In an effort to cut rising health insurance costs, some employers are asking employees to prove the eligibility of dependents they list on their insurance plans. Although this is not a new request by employers, an increasing number of them are making the request in an effort to save

End stage renal disease (ESRD) is defined by permanent loss of function of the kidneys to less than 10% of normal capacity. The two main causes of ESRD in the United States are diabetes and hypertension. Patients with ESRD need to have their dialysis either on a permanent basis or until a kidney

For 57 million Social Security beneficiaries, mostly seniors, the Social Security Administration announced that there would be no COLA increase for social security in 2010. This was announced Thursday, October 15th. Cost of living adjustment increases are due to the inflation rate between the

Last week, the first stents of a study by Medtronic were implanted by Dr. Krishna Rocha-Singh, the director of the Prairie Vascular Institute in Springfield, Illinois. The hope with the stent is to help men who have taken Viagra, or other medications for erectile dysfunction without the pills

Sniffles, chills, fever, aches and pains all mean it is cold season so reach for the vitamin C and take it to treat your cold, however you will still have the sniffles and the aches and pains as studies conclude that vitamin C does not cure a common cold. So how did vitamin C and the cold

For individuals who have hypertension that does not respond well to drugs, there may soon be an implantable device that can lower their blood pressure. Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center are in the advanced stages of testing an experimental device that reduces blood

During a recent natural health seminar in Utopia, Texas Naturopathic Doctor Ken O`Neal gave a presentation on digestive enzymes and the vital role they play in our health and longevity. As Dr. O`Neal explained, until the advent of modern farming and food preparation most people got ample

If you’re looking to prevent cancer, you need to know about aloe vera. More resarch on aloe vera is taking place all around the world as word spreads about its natural healing potential. You’ll learn a wealth of information about this in this article. Here, we present a collection of

As people age, the chance of dementia rises. The most dreaded form of this memory robbing condition is Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Already the seventh-leading cause of death in the U.S., the incidence of Alzheimer’s is expected to soar as the huge Baby Boomer generation ages. According