Health

First Lady Michelle Obama Says 'Let’s Move' to Fight Childhood Obesity, Encourage Healthy Living

Political Punch (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

ABC News’ Karen Travers reports: First lady Michelle Obama today kicked off her new initiative aimed at solving childhood obesity, called “Let’s Move,” and said now is the time to aggressively tackle this problem. “Instead of just worrying and wringing...

• First lady launches 'Let's Move' campaign aimed at childhood obesity - Chicago Tribune
• David Washington: Mrs. Obama Says "Let's Move!" - The Huffington Post
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Homocide Ruled in Death of Nancy Kerrigan's Father

Entertainment Tonight (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

The death of pro-skater Nancy Kerrigan 's father has been ruled a homicide. Authorities tell ET: "The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has released his findings on the cause and manner of death of Daniel Kerrigan . The Medical Examiner determined that the cause of death was cardiac dysrhytmia following a physical altercation with neck compression causing injury to the neck in the form of...

FDA aims to rein in radiation-based medical scans

Examiner (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will work with doctors and manufacturers to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from medical scans, a problem that has been growing for decades.

Michelle Obama Leads Campaign Against Obesity

The Caucus (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

The first lady takes on an initiative to reduce the weight of young people.

Uh, Who's Paying for this Obesity Task Force, Honey?

JammieWearingFool (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Consider this a federal mandate and you're picking up the tab. Just so Michelle Obama has a purpose in life, or something like that.n the Oval Office this morning, President Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum in conjunction with his wife’s launch of a nationwide campaign to tackle childhood obesity, what he called the “most urgent” health issue facing the country.Most urgent health...

Cancer Epidemiology, Drinking Soda Linked to Pancreatic Cancer

US News & World Report (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

According to a study published this week in the journal of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, drinking just two sodas a week can nearly double your risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Over 60,000 men and women who were part of the Singapore Chinese Health Study were followed over a 14 year period. Results showed that people [...]

• Study Links Soda to Increase of Pancreatic Cancer - Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer
• Sugary soft drinks linked to pancreatic cancer: study - France 24
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Sure Bush's Deficits Were Enormous, But They Will Be Dwarfed By What Obama Has In Store

The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Veronique de Rugy has a good post on the limits of blaming Bush for the deficits. Yes, Bush enacted a horrible prescription drug benefit and tax cuts that didn't improve matters. But the net increase in interest on the Federal debt under Bush was dwarfed by the current and future projected deficits, and will naturally shrink further as inflation returns. And the tax cuts expire this year. The proponents...

Michigan man with 100 dogs gets 5 years probation

New York Post (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

DETROIT -- A Michigan man who had hundreds of live and dead Chihuahuas and Chihuahua mixes in his home has been sentenced to five years of probation in a mental health program and ordered not to own animals. At his sentencing hearing Tuesday in Wayne County Circuit Court, Kenneth Lang...

New Stimulus Package Includes Money for Medicare "Doc Fix"

Amspecblog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Senate Democrats just leaked a draft of their new stimulus package, formally called the "Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act." As the Hill reports: The 362-page draft...

If Only Rahm Had Tried Jim DeMint

Jonathan Chait (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

I've been critical of Rahm Emanuel recently. But this line of attack seems a little unpersuasive: Democrats in Congress are holding White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel accountable for his part in the collapse of healthcare reform. ... The lawmaker said Emanuel misjudged the Senate by focusing on only a few Republicans, citing Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins as too narrow a pool. “In...

NYT: GOP Has Ideas for Health Care Reform

The Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

As Republican leaders and the White House haggle over the details of the February 25 health care summit , conservatives have an opportunity to highlight the ideas they think could improve the health care marketplace while lowering costs, increasing the number of insured, and protecting what Americans like best about their health care system. Many of those ideas are included in Jeffrey Anderson's "small...

Sorry, Jonathan Chait, But You Did Not "Smackdown" My Defense Of Bush's Fiscal Policy

The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Keith Hennessey (right) was an economic advisor to George W. Bush. His claim that Obama has been more profligate than Bush was fiercely criticized by liberal economists. This guest post originally appeared at his blog KeithHennessey.com ----- Last Tuesday I critiqued one of President Obama’s comments in my post “ Which is the decade of profligacy? [1] ” Mr. Jonathan Chait, Senior...

Insurer Denies Life-Prolonging Treatment To Five-Year-Old Boy With Cancer

Think Progress (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

One of the worst abuses of private insurance companies is the practice of using spurious reasons to deny claims for medical treatments, which are often necessary for saving patients’ lives. Kyler Van Nocker’s story shows that even 5-year-old kids are not exempt from this insurance company abuse. Van Nocker has neuroblastoma, which is a [...]

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Senate jobs bill bears little resemblance to House jobs bill

Open Left (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

In response to my query on the content of the jobs bill and nature of the deal that earned Republican support for the bill, Senator Reid's office sent me a transcript of Reid's statements on the floor of the Senate this morning. The key graph (emphasis mine): MR REID: I would also say that we are contemplating, if we can work out the procedural difficulties, not being in session tomorrow. We have some...

ObamaCare in the House (M.D.)

NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

It's always nice to see Hollywood pitch in and do its bit for the nation. In WWII, Tinsel Town mobilized to help defeat the Axis powers. Today, the heirs of that proud tradition are going all out against today's forces of evil - medical insurance companies. At least, that's the impression fans of Fox's "House M.D." got from the show's Feb.8 episode. Detailing a hectic day in the life of...

A "Delicious" directing debut for Mark Ruffalo

odessa4ck1g | yesterday

PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter) –The Lord's ways are mysterious if not downright perverse in "Sympathy for Delicious," an unusual tale of miracles and self-doubt that marks the feature-directing debut of Mark Ruffalo. Although not aimed at the conventional religious audience (its profanity and occasional images of debauchery rule that out), it is straight-faced enough about its metaphor-ready...

Nadal returns to Spain for medical scans to determine severity of knee injury

sextushtjiy | yesterday

MADRID, Spain - Rafael Nadal will undergo further medical scans in Spain to determine the severity of the knee injury that forced him out of the Australian Open. The second-ranked Nadal retired during his quarter-final against Andy Murray after losing the first two sets and trailing in the third, complaining of discomfort in his right knee. Tendinitis in that same knee forced him to miss part of last...

Imformation of In home personal trainers NYC.

bodybyserge | yesterday

At present, people have become very conscious about their body and its fitness. There is no doubt that it is a very important part of the human life and with reference to the present, fitness of the body is rare. People are suffering from different health problems and all these problems are affecting the normal way of life for every human being. This situation is prevailing everywhere including the...