Healthy Women

• Women's Life Span Declining in Many Parts of U.S.

  

  Posted 8:29 PM 3/7/2013

  March 7, 2013 -- A 15-year analysis of death trends in the U.S. surprised health researchers by revealing a widespread increase in premature deaths among women, especially in the Western and Southern regions of the nation.

  "We ... were actually shocked to see that female [death] rates were worsening in more than 42 percent of counties," says researcher David Kindig, MD, PhD, professor emeritus of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin (More)
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• Barack Obama Wins: What It Means for Health Care

  

  Posted 2:36 AM 11/7/2012

  President Barack Obama's victory in Tuesday's election ensures that the health reform law, the signature accomplishment of his first term, will move forward.

  Throughout the campaign, Gov. Mitt Romney vowed to repeal and replace the law if he became president.

  The law, also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will for the first time guarantee that all Americans have access to health insurance starting in 2014.

  "The path is (More)
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• Red Wine Compound May Not Help Healthy Women

  

  Posted 8:59 PM 10/25/2012

  Oct. 25, 2012 -- New research raises doubts about the health benefits of the much-hyped red wine compound resveratrol.

  In a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, healthy women in their late 50s and early 60s who took resveratrol (More)
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• Taking a Shot at Sinking the "Cruise Ship" Virus

  

  Posted 8:38 PM 9/13/2012

  Sept. 13, 2012 (San Francisco) -- An experimental vaccine shows promise for protecting people against a nasty stomach virus known for causing outbreaks of diarrhea and (More)
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• Fewer Lies, Better Health?

  

  Posted 2:34 PM 8/6/2012

  Aug. 6, 2012 -- People who make an effort to lie less say they have better relationships and report fewer health complaints, according to new research.

  "Our findings support the notion that lying less can cause better health through improving relationships," says researcher Anita Kelly, PhD, a professor of psychology at the University of Notre (More)
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• Cranberries Combat Urinary Tract Infections

  

  Posted 7:33 PM 7/9/2012

  July 9, 2012 -- Grandma's advice may be true after all. Cranberries, long touted as a folk remedy to combat urinary tract infections, may help curb urinary tract infections (UTIs).

  A new study confirms that cranberry juice and other cranberry products can help prevent UTIs in some people.

  But it may take more than a glass of cranberry juice in the morning to do the trick, and cranberries may benefit some people more than others.

  Each year in the (More)
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• WebMD Survey: Sharp Split Over Health Care Ruling

  

  Posted 8:39 PM 7/5/2012

  July 5, 2012 -- A WebMD survey of nearly 8,000 Americans reveals that people are divided over last week's Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act -- with 40% supporting it and 36% disagreeing with the highly anticipated decision.

  A corresponding survey of health care professionals on Medscape/WebMD showed that health professionals disagreed just as sharply as consumers.

  WebMD and Medscape conducted the surveys immediately following the court's (More)
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• WebMD Survey: Sharp Split Over Health Care Ruling

  

  Posted 8:39 PM 7/5/2012

  July 5, 2012 -- A WebMD survey of nearly 8,000 Americans reveals that people are divided over last week's Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act -- with 40% supporting it and 36% disagreeing with the highly anticipated decision.

  A corresponding survey of health care professionals on Medscape/WebMD showed that health professionals disagreed just as sharply as consumers.

  WebMD and Medscape conducted the surveys immediately following the court's (More)
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• Who Gets Covered Under Health Reform?

  

  Posted 10:00 PM 6/29/2012

  June 29, 2012 -- The Supreme Court decision to uphold key provisions in the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, cleared up one question: Will the law stand (for now)? But for many people, that was about all they found clear.

  There's still a lot of confusion about who will be covered, will the goal of insuring the uninsured be met, and what happens if I have preexisting conditions?

  The court's decision did put a kink in President Obama's plan to extend health (More)
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• Who Gets Covered Under Health Reform?

  

  Posted 10:00 PM 6/29/2012

  June 29, 2012 -- The Supreme Court decision to uphold key provisions in the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, cleared up one question: Will the law stand (for now)? But for many people, that was about all they found clear.

  There's still a lot of confusion about who will be covered, will the goal of insuring the uninsured be met, and what happens if I have preexisting conditions?

  The court's decision did put a kink in President Obama's plan to extend health (More)
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