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Consuming white rice linked to risk of diabetes
Mar 16, 2012
Publishing in the British Medical Journal, researchers looked at four studies covering 350,000 people in Asia and the West.
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Kansas City grandma worries about Medicare
Mar 13, 2012
In this election year, commentator Emma Williams fears the health care program for seniors and the disabled will become a political football.
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The growth of the genetic testing industry
Mar 12, 2012
A new study that predicts that Americans could be spending $25 billion a year by the end of this decade on genetics testing. It's believed that the prospect of being able to sequence whole genomes at an affordable cost now is really a gamechanger.
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Health care costs: A pain in the neck
Mar 2, 2012
When you're in pain and in need of treatment, it's hard to pay really close attention to your health care choices. Commentator Renee Lux describes how treating her stiff neck led to a huge hike in her insurance costs.
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Sugar: Public (health) enemy No. 1?
Mar 1, 2012
Commentator Mark Bittman argues we should regulate sugar like we do cigarettes.
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New prescription for aspiring doctors
Feb 20, 2012
The Medical College Admission Test will require aspiring doctors to understand people as well as science.
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Investment banking hard on the mind and body
Feb 15, 2012
New research shows that work 100+ hours a week as an investment banker -- or a lawyer or software engineer -- can be a big hazard.
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First Lady's 'Let's Move' program expands to military
Feb 10, 2012
Michelle Obama will announce a Pentagon venture to make the food offerings in the U.S. military more healthy. It’s the first change to military rations in 20 years.
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President Obama compromises on contraception
Feb 10, 2012
Under the new plan, even women who work for religious employers will have access to free birth control. It's all because of an insurance company workaround.
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Rethinking hospital readmissions
Feb 7, 2012
Starting this fall, hospitals that readmit the same patients over and over in a short period of time will be fined. That has medical providers looking for better ways to keep people healthy when they're off hospital grounds.
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