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(CNN) — When the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act in a 5-4 ruling Thursday, the American Medical Association was quick to release a statement in support of the “historic” decision that will give more people access to health … Continue reading →

Original article can be found here The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the 2010 federal health care law, dismissing the challenge by states to the law’s requirement that individuals get insurance. The justices, however, did give states the right to opt … Continue reading →

By Joy Bauer, TODAY nutrition expert (click here for original article) Cutting-edge research from Boston Children’s Hospital suggests that the type of diet you eat may affect your metabolism, a finding that has important implications for weight maintenance. Published in … Continue reading →

original article can be found at nytimes.com WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday left standing the basic provisions of the health care overhaul, ruling that the government may use its taxation powers to push people to buy health insurance. … Continue reading →

original article can be found on nydailynews.com While the stunning jump in numbers is likely attibutable to wider testing in DC’s most needy neighborhoods, HIV rates in heterosexual black women, a high-risk group, are on the rise. There’s a female … Continue reading →

You have countless choices in energy supplements. But what works? WebMD Feature By R. Morgan Griffin Reviewed By David Kiefer, MD Take a walk through your local supermarket, and you might come to the conclusion that Americans are in the … Continue reading →

Original article can be found at nytimes.com A federal health official’s ruling has cleared the way for 50 different types of cancer to be added to the list of sicknesses covered by a $4.3 billion fund set up to compensate … Continue reading →

original article can be found at nytimes.com He steered into the high school parking lot, clicked off the ignition and scanned the scraps of his recent weeks. Crinkled chip bags on the dashboard. Soda cups at his feet. And on … Continue reading →

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground” -Frederick Douglass (American Abolitionist, Lecturer, Author and Slave, 1817-1895)

Most feel pessimistic about their generation’s future  (original article can be found at nydailynews.com) In post-recession America, it’s a coin toss whether college graduates will wind up fully employed. Nearly 50% of grads over the last five years are unemployed … Continue reading →