Make 2015 the Year for Quality, Affordable Health Insurance
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Washington, DC - In this week’s address, the Vice President wished Americans a Happy New Year, and asked that as we make resolutions to get healthier in 2015, we take the time to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Millions of people have already signed up for quality, affordable health care under the law, and there is still time to secure the peace of mind that comes with getting covered.
Texas Firm Recalls Lamb Products Imported Without Benefit of Inspection
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Washington, DC - AMD Imports Inc., a Houston, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 35, 275 pounds of Australian lamb products because they were not presented at the U.S. point of entry for inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
Bad Luck of Random Mutations Plays Predominant Role in Cancer
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Baltimore, Maryland - Scientists from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have created a statistical model that measures the proportion of cancer incidence, across many tissue types, caused mainly by random mutations that occur when stem cells divide. By their measure, two-thirds of adult cancer incidence across tissues can be explained primarily by “bad luck,” when these random mutations occur in genes that can drive cancer growth, while the remaining third are due to environmental factors and inherited genes.
Celebrate the New Year with Tips for a Lifelong Weight Loss Transformation
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Aurora, Colorado - This year, resolve to make those weight loss resolutions stick. Holly Wyatt, MD and her staff at the University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center have discovered several secrets that contribute to long-term weight loss success. Wyatt is the center’s associate director and co-author of “State of Slim,” the book that shows dieters how they can create their own state of slim no matter where they live.
Research explains how we live in harmony with friendly gut bacteria
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Haven Connecticut - Stability in the composition of the hundred trillion bacterial cells in the human gastrointestinal tract is crucial to health, but scientists have been perplexed how our microbiota withstands an onslaught of toxins, dietary changes, and immune response to infections or antibiotics with little change.
New Meta-Analysis Aims to Settle Mesothelioma Surgery Debate, According to Surviving Mesothelioma
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Raleigh, North Carolina - Doctors in New York say lung-removing mesothelioma surgery results in more than twice as many deaths in the first thirty days as less radical lung-sparing surgery.
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