Barney Frank: Obama 'lied' about health plans
The Hill
"But frankly, he should never have said as much as he did, that if you like your current health care plan, you can keep it,” he continued. “That wasn't true. And you shouldn't lie to people. And they just lied to people.” Republicans have hammered the ...
Fox News
Doc: Be wary of health trends on social media sites
Fox News
But here's the truth: Most diseases do not stem from a toxic buildup in your liver. If you are in good health and don't overload your system with toxic substances— like alcohol— your liver will be able to cleanse itself very well on its own. So be ...
Big Ten Network
BTN LiveBIG: Social media improving health?
Big Ten Network
For better or worse, social networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are an indelible feature of modern life. A research team of professors and students at Penn State's College of Medicine is trying to create a tool that can help scientists ...
New York Times
$1000 Hepatitis Pill Shows Why Fixing Health Costs Is So Hard
New York Times
“Clearly, $1,000 a pill strikes people as completely unreasonable,” said John Rother, president of the National Coalition on Health Care, an advocacy group that has been raising an outcry about the drug's price as “unsustainable.” Gilead “stepped in it ...
COMMENTARY: Safeguarding border health
Monitor
On July 28, I introduced the Border Health Security Act of 2014, which would strengthen the existing United States- Mexico Border Health Commission by codifying it as an independent and objective body able to recommend and implement initiatives to ...
Bowman: 5 tips to dramatically improve your health
The Coloradoan
When it comes right down to the foundations of what defines wellness, it is a state of overall well-being: physically, mentally, spiritually and relationally. I want to give you five tips that will dramatically improve your health and wellness. No. 1 ...
Chamber appoints business health manager
Frederick News Post (subscription)
A registered nurse who holds a bachelor's degree in nursing, Morgan was recently appointed business health manager for the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce. Morgan, of Myersville, will meet with business and community groups, not just chamber ...
Oklahoma Watch: Oklahoma to remain on sidelines as Washington hands out ...
NewsOK.com
Although the two actions appear somewhat contradictory, the bottom line is the same: Oklahoma will remain on the sidelines as Washington hands out money to states and health care groups that apply to participate in Affordable Care Act grant programs.
Oklahoma Watch: State sits out new Obamacare grantsTulsa World
Frayed safety net: Pittsburgh's health care leaders can fill the gap
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
It is said that the test of a good society is how it treats its most vulnerable members. Based on the struggles that many Pittsburghers face in obtaining health care, the test results aren't good — and this in a region that prides itself on top-ranked ...
Deseret News
Federal funding to boost behavioral health care at Salt Lake's Fourth Street ...
Deseret News
Benefits for the treatment of mental or substance abuse disorders were enhanced by fairly new health care reform laws, increasing access for hundreds of thousands of Utahns. Health centers are encouraged to use the new source of funding to hire ...