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‘Country is watching’ Massachusetts insurance plan

BOSTON Little more than a year after it was passed by Massachusetts officials, the nation’s first law requiring people to have health insurance faces its biggest test: Will the remaining 375,000 or so uninsured buy policies?
Signs of the state’s push for people to buy coverage are everywhere. Ads urging people to get policies […]

Cats can make your allergies worse

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Keeping a cat can trigger allergic reactions in more than a quarter of the population, scientists have discovered. British scientists found cats could cause breathing difficulties in people with some of the most common allergies.
The team from Imperial College, London, took samples from the mattresses of almost 2,000 European volunteers with common allergies, […]

Women are twice as likely to suffer mid-life strokes

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Middle-aged women are more than twice as likely as men of the same age to suffer a stroke, a study has revealed.
Expanding waistlines and stress are the main reasons behind the surge, which scientists say particularly affects women between the ages of 45 and 54.
They found high blood pressure - which is […]

Ice Cream 101

Healthy Frozen Dessert 101
Written by Gloria Tsang R.D.
Published in Jun 2006; Updated in Jun 2007
Are your overwhelmed by the variety of frozen desserts available on freezer shelves? You are not alone. How should you go about choosing an ice-cream product that you can indulge everyday? Let us show you how. Get Smart with […]

Legs get some altitude to prevent clots

When Arnold Jonas asked Virgin Atlantic airlines three years ago to consider using a seat he invented to prevent blood clots from forming in passengers’ legs, company officials in London told him to have the seat tested by scientists.
Now Jonas is back with a published study showing that his seat helps keep blood from […]