February 2019 Print this issue Protect Yourself from Heart Attack and Stroke Have you had your cholesterol checked? Most adults should have a cholesterol test every 4 to 6 years. That’s because nearly 78 million American adults have high levels of the type of cholesterol that’s linked to heart disease and stroke. Cholesterol is a… Read More: Control Your Cholesterol: Protect Yourself from Heart Attack and Stroke »
(Bloomberg) Arizona just received the Trump Administration’s go-ahead to impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries. Under the policy, able-bodied enrollees between the ages of 19 and 49 will have to spend 80 hours a month working, attending school, or giving back to their community in some way. Arizona will be the eighth state to institute… Read More: Arizona Patients Should Welcome Medicaid Work Requirements »
Dentists Patients resort to DIY dentistry as NHS options disappear With most treatment now paid for, is this the tipping point for free health service dental care? An MP’s meet-and-greet visit to a dental practice in their constituency would usually pass without comment. But when the MP is the secretary of state for health and… Read More: Patients resort to DIY dentistry as NHS options disappear –… »
Getty Images©Jerry & Barb Jividen Mountain lion attacks on humans are exceedingly rare—as the Mountain Lion Foundation notes, you’re more likely to drown in your bathtub than face off with one of the big cats, which tend to avoid people rather than confront them. But that was not the case for a Colorado jogger on… Read More: A Man Fought and Killed a Mountain Lion After It… »