(TNS) – A deaf-blind Missouri man says a medical bill he didn’t know existed was sent to debt collectors, causing an 11% increase in his home insurance premiums. An insurer has suspended coverage for a blind woman every year since 2010 after she mailed printed “benefit verification” forms to her California home that she cannot …
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Healthy eating habits require effective collaborations between stakeholders, such as researchers and food retailers, to have impact and be sustainable. Today, more than half of all adults in the United States have one or more chronic diseases and diet-related health conditions, including obesity and diabetes, and the situation is getting worse.1. According to 2017-2018 data …
The annual pattern of winter depression and melancholy — better known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD — suggests a strong link between your mood and the amount of light you get during the day. To put it simply: the less light you are exposed to, the more your mood can decline. The winter blues …
GREEN BAY — With Alzheimer’s cases expected to rise in Indigenous populations, medical professionals, like Debbie Miller, a dementia care specialist for the Oneida Nation, must overcome unique obstacles in tribal communities. “There are certain cultural sensitivities that I navigate,” she said. “Some of our tribal members follow Western medicine, but others follow a more …
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DEti-related chronic diseases are the number one perennial killer in the United States, responsible for more deaths than Covid-19, even at the height of the pandemic. Yet we fail to define this as a “crisis”. In fact, our answer is lame: For decades, we’ve been telling people to “eat better,” a strategy that hasn’t worked …
It’s not uncommon to see packages of bread, crackers, cereal, or pasta with a stamp on the front, touting in big letters that it’s whole grain. In fact, they may not contain many real whole grains, according to a new study. An analysis of two decades of data on Americans’ diets found that people are …
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More than six million Americans have been infected with the flu and nearly 3,000 have died from the disease so far since October – in the worst outbreak in a decade. The latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also show that there were 53,000 hospitalizations during this period. A total …
Deaths from drug addiction, particularly alcohol and opioids, rose sharply among older Americans in 2020, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, as shutdowns disrupted routines and isolation and fear has spread, federal health researchers reported Wednesday. Alcohol and opioid-related deaths remained much less common among older people than among middle-aged and younger people, and …
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A sample plate of food icon MyPlate, is unveiled at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, June 2, 2011. Few Americans have heard of MyPlate, new research reveals. (Susan Walsh, Associated Press) Estimated reading time: 3-4 minutes WASHINGTON — Here’s a little quiz: what replaced the food pyramid, the government’s guide to healthy eating …
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Here’s a quick quiz: What replaced the Food Pyramid, the government’s guide to healthy eating that lasted nearly 20 years? If you’re confused, you’re not alone. More than a decade after Department of Agriculture officials abandoned the pyramid, few Americans have heard of MyPlate, a plate-shaped logo that emphasizes fruits and vegetables. Only around 25% …
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