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      Health Insurance Premiums Show Sharp Increase in 2011

      September 28, 2011 /

      Health insurance premiums increase leaving consumers and employers to decide how to pay for services.

      Including employers’ contributions, the overall premium has increased 113 percent since 2001 to $15,073 a year.

      More workers, especially in smaller firms, continue to join high-deductible health plans. Thirty-one percent of covered employees this year have to pay at least $1,000 in single plans before coverage kicks in, up from 27 percent last year.

      The survey also highlighted some early results of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform.

      Under one of the few provisions already in effect, people under the age of 26 are now allowed to remain covered by their parents’ insurance plans to curb historically high uninsured rates in that age group. The Kaiser survey estimated that U.S. companies have added 2.3 million young adults to their parents’ family health policies.

      Health Care Policy, Health Insurance, Research, Resources, Wellness

      CDC Urges Flu Vaccine, Without Question

      September 28, 2011 /

      The CDC is strongly recommending the flu vaccinethis year.

      For the immune-compromised, the elderly, children and pregnant women, it is the best way to be protected during flu season.

      Last flu season, about 130.9 million Americans, or 43 percent of the U.S. population, received a flu shot. That’s about 8 million more than the previous season, said Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

      While researchers can’t predict exactly what this flu season will hold, “We can say with certainly that the best way to protect yourself, your family and your community is to get a flu shot,” Frieden said at a NFID news conference today.

      “For most people, the flu makes them sick for a few days, but for others — especially children, the elderly and people with underlying health conditions — it can be life-threatening,” Frieden said.

      Health Care Policy, Quality Control, Research, Resources, Wellness

      8 Deaths and 55 Illnesses Linked to Tainted Cantaloupe

      September 22, 2011 /

      Four strains of listeria bacteria have been connected to tainted cantaloupe from Jensen Farms in Colorado.

      Listeriosis is a serious foodborne infection that can cause illness and death in older adults, pregnant women and those with underlying medical conditions and compromised immune systems. Infections are usually caused by contaminated lunch meat, hot dogs and Mexican-style cheeses, not by produce.

      Local, state and federal health experts are investigating the widening outbreak tied to Rocky Ford-region brand whole cantaloupe shipped by supplier Jensen Farms of Holly, Colo. On Sept. 14, the federal Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of cantaloupes linked to the multi-state outbreak of listeriosis. The affected cantaloupes were shipped between July 29 and Sept. 10 to at least 17 states and possibly more.

      Quality Control, Resources, Wellness

      Keeping a Food Diary Will Help You Reach Your Goals

      September 21, 2011 /

      Keeping a food diary is one of the best ways to ensure weight loss success.

      Everyone underestimates how much they eat and keeping a diary keeps you accountable and aware.

      The American Academy of Family Physicians offers these tips on what to record in your food diary:

      Exactly what foods you ate — don’t forget to include any condiments, sauces or other extras.

      The amount of food that you ate, in either size or volume.

      What time of day that you ate, and where you were when you ate.

      What you were doing when you ate, and how you felt when you were eating.

      Whether you were alone or with someone else.

      Nutrition, Resources, Wellness

      1000 Women in the World Die of Childbirth Everyday

      September 21, 2011 /

      Two women who die in childbirth everyday are in the United States.

      Lack of medical care and lack of supplies is one cause of the problem.

      Those in Sub-Saharan Africa and in South East Asia are at greatest risk.

      Exacerbating the lack of medical care and resources, child brides are at greatest risk of dying during childbirth which is common in these two areas.

      Quality Control, Research, Resources, Wellness

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