Obama US Health Care Overhaul

2010-03-15T17:00:27Z

President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform at the Walter F. Ehrnfelt Recreation and Senior Center in Strongsville, Ohio, Monday, March 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Dems start countdown toward health care vote

2010-03-15T18:30:27Z

<div><p>House Democrats triggered the countdown Monday for the climactic vote on President Barack Obama's fiercely contested remake of the health care system, even though the legislation remained incomplete and lacked the votes needed to pass.</p><p>Obama expressed optimism Congress would approve his call for affordable and nearly universal cov...

Outspoken Wash. medical pot activist shoots robber

2010-03-15T16:15:12Z

<div><p>A well-known Washington state medical marijuana activist traded gunfire with robbers who invaded his home early Monday, suffering minor shotgun pellet wounds and sending one intruder to the intensive care unit of a hospital.</p><p>Activist Steve Sarich, 59, runs CannaCare, an organization that provides patients with marijuana plants and advice about Washingt...

Antiseptic baths help fight 'superbug' infections

2010-03-15T15:45:22Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bathing severely injured intensive-care patients with antiseptic-soaked washcloths can cut their risk of developing certain types of infections, and also seems to help keep drug-resistant bacteria at bay, new research shows.</p><p>Trauma patients are particularly vulnerable to hospital-acquired infections, Dr. Heather L. Evans of

House Reviews Senate Health Care Legislation

2010-03-15T15:35:21Z

WASHINGTON - MARCH 15: Committee ranking member Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks as he points to piles of the health care overhaul legislations during a markup hearing before the U.S. House Budget Committee March 15, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, ...

Obama

2010-03-15T14:46:13Z

President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform at the Walter F. Ehrnfelt Recreation and Senior Center in Strongsville, Ohio, Monday, March 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Arteries improve after smokers quit, study finds

2010-03-15T14:15:53Z

<div id="subtitle">Arteries, cholesterol improve soon after smokers quit, even if they gain weight, study finds</div><div><p>Quitting smoking can turn back time.</p><p>A year after kicking the habit, smokers' arteries showed signs of reversing a problem that can set the stage for heart disease, according to the first big study to test this.</p><p>The improvement came even though smokers gained an average of 9 pounds after they quit, researchers fou...

Obama seeks to reassure seniors on health care

2010-03-15T14:15:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Obama seeks to rally support for health care overhaul, reassure seniors in Ohio</div><div><p>With a fresh sense of urgency, President Barack Obama sought to reassure seniors Monday about health care legislation approaching a final vote in Congress, pledging it would make preventive care cost-free and close a gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage....

Humana spent $1.3M lobbying federal gov't in 4Q

2010-03-15T14:15:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Humana spent $1.3 million in 4th quarter lobbying federal government on health care issues</div><div><p>Health insurer Humana Inc. more than doubled the amount it spent lobbying the federal government in the final quarter of 2009, as the health care overhaul debate heated up in Congress.</p><p>The Louisville, Ky., i...

Health Care 101: A consumer primer on Obama's bill

2010-03-15T14:15:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Health Care 101: If Obama's bill passes, the changes start small and keep getting bigger</div><div><p>It took lawmakers a year to shape President Barack Obama's health care bill. If it finally passes Congress, it'll take the better part of a decade to write the user manual for consumers and doctors, employers and insurance companies.</p><p>Some health insurance consumer protections woul...

Heart-shock device may disrupt quiet hospice death

2010-03-15T13:15:33Z

<div id="subtitle">HEALTHBEAT: Hospices slow to help patients decide when to switch off heart-shocking implants</div><div><p>If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off?</p><p>Carol Filak had heard about painful, repeated shocks that people sometimes experience from those implants in their final days. So when her father, President Barack Obama launched an impassioned week-long closing campaign on Monday to drive his historic health reforms through Congress at a pivotal moment that may help define his presidency.</p><p>Obama left the White House for Ohio and an appearance designed to crank up pressure on lawmakers likely to...

Cigar Accessories ? the Basics

2010-03-15T02:29:55Z

Hobbyists know that to fully enjoy a hobby, one must be equipped with the right tools. These accessories help enhance the experience. Cigar smoking is no exception to the rule; it needs accessories so that you can enjoy the cigar smoking experience fully. Cigar smoking involves more than just opening the cigar and puffing away. There are cigar accessories that you should use before even lighting the cigar. If you are interested in cigar smoking, but don?t know where to start; don?t fret, here...

Dem House vote-counter lacks health care votes now

2010-03-14T15:30:23Z

<div id="subtitle">House's Democratic vote-counter still hunting for votes on Obama's health care overhaul</div><div><p>The House's chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn't rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White House's top political adviser said he was "a...

White House says Obama's health care fix will pass this week

2010-03-14T14:15:59Z

<div><p>Top aides to President Barack Obama confidently predicted Sunday that his signature health care overhaul would finally pass through Congress this week, after a year of costly political wrangling.</p><p>"I think we will have the votes to pass this," said David Axelrod, Obama's senior advisor, as their Reuters) - A senior White House adviser said on Sunday that President Barack Obama would get the votes necessary to pass a sweeping overhaul of the healthcare system.</p><p>"I think we will have the votes to pass this,"

The Effectiveness of Hypnotherapy in Stopping Smoking Addiction

2010-03-14T01:21:48Z

Hypnotherapy is considered one of the most promising fields of medicine when it comes to solving patient?s bad habit like smoking and gambling. In this type of therapy, the patient is put on trance so that the therapist can create certain contact with his subconscious mind of his patient. Once there is an established connection, the patient becomes more aware to what the therapist say because his mind would hear nothing but the voice of the hypnotherapist, making himself believe that he have ...

Obama delays Pacific trip over healthcare bill

2010-03-13T10:15:42Z

<div><p>The fierce and fateful battle over health care reform has forced President Barack Obama to delay his departure on a trip to Indonesia and Australia by three days, to March 21.</p><p>Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs made the announcement on his President Barack Obama to delay his departure on a trip to Indonesia and Australia by three days, to March 21.</p><p>Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs made the announcement on his President Barack Obama to delay his departure on a trip to Indonesia and Australia by three days until Sunday, March 21.</p><p>Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs made the announcement on his

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