(8 stories) Retiree health cost estimate falls, for a change

Health - News March 31, 2011 See Health Weather Retiree health cost estimate falls, for a change (Boston) Rising health care costs are a given. But for the first time in 10 years, the outlook is improving for new retirees wondering whether they'll be able to pay their medical bills throughout their retirements. Cancer help 'needs urgent reform' (Linlithgow Today) A charity has called for "urgent" reform to the long-term care of cancer patients after a survey suggested two-thirds of Scots with the disease felt they did not get enough support when they left hospital. Ready, Set, Lose! How to get ready, set goals, and lose weight (hivehealthmedia) Most of us have goals and aspirations we attempt. Sometimes we are successful, but other times, especially when it comes to losing weight this goal can seem elusive, out of reach, almost impossible to attain. Why is this? Quinoa: One of the Most Nourishing Foods on Earth (hivehealthmedia) Never heard of Quinoa? We're not surprised. This wonder food once gathered dust on grocery store shelves. Over the last two years it has exploded on the internet, in cookbooks and in popular healthy diet recipes. It has become especially popular among vegan, weight loss, gluten-free and vegetarian diets. So what makes this newly discovered super food so "super"? Excessive vitamin D intake? (hivehealthmedia) Is too much of a good thing a bad idea? I'm seeing posts everywhere about mega doses of vitamin D >> one "expert" said they take 50,000 I.U. a day!!! Wow. Medicare To Pay For $93K Prostate Cancer Drug (Channel3000) Medicare officials said Wednesday that the program will pay the $93,000 cost of prostate cancer drug Provenge, an innovative therapy that typically gives men suffering from an incurable stage of the disease an extra four months to live. House Republicans seek IRS probe of AARP ( KEPR CBS 19) AARP lobbied for the new health care law and now it stands to profit, Republican lawmakers charged Wednesday as they called for the IRS to investigate whether the powerful interest group representing millions of older Americans should be stripped of its federal tax exemption. SC bill would bar smoking when a kid is in the car (WMBF News) A South Carolina bill making it illegal for drivers or passengers to smoke with a child in the vehicle is up for debate by a House panel. More Health News...

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