Six Obama Care Myths
No matter who you vote for in November, the myths going around about what the Affordable Health Care Act (Obama Care) abound. Here are the simple facts about Obama Care, and six myths you may not know.
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Bugs In the News: Brain Eating Amoeba, Hanta Virus, West Nile Virus
Bugs were in the news this month from Ebola in Africa, West Nile Virus in Texas, and the Neti Pot brain-eating bugs in Louisiana, and for the healthy campers of Yosemite there is Hanta Virus. Global warming and increasing temperatures have made conditions ripe for mosquitoes, amoebas, and virus to grow.
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Canada Health Care: Part 2
Update to the Canadian Health Care system. Turns out there is a reason that more Americans go to Canada for medicine, and health care, than Canadians come here. It is less expensive, the physicians spend more time with patients. So you have to ask US Big Pharma- do you really have to be this greedy?
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Pertussis: Adults get Re-vaccinated
The largest epidemic of Pertussis (whooping cough) is on-going – fueled in part by people who refuse to vaccinate their children, but more from adults who don’t know that the vaccine they had in childhood has worn off. If you are going to come in contact with an infant or newborn, do them a favor- get vaccinated today- it is easy, inexpensive, and you will be doing your part to stem this deadly epidemic.
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Vegans and Cancer: China Study 2
The China Study contends that a diet in whole plants can turn off and prevent most cancers. This based on their research as well as the work in China. Turns out that a Vegan diet won’t prevent cancer – and in fact, the opposite conclusions can be drawn from their work. Vegans get cancer, raw foods don’t protect against cancer, and the whole issue is more complicated.
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Smoking as Bad as Eggs?
Recent headlines stating “eggs are as bad as smoking” from a single article. Turns out the article was a poorly done article whose conclusions are highly suspect. Here are the reasons why.
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Childhood Obesity: Legislating Healthy Food
Schools that limit access to junk foods have fewer children that are overweight or obese. Perhaps it is time to make this a policy for all schools – we do have an epidemic of obesity among our children, and the schools are the surrogate parents for the children.
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Alternative Medicine: Its Backwards
Beware of Big Nutra – a 34 billion dollar industry that is unregulated and yet has the blessing of Congress. It is time to put an end to how these devices, pills, and treatments go unregulated allowing consumers to not only waste money, but possibly time they could use for treatments that work.
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Myth: Doctors Aren’t Taught Much Nutrition
There is a common myth that physicians are not taught much nutrition in medical school. Often this is stated by people who have never been to medical school, and where they received their information- who knows.
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