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Diet,Fitness & Wellness
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Eating healthy food may be cheaper than you think
Eating healthy may be cheaper than you think, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The government study determined "cheap food that provides few nutrients may actually be 'expensive' for the consumer from a nutritional economy perspective, whereas food with a higher retail price that provides ...
Many health care expenditures preventable by changing lifestyle
As the Supreme Court gets ready to decide on Pres. Obama's health care reform in June, I read a stunning new report that so many of the ailments we spend health care money on today are avoidable with changes in diet and exercise. Fortune reports that we're closing in on ...
Employers doing health care incentives and punishments
Employers are rolling out both incentives and punishments for employees when it comes to their health care. The Florida Sun Sentinel reports one company, if they can document that employees walk an hour a day, give employees a $200 bonus. Another company gives employees a $10 gift card when they ...
Facebook now lets you update your organ donor status
Through organ donation, you can make a difference even when you're not with us anymore. Facebook has now made it possible to update your page with your organ donor status and be added to your state's official organ donation registry. By building this feature in, Facebook is doing something to ...
Standing at your workdesk is healthier than sitting
Years ago, I talked about the Walkstation, a desk at which you stand that was equipped with a treadmill! People who had this thing would do their work while walking all day long at half a mile an hour. You can drop some tremendous weight by doing that. The Walkstation ...
Medicine takes a cue from retail with more customer focus
Entrepreneurs are leading medicine down a new path that will see doctors connecting with customers much like a retailer would. Massage Envy chain founder John Leonesio is at it again, according to The Arizona Republic. The serial entrepreneur wasn't happy with just taking massage from a snooty, snobby thing and ...
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Quitting smoking? Here's one alternative
Smokers who haven't been able to kick the habit just yet can still save big money on their cigarettes. There's a new, lower cost option that's springing up all over the country.
Early prostate cancer diagnosis affords time to weigh treatment options
With the news of Warren Buffett's prostate cancer announcement, I want to take the opportunity to give you an update on my prostate cancer and how I'm handling it. Prostate cancer is likely the second most-diagnosed cancer after skin cancer. Catching it early means that you'll often have no decrease ...
Insurers paying cash bounties if you seek out cheaper health care
No matter how the Supreme Court rules in June on President Obama's health care reform, the reality is we're spending too much of our nation's resources on health care. And we don't have the longevity and health of other countries that spend half of what we do! I believe the ...
Should you spend your money on BPA-free plastics?
Some three years ago, the big worry of the moment was that BPA in plastics was being linked to possible cancer and danger to your nervous system. Scientists cited studies where BPA was carcinogenic to lab rats, leading them to push to ban the chemical in our bottles. Now the ...
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