Michael Douglas’ throat cancer was caused by HPV he got going down on you know who. But Catherine Zeta Jones still supports him!
And, in related news, an Australian study concludes that sperm is packed with super nutrients, so eating it can improve one’s health.
A new study suggests that women’s stronger immune systems could help them outlive men.
The immune system, also known as the lymphatic system, is the human body’s first defense against disease and infection. It’s made up of organs and tissue that produce and carry sickness-fighting white blood cells.
Under arbitrary and capricious rules designed to save money, hospitals stand to be penalized under Obamacare if they administer quality medical care. Pundit Dick Morris explains.
Millions of people around the world suffer from MS, but what is it? Let’s shine a light on this disease in an effort to increase awareness. H/T AsapSCIENCE
Now that Obamacare is the law, President Obama is moving to eliminate the public’s options to challenge or overturn any elements of the new health care laws. Pundit Dick Morris explains.
Members of Congress are trying to exempt themselves and their staffs from Obamacare because the new health care system is a complete mess with outrageous premiums and absurd requirements. Pundit Dick Morris explains.
“Most physicians can’t afford to accept Medicaid” patients, says Dr. Alieta Eck, a primary-care physician based in Piscataway, New Jersey. “If you’re getting paid about $17 per visit, it won’t be long before you can’t pay your staff or pay your rent.”
Medicaid is the nation’s health care system for the poor. It’s funded jointly by the federal government and the states. Medicaid is either the first- or second-largest budget item in all 50 states and the program is slated for a massive expansion under President Obama’s health-care reform law. Despite the program’s huge and growing overall cost, reimbursements to medical providers are so low that many practices refuse to accept Medicaid patients, causing long waiting periods for treatment. H/T Reason.TV
“The fact is that organisms are never perfectly suited to their environment,” says evolutionary biologist Marlene Zuk, “the way evolution works is through a whole series of compromises and jerry-rigged solutions based on what was there before.”
Zuk sat down with ReasonTV’s Tracy Oppenheimer to discuss her findings in her new book Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. She says that the paleo diet, philosophy and lifestyle overlook “a lot of really cool stuff that’s been happening in evolution.”
Australia’s Adam Garone has an impressive moustache, and it’s for a good cause. A co-founder of Movember, Garone’s initiative to raise awareness for men’s health — by having men grow out their moustaches every November — began as a dare in a bar in 2003. Now, it’s a worldwide movement that raised $126 million for prostate cancer research last year.
China’s remote Bama County is home to a significant number of the world’s oldest people but what is the secret of a long and happy life? Today, this remains the eternal unanswered question.
“I don’t have any secret of living a long life. You need to be a good person with a balanced mind,” says Huang Xu Ping, who is currently 113. According to locals, the abundance of “sunshine, clean air and water” is reason for their longevity. But with more and more tourists coming to see them, could the trappings of the modern world end their old way of life?
