Health Tip Of The Day

They’re back: Harry and Louise on health insurance (Boston Globe)
Harry and Louise are back for an encore. A series of political ads starring the fictional couple back in 1994 helped sour the public’s view of President Clinton’s plan for universal health coverage.

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (UPI)
Bipolar illness linked with abnormal genes Hair study may lead to better shampoos FDA OKs drug for Huntington’s chorea Grazing animals may lessen Arctic warning … Health/Science news from UPI.

Colo. oil, gas panel urged to consider health (Denver Post)
DENVER Some Coloradans are calling on regulators to make public health a priority as the state considers an overhaul of oil and gas rules amid a natural gas boom.

Health Highlights: Aug. 18, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Harry, Louise talk health insurance again (MSNBC)
A series of political ads starring the fictional couple back in 1994 helped sour the public’s view of President Clinton’s plan for universal health coverage.

Patterns: Improved Health for the Never-Married (New York Times)
People who do not marry have often been found to have poorer health than those who do. But things may be changing, a new study has found.

Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Baxter fell $.15 or .2 percent, to $69.82.

Japanese Foot Pad Is Latest Health Fad (NPR)
The newest craze in consumer health is adhesive pads filled with "detox" herbs that supposedly suck toxins out of the bottom of our feet while we sleep. An analysis at a California laboratory shows no significant difference between used and unused pads.

Health Highlights: Aug. 17, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

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Health Highlights: Aug. 17, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Abortion does not harm mental health, says study (Times Online)
Women do not put their mental health at risk by having an abortion, according to an authoritative study that will undermine the campaign to tighten the UK’s abortion laws.

Ask the Mayo Clinic: Family health history can help identify potential risks (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Medical Edge: Compiling a family health history can help identify potential health risks.

Health officials reopen Thompson Park Beach (Huron Daily Tribune)
HURON COUNTY The local health department reopened Thompson Park Beach on Friday, saying new tests show the waters to be well within safe levels of E. coli.

RI workers retiring early citing health care costs (Boston Globe)
Hundreds of state workers in Rhode Island are opting to retire early rather than pay higher health care costs.

Study reveals work force mental health impact (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
A Queensland study has found mental health problems affect about 15 per cent of the work force.

New community based Health services for Maraenui (Scoop.co.nz)
Maraenui Urban Renewal Trust in Partnership with Hawkes Bay District Health Board Addiction Services and Hawkes Bay Regional Problem Gambling Services are pleased to announce the success of a drop in centre from the office of the Trust at 3 Longfellow Ave.

Proposed changes to state health insurance programs face fight (Provo Daily Herald)
Group protests controversial state waiver to limit public programs for low-income families A nonprofit health care advocacy group is protesting potential changes to Utah’s public health insurance programs that it says could limit coverage choices for low-income families.