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A Health Maven's Sweet Secret - New York Times

New York Times

A Health Maven's Sweet Secret
New York Times
“She doesn't bring dessert,” a friend's teenage son complained when he heard I was coming to dinner. “She brings fruit.” ¶ That was true for decades. But no more. You may know me as a health maven, but in my kitchen I have a double life, one in which ...


Aetna will exit California's individual health insurance market - Los Angeles Times

Aetna will exit California's individual health insurance market
Los Angeles Times
Aetna was a distant fourth in the state's individual health market with a 5.2% market share in 2011, according to Citigroup data. Anthem Blue Cross, Kaiser Permanente and Blue Shield of California dominate that business with a collective 87% market ...
Aetna will stop selling individual health plans in Calif.; was a small player ...Daily Journal

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There's no substitute for good health [Editorial] - Baltimore Sun

There's no substitute for good health [Editorial]
Baltimore Sun
Under the Harford County Charter, the county council also is the county's board of health. There's a good reason for this because the county government bears a measure of oversight responsibility for the Harford County Health Department, even though ...


In The Crowded World Of Health And Fitness Tracking, Winners Are Slow To ... - Forbes

In The Crowded World Of Health And Fitness Tracking, Winners Are Slow To ...
Forbes
In fact, there are probably a few thousand apps for that, not to mention several dozen devices designed to record all sorts of metrics relevant to your health and fitness. They're all working to make inroads among an increasingly tech-obsessed consumer ...


Pro-Obama group airs TV ad defending health-care law - NBCNews.com

Pro-Obama group airs TV ad defending health-care law
NBCNews.com
This ad comes as the most recent NBC/WSJ poll found that just 37 percent of Americans said the health-care law was a good idea, versus 49 percent who said it was a bad idea. That 49 percent on bad idea was the highest negative rating on that question ...
Pro-Obama group airing health adsMiamiHerald.com

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Why are health care costs rising slowly? - Washington Post

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Why are health care costs rising slowly?
Washington Post
It's one of the hottest debates in health care: Is the historically slow growth in health spending in recent years due to the lingering effects of the recession, or is it a fundamental change that augurs well for the future? The implications are huge ...
Fewer Young Americans Lack Health Care CoverageWebMD
Health care costs to slow in 2014CNNMoney
Consumers Help Slow Growth in Health SpendingNew York Times
MSNBC -Yahoo! News -Fox Business
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Groups launch multimillion-dollar push to promote health-care law, sign up the ... - Washington Post (blog)

Groups launch multimillion-dollar push to promote health-care law, sign up the ...
Washington Post (blog)
The race is on to sign up uninsured Americans for health-care coverage this fall, with a number of large national advocacy groups launching aggressive, multimillion-dollar campaigns this summer aimed at promoting President Obama's health-care law.
Enroll America Launches Health-Insurance PushWall Street Journal (blog)
Health Law Allies to Focus on Uninsured in 18 StatesBloomberg
Obama's army of supporters to man the trenches in new health care pushWashington Times
Boston.com -The Hill (blog) -kwwl.com
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#AskSanjay your brain health questions - CNN

#AskSanjay your brain health questions
CNN
(CNN) -- The lifestyle choices you make today directly impact your brain health as you age. So what are the best foods to keep your brain sharp? How does exercise help prevent cognitive decline? Do memory games really help? Are we any closer to finding ...

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Philippines reproductive-health law tests power of Catholic Church as it ... - Washington Post

Philippines reproductive-health law tests power of Catholic Church as it ...
Washington Post
MANILA — In what is expected to mark a pivotal moment in this rapidly developing but still impoverished nation, the Supreme Court of the Philippines will weigh next month the constitutionality of a new reproductive-health law that pits the entrenched ...

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Health Cost Growth Slows Further Even as Economy Rebounds - Bloomberg

Bloomberg

Health Cost Growth Slows Further Even as Economy Rebounds
Bloomberg
Health-care costs for commercial insurers and employers are expected to rise about 4.5 percent next year after accounting for changes in benefits, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said in a report today. The increase is a percentage point less than what the ...