Health - News April 23, 2011

What 25g of protein from grilled chicken breast and edamame look like! (hivehealthmedia)
I know people who eat soy products. Some are Vegetarian and some are Vegan. I have had clients that are what I call 80% vegetarian. They are ovo-lacto vegetarians usually, allowing only diary products and eggs. Some found other ways to eat protein by adding fish into their diet as well (ovo-lacto-pesco vegetarian). Then there were clients somewhat in between that ate in this fashion, yet would occasionally have poultry or red meat at a meal. Follow the link for the Infographic of chicken breast vs. soy protein.

Confusion alert: When prevention and treatment mix, who pays? (WNOL-TV New Orleans)
For years, doctors have urged patients over the age of 50 to get colonoscopies to check for colorectal cancer , which kills 50,000 Americans a year.

Judge tosses worker's suit over NYC office bedbugs (6 ABC)
This undated file photo provided by Orkin LLC shows bed bugs. Despite the itchy rise to prominence of bedbugs around New York City, officials have long been limited in what they could do to get negligent landlords to address the spread of the minuscule critters.

NY Rep. Hinchey being treated for colon cancer (Boston)
U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey says he's being treated for curable colon cancer. The Democrat from New York's Hudson Valley says doctors expect a full recovery.

Pfizer says patient died in oral RA drug study (Times Leader)
Pfizer Inc. confirmed that one patient who was taking its drug candidate tofacitinib, a pill designed to treat rheumatoid arthritis, died during a recent clinical trial and said the death was connected to the drug.

Is Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan Like Obama's? (WTMA-AM North Charleston)
President Obama has dubbed Rep. Paul Ryan's 2012 budget "fairly radical." The Republican congressman from Wisconsin has claimed the president's Affordable Care Act "is accelerating our country toward bankruptcy." Underneath the rhetoric, however, Ryan's plan to reform Medicare -- a central part of his 2012 proposal -- bears some glaring ...

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