Good Health is Your Greatest Wealth……Virgil
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ATLANTA (Reuters) – More American adults are walking regularly but less than half of them exercise enough to improve their health, according to a federal study released on Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study, based on a telephone survey from 2010, found that 62 percent of adults walk 10 minutes or more a week, up from 55.7 percent in 2005. However, only 48 percent of adults exercise enough to improve their health, which was up from 42.1 percent in 2005, the CDC said. …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Since attorney Ted Cruz's victory in the Texas Republican primary for a Senate seat last week, Tea Party members across the country have been touting the strength of their conservative movement and its influence on the Republican Party. But don't expect much of a Tea Party celebration this month in Tampa, Florida, where beginning August 27 Republicans will hold their four-day national convention and formally recognize Mitt Romney as the party's presidential nominee. …
According to the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative , a new law designed to help uninsured patients in Colorado get information on hospital discount and charity programs went into effect on Wednesday, Aug. 8. The law also limits how much low-income uninsured individuals can be charged for their medical care. Here are the details.
A fire at one of the nation’s largest oil refineries helped push West Coast gas prices close to $4 a gallon Thursday, as the same federal team that investigated the Gulf Coast spill waited to inspect the unit that was knocked out by the blaze.
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Investors in U.S. hospital companies can expect more scrutiny of billing practices and the medical need for expensive treatments as the federal government faces greater pressure to recoup billions in fraudulent claims, analysts said. HCA Holdings Inc, the largest for-profit hospital operator in the United States, said earlier this week that federal authorities were investigating whether heart procedures performed at some of its facilities were medically necessary. This isn’t the first time that HCA has been in the government’s crosshairs. …
(Reuters) – Drugmaker Medivation Inc returned to recording a quarterly loss after a rare first-quarter profit as expenses rose, sending its shares down 3 percent after market. April-June net loss narrowed to $5.5 million, or 15 cents per share, from $9.5 million, or 27 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue, which Medivation generates mostly through collaborations with Astellas Pharma Inc, more than doubled to $42.9 million, boosted by $35.6 million of deferred revenue from ending a drug development deal with Pfizer Inc. …
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Behavior therapy can help some people with Tourette syndrome stifle their embarrassing and sometimes inappropriate tics, according to a new study of adults with the neurologic condition. “It really gives patients a wonderful alternative to medications,” said Sabine Wilhelm, who directs the OCD and Related Disorders Program at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and led the study. “It is something that has created a lot of excitement in the field,” she added, “because now we can finally treat neurological disorders with psychological interventions. …
Who gets thumped by higher taxes in President Barack Obama's health care law? The wealthiest 2 percent of Americans will take the biggest hit, starting next year. And the pain will be shared by some who aren't so well off — people swept up in a hodgepodge of smaller tax changes that will help finance health coverage for millions in need.
