Mainers signing up for Obamacare in record numbers
Mainers are signing up for Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance in record numbers, even as the law is under threat of repeal by a Republican-controlled Congress and President-elect Donald Trump. Enrollments in Maine are 9 percent ahead of the same time period last year, according to numbers released last week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Republican leaders in Washington have promised to repeal President Obama’s signature health care law shortly after Trump assumes o..>> view originalFirst Intersex Birth Certificate Marks New Option For People With Non-Binary Gender
A New York City agency has issued 55-year old Sara Kelly Keenan a birth certificate that bears the word intersex in the gender field. Keenan, who uses female pronouns, was born with male genes and female genitalia. The corrected birth certificate she received via mail last month is the first known intersex birth certificate that was issued in the United States. New Option For People With Non-Binary Gender About one in 2,000 children born each year can be considered as intersex, but they would h..>> view originalMore work lies ahead to fight Zika, other threats: CDC chief
CHICAGO – A year ago, the mosquito-borne Zika virus was only beginning to reveal itself as a threat to pregnant women and their unborn babies. Since then, U.S. officials have issued 60 travel alerts along with guidance for athletes and tourists traveling to the Olympics in Rio. They have also deployed more than 1,000 experts to Puerto Rico and elsewhere, tested more than 147,000 lab specimens, initiated 25 major studies and issued more than 230 scientific publications. And the work is not done..>> view originalCalifornia's Gigantic Medical-Marijuana Industry Could Be Devastated by an Unlikely Source
Image source: Getty Images.If you support the legalization of marijuana, 2016 didn't give you much to complain about. Last year, residents in four states approved recreational-marijuana ballot initiatives, doubling the total from the end of 2015, while five new states put medical-cannabis laws on their books. By year's end, 28 states and Washington, D.C., had legalized medical pot. And there's more where that came from. We saw two battleground states -- Pennsylvania and Ohio -- introduce and pa..>> view originalVirginia lawmaker proposes bill to declare porn a 'public health hazard'
Please enable Javascript to watch this video RICHMOND, Va. -- A Virginia lawmaker has filed a bill that would declare pornography a public health hazard in Virginia. State Delegate Bob Marshall, (R-Prince William), proposed the bill that says porn leads to social problems, such as hypersexualization of teenagers and normalizes violence and abuse of women and children. The bill does not call for a porn ban, only the need for education, research, and policy change to address the “public he..>> view originalResolved: A no-diet new year starts now
“I’ve noticed you’ve gained a little weight,” Mom said as we sat in the car. I was 11 years old and my body was just beginning to hint at hips. She reached over, tugging on the new roll of stomach fat that was hiding under my t-shirt. “Getting a little pudgy,” she teased.I’d been too busy feeling awkward that I was morphing into what adults called “busty” to specifically zero in on what my stomach had been up to — no good, as it turned out. I crossed my arms over my stomach, feeling the soft ro..>> view originalArmy warns of new threat to troops: Energy drinks
The US military is warning against the danger of troops over consuming energy drinks, saying it could do “some serious harm to your body.” A post on the pentagon’s official science blog this week details the health risks involved, citing a report that found soldiers in the field were more likely to fall asleep on duty if they consumed multiple beverages a day. The study by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, titled “Energy drink consumption and its association with sleep problems among ..>> view originalNot just being lazy: Why obese people can't stick to their gym programmes
NEW YORK: Obese people may have altered dopamine receptors, causing them to have little motivation to exercise, according to a new study which may explain why some overweight people find it difficult to stick to exercise programmes. Researchers from the US National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) fed the mice either a standard or a high-fat diet for 18 weeks. Beginning in the second week, the mice on the unhealthy diet had higher body weight. By the fo..>> view original
Thursday, January 26, 2017
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