a cosmetic issue—it is also a warning sign that you are at risk of developing a ...

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10 health care reforms on track for 2013 after Obama wins election
San Jose Mercury News
10 health care reforms on track for 2013 after Obama wins election. Angela Cartermercurynews.com. Posted: 11/08/2012 11:57:07 AM PST. November 9, 2012 7:7 PM GMTUpdated: 11/09/2012 11:07:37 AM PST. [View the story "10 health care reforms on ...

Brownback: Kansas won't partner with federal government on health insurance ...
Charlotte Observer
The Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare, requires people to have some form ofhealth insurance coverage. Part of ... It became clear that the federal health care law probably won't be repealed when President Obama was reelected Tuesday.

What's Next on Health Care Costs?
Huffington Post
The health insurance marketplaces about to open in states across the country, for example, can set high standards for quality and patient safety and boost competition. The new Accountable Care Organizations can make sure care is better coordinated ...

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Weight Loss Can Improve Quality of Sleep

Weight Loss Can Improve Quality of Sleep
PsychCentral.com
And, the benefits are even greater if you can lose a couple of waist sizes in the process. Johns Hopkins researchers discovered that weight loss, whether it's fromdietary changes alone or from diet combined with exercise, can help improve the quality ...

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An odd twist to weight loss' effect on diabetes
Houma Courier
People with type 2 diabetes often are encouraged to lose weight to improve their health, but a puzzling new study may have some questioning that advice. ... “We did show the benefits of weight loss for improving depression, quality of life, sleep apnea ...

Healthy Recipes for Weight Loss Now Offered By RawFoodDietPlan.info
Broadcast Newsroom
Men and women that are making dietary plans to eat healthier could benefit from a new list of healthy recipes for weight loss that are now offered online. ... The added benefits of professionally created recipes combined with fat burning foods could ...

Weight Loss Is a Family Affair
Huffington Post
Like many adults, most of the teens were not getting enough calcium in their diet. While calcium plays a key role in muscle functioning, the nervous system and promoting heart health, adults need calcium (and weight-bearing exercise) to maintain strong ...

Want to Lose Fat? Count Your Hormones, Not Your Calories (Part 3)
Huffington Post
For example, perhaps you know someone who eats large amounts of fat and protein, lost a ton ofweight and is able to maintain that weight loss effortlessly. Perhaps you know others who have adopted a completely vegetarian diet, and were also able to ...

Don't Give Up!
Shape Magazine (blog)
Here are the three big obstacles I see and how to overcome them so you can jump of the diet rollercoaster, stay the course, and achieve sustainable weight loss that doesn't feel like a daily struggle. 1. Choosing the Wrong Approach Even if a weight ...

Shape Magazine (blog)

New 'Readers Digest' book reveals weight-loss secrets
9NEWS.com
KUSA - "The Digest Diet" is a weight-loss manual which reveals healthy alternatives to losing weight. The book references both healthy and natural foods proven to help people shed fat and promote weight loss. In an experiment to prove their theory is ...

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Eat more 'superfoods' to lose weight
WWLP 22News
"I've hated diets all my life," says Lucy Danziger, who is ironically the author of weight-loss book, " The Drop 10 Diet ." "If I tell you 'Don't ... According to Pratt, a superfood has three qualifications: It has to be readily available to the public ...

Jym Ganahl's Weight Loss Journey
NBC4i.com
But on the inside Jym has fought a personal battle with his weight, and is now happy to share his mission to lose weight and get in shape, hoping to inspire others to reach their goals. Jym is not only doing this for his health, but also for a very ...

How to Increase Libido and lose weight - Diet Talk - Health Talks
How to increase your sex drive while helping yourself lose weight? Add up some spice to your daily meal and make your girlfriend call you every night – be ...
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Obama's health care overhaul now moves quickly to the states, with more ...
Washington Post
A week from Friday, states must notify Washington if they'll be setting up new health insurancemarkets, called exchanges, in which millions of households and small businesses will shop for private coverage. The Health and Human Services Department ...

Rick Scott Still Won't Implement Parts Of Health Care Law After Obama Reelection
Huffington Post
Rick Scott (R) maintained that he would continue to reject implementation of key aspects of President Barack Obama's health care reform law this week, despite the certainty that Obamacare will now remain intact due to the president's reelection. Scott ...

Kansas officials ponder next health care step
CBS News
16 to tell the federal government whether it wants to be a partner in creating an online health insurance marketplace. Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger's office is preparing a partnership application and will seek grant money to implement the ...

Mo. won't run health insurance exchange by 2014
San Francisco Chronicle
Jay Nixon acknowledged Thursday that Missouri will not be able to set up an online marketplace for residents to shop for health insurance as envisioned under President Barack Obama's health care. That means federal officials will take over the task ...

Post-election, McDonnell says Virginia will default to federal health ...
Washington Post
AP. RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia will sign onto a federal health insurance exchange to meet its obligations under the federal health care overhaul, Gov. Bob McDonnell said after seeing his hopes of repeal likely die with President Barack Obama's re-election.

Sector Snap: Health insurance stocks
Businessweek
Insurance stocks flopped Wednesday after President Barack Obama's re-election reinforced the future of his health care overhaul, a law that fills investors with worry about government restrictions and tighter profits. But Bernstein analyst Ana Gupte ...

Mayo wants to talk health care with Obama, nation's leaders
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
... new health-care model for America," Noseworthy said. Although Obama passed the a wide-ranging health-care reform bill in his first term that is beginning to be implemented, Noseworthy was critical of the current model, the Rochester Post-Bulletin ...

Strikes focus on health care benefits changes and trends more than on wages
Examiner.com
See, Health insurance at heart of Raley's strike. When workers strike about decreasing after-retirement health care coverage benefits. When older workers strike from any given company, usually, it's about retirement medical coverage more than about wages.

Examiner.com

Obama's health care overhaul turns into a sprint | theGrio
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press
President Barack Obama (R) signs the Affordable Health Care for America Act as Marcelas Owens looks on during a ceremony with fellow Democrats in the East Room of the White House March 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip ... A week from Friday, states must notify Washington if they'll be setting up new health insurance markets, called exchanges, in which millions of households and small businesses will shop for private coverage. The Health and Human Services ...
theGrio

Obama's health care overhaul turns into a sprint - seattlepi.com
Missouri voters passed a ballot measure Tuesday that would prohibit establishment of a health insurance exchange unless the Legislature approves. "Republican governors are at the center of thehealth care universe right now," said Michael ...
seattlepi.com: Health News

Advice To The President On Controlling Health Care Costs ...
By Rachel Zimmerman
News on the state's largest health insurers; the effects of health care reform on coverage; rising premium costs. ... Deval Patrick signs a sweeping health care cost-containment law. (Photo: Jesse Costa/WBUR). At WBUR's Cognescenti today, four health care heavyweights offer President Obama some advice about controlling costs under the Affordable Care Act now that the law is here to stay. The advice, from David Seltz, James Roosevelt Jr., Regina Herzlinger and Stephen D'Amato, ...
CommonHealth

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