‘Obamacare’ Helping Young Adults Get Health Insurance: Report

by | posted: December 12, 2013
Tweet WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2013 (HealthDay News) — More young adults have health insurance now than three years ago. And many of them are getting that coverage under a provision of the Affordable Care Act that allows them to stay on their parents’ health policies until they turn 26, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday. From the last six months of 2010, when the law took effect, through...
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110,000 Sign Up With Healthcare.gov in Nov.

by | posted: December 12, 2013
Tweet Mary Hualde, a navigator in Utah helping people sign up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act, says healthcare.gov is finally working smoothly enough for her clients to enroll. “It’s like a new world,” Hualde said this week about the Web portal that became the butt of jokes and an embarrassment to President Barack Obama after its troubled October launch frustrated millions. While...
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Dangerous Bacteria Can Lurk Inside Nose, Study Finds

by | posted: December 12, 2013
Tweet Dangerous Bacteria Can Lurk Inside Nose, Study Finds By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2013 (HealthDay News) — Potentially harmful staph bacteria can lurk deep inside the nose, a small new study finds. Researchers tested 12 healthy people and found that formerly overlooked sites deep within the nose may be reservoirs for Staphylococcus aureus, which is...
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Most Americans Don’t Deal With End-of-Life Issues, Study Finds

by | posted: December 11, 2013
Tweet Most Americans Don’t Deal With End-of-Life Issues By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2013 (HealthDay News) — Most Americans do not deal with end-of-life issues and wishes, a new study indicates. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 8,000 people who took part in nationwide surveys conducted in 2009 and 2010, and found that only about 26 percent...
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Treating Sleep Apnea May Lower Hard-to-Control Blood Pressure

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Tweet Treat Sleep Apnea, Lower Hard-to-Control BP? By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 10 (HealthDay News) — People with sleep apnea and hard-to-control high blood pressure may see their blood pressure drop if they treat the sleep disorder, Spanish researchers report. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the standard treatment for sleep apnea, a condition...
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Weight Loss Surgery for Severely Obese Teens

by | posted: December 11, 2013
Tweet Weight Loss Surgery for Severely Obese Teens Dec. 10, 2013 (Washington, D.C.) — Fifteen-year-old Jacob Miller’s body mass index, or BMI, was off the charts. More than 6 feet tall, Jacob weighed 702 pounds at his heaviest. An online BMI chart from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute goes up to 443 pounds, which, for a 6-foot-4 individual, means a BMI of 54. Anything over 40...
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7 Tips to Get Enrolled in Marketplace Insurance

by | posted: December 10, 2013
Tweet Got Enrollment Questions? Dec. 10, 2013, at noon ET The deadline for getting coverage through the health insurance Marketplaces is almost here. If you have questions about your options, join WebMD health reform experts Sarah Goodell, Dean Rosen and Lisa Zamosky for a live chat at noon ET Dec. 10. Join See More Article source: http://www.webmd.com/health-insurance/20131209/get-enrolled-insurance?src=RSS_PUBLIC
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Pot Smoking in Pregnancy Tied to Stillbirth Risk

by | posted: December 10, 2013
Tweet Pot Smoking in Pregnancy Tied to Stillbirth Risk By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2013 (HealthDay News) — Expectant mothers who smoke marijuana may triple their risk for a stillbirth, a new study suggests. The risk is also increased by smoking cigarettes, using other legal and illegal drugs and being exposed to secondhand smoke. Stillbirth risk is heightened...
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Many Lung Cancer Tumors May Prove Harmless, Study Finds

by | posted: December 10, 2013
Tweet Many Lung Cancer Tumors May Prove Harmless By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2013 (HealthDay News) — Smokers who have a CT scan to check for lung cancer stand a nearly one-in-five chance that doctors will find and potentially treat a tumor that would not have caused illness or death, researchers report. Despite the finding, major medical groups indicated...
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U.S. Stroke Deaths Fell 30 Percent Over Past Decade

by | posted: December 9, 2013
Tweet U.S. Stroke Deaths Fell 30% Over Past Decade By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 3, 2013 (HealthDay News) — Stroke deaths in the United States have been dropping for more than 100 years and have declined 30 percent in the past 11 years, a new report reveals. Sometimes called a brain attack, stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability. Stroke, however,...
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