Preventive Care

Eco Etiquette: What Would Health Care Repeal Mean For The Environment?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Pill Pollution, Insurance Companies, Supreme Court Health Care Reform, Green News, Preventive Care, Green Living, Medical Waste, Overpopulation, Agricultural Policy, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Green Politics, Obamacare, Obama Health Care Reform, Green News

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. What's the Green stance o...

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Why Prevention Is In Peril

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Whitney Houston, Preventive Medicine, Prevention, Dr. David Katz, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Prevention Fund, Clinical Preventive Services, Preventative Medicine, Preventive Health, Preventive Care, American Preventive Medicine, Healthy Living News

As I write this, the Prevention Fund is about to undergo -- or has just undergone -- a $5 billion amputation. For those of us dedicated to disease prevention and health promotion, this is a very cruel cut indeed.

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Preventive Care Is Free -- Except For When It's Not

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Preventive Care Deductible, Preventive Care Free, Health Insurance Preventive Care, Insurance Preventive Care, Video, Preventive Care, Preventive Care Costs, Healthy Living News

CHICAGO — Bill Dunphy thought his colonoscopy would be free. His insurance company told him it would be covered 100 percent, with no copayment ...

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The Cost Of Being Female: How Much The Average Woman Spends On A Lifetime Of Basic Health Care

GOOD | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Hpv, Diabetes Screening, Women Health Care, Iom, Hpv Testing, HIV Testing, Women's Health, Preventive Care, Hiv Counseling, Contraception, Birth Control, Women News

The Institute of Medicine has named eight preventive services that women should get for free under the new health care law. Exactly how much money are...

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Watching Prevention Make History With The 'National Prevention Strategy'

Larry_Cohen | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Regina Benjamin, National Prevention Strategy, Affordable Care Act, Preventive Health Care, Healthy Living Health News, Preventive Medicine, Preventive Care, Prevention Institute, Healthy Living Body, Children's Health, Community Health, Healthy Living News

This was a historic occasion. For the first time, the nation has delineated a broad, coherent approach to prevention -- and made it clear that prevention is critical for improving our health.

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Picking Botox Over Preventative Care?

Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: America Health Care, Healthy Living Health News, Preventive Care, Prevention, Health Care, Preventative Care, Botox, Healthy Living News

Americans are starting to see the doctor again, but more often for cosmetic procedures, such as Botox treatments, rather than cancer screening and...

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In The Public Interest: Will Health-Care Challenges Help or Hurt Consumers?

Larry McNeely | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Small Business, Health Insurance Companies, Preventive Care, Commonwealth v. Sebelius, Health Care Reform, Virginia District Attorney, Consumers, U.S. PIRG, Medical Price Transparency, Health Care, Politics News

Today, Judge Henry Hudson heard oral arguments in Commonwealth v. Sebelius, which asks the judge to issue a court order that would stop implementation of the entire health-care law. If that happens, consumers are in for a world of trouble.

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Hey, Republicans - it's not nice to scare Grandma for no good reason

Mark Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medicare, Medicare Part D, Medicare Advantage, Preventive Care, Doughnut Hole, Doughnut-Hole, Wellness, Preexisting Condition, Preexisting Conditions, High-Risk-Pools, High Risk Pools, Business News

I'm trying to remember when it was that Republicans became such big champions of Medicare. Certainly not in 1965, when the GOP joined the American Medical Association in fighting enactment of the program.

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TED Talks: Anne Wojcicki Of 23AndMe Discusses Consumer Genomics At TED MED 2009 (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Michael Macher | Posted 04.10.2012

Here's a question: If you could find out whether you were genetically predisposed to a life-altering disease like Alzheimer's or breast cancer, would ...

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Health Care Update: 1910

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cleanliness, Rockefeller Institute of Medicine, Healthcare Reform, Preventive Care, Health Care, Politics News

In 1910 there were no drugs as powerful as sulfa or antibiotics, but the government and the medical profession were beginning to wrestle with regulation of the medicines that existed.

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Why Do Men Die Younger Than Women?

Myles Spar, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Smoking, Dying, Differences Between Men and Women, Preventive Care, Health, Death & Dying, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer, Obesity, Health Care, Life Span, Wellness, Death, Healthy Living News

Social policy impacts the rate at which men access the healthcare system. Fewer programs target men as specifically as women. Men are less likely to be insured and less able to qualify for public insurance

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Four Health Care Reform Issues We Are Ignoring

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Uninsured, Misuse of Emergency Rooms, Preventive Care, Politics News

As a health and medical writer, here are four issues that are not always clearly explained when the potential changes in our health care system are discussed.

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Dissected: What HuffPost Readers Found In The Health Care Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform Bill, Public Option, Preventive Care, Health, Health Care Reform, Cost Controls, Reader Response, Kennedy Bill, Health Care, Class, Politics News

The first wave of readers who answered our call to look through the Kennedy health care bill has already found a lot to highlight. As a reminder, ...

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