In 2011, the Food and Drug Agency released proposed guidelines for the regulation of mobile medical apps—health programs for devices like the iPad and iPhone. At the time, there were about 200 million such apps in use, but the FDA said its rules would...
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I know Josh Barro. Josh Barro is a friend of mine. Josh Barro does not climb trees and throw coconuts at you, as the Atlantic’s graphic alleges. But he really, really, really likes talking about state pension systems. That part … Continue reading...
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Lane Kenworthy believes that, eventually, “the United States is likely to have universal publicly-funded early education for children aged one to four.” How he would like the system designed: American parents with a child younger than age five...
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George Packer enumerates a long list of “technological advances that make life easier, tastier, more entertaining, healthier, longer; and socio-political changes that have made the [United States] a more tolerant, inclusive place”: The bottom line...
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Even as male moviegoers are slow to let go of Angelina Jolie’s amazing technicolor dream breasts, women are asking themselves: What about my boobies? Are they fetching objects of desire or ticking time bombs? Along with a spectacular jawline and an...
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Senator's new measure denies food stamps for life to certain classes of ex-convicts (solicitation not included) ...
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For 40 years, the Republican Study Committee has prized ideological purity over partisan loyalty. That mindset now dominates the GOP. ...
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Earlier their month authors T. Colin Campbell and Howie Jacobson released their new book Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition. For anyone interested in the science and politics of nutrition, and why there is still so much confusion about the value...
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Individuals who engage in high-risk sexual behavior (HRSB) expose themselves to multiple risks, resulting in unintended – at times permanent – negative health outcomes, as well as effecting overall social and emotional wellbeing. For the purposes...
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Filed under: Investing With the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development pinpointing the United States as the most obese country in the world, it can be hard to find many positives with regard to health statistics. Obesity has been linked...
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Dear Bossip, I have a situation where I fell in love with a guy a little too fast. “Tony,” says he has feelings for me and he wants to be with me, and that we are friends, but we’re more...
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Your mother always told you that breakfast was the most important meal of the day – but does it matter when you eat it? And what if your dinner time fluctuates wildly from day to day? Does meal timing actually … More »The Hormone Diet: 5 Tips For...
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If completed, a transaction would be one of the biggest health care deals of the year. And it could reap a sizable profit for Bausch & Lomb’s current owner, Warburg Pincus. ...
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Yesterday California announced premium rates for its healthcare exchanges. Sarah Kliff points out that the premiums are lower than many estimates: Health insurers will charge 25-year-olds between $142 and $190 per month for a bare-bones health plan...
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How manufacturers, retailers, restaurants, and others are doing business the cooperative way....
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In claiming that a just society must embody a significant degree of civic friendship (and an unjust one necessarily a lack), I do not mean that all citizens must be personal friends with one another (which is impossible). Nor do I mean that there must...
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Some unions now angry about health care overhaul
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NPR | Friday, May 24, 2013
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Unintended doesn't mean unforeseeable
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Last June, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia went at each other over Obamacare. Roberts famously joined with the court’s liberals to uphold most of the health care law, handing the president a victory, while Scalia voted with the...
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When I was a child, the only women you were likely to encounter on the front lines of America's military didn't wear uniforms. Instead, they wore high heels, hose and sequins. That's because these women -- such as Lucille Ball, Lena Horne and the Rockettes...
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As IRS official Lois Lerner tangles with Congress over whether she has waived her Fifth Amendment rights, let's not lose sight of the big picture: Even apart from the current revelations and admissions that the IRS targeted Tea Party groups for politicized...
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The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to deliver.
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When President Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest supporters.
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Yesterday, in the most prominent of the many cases filed by small businesses challenging the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage mandate, an 8-judge en banc panel of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in Hobby Lobby Stores...
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Submitted by JonahSinick • 24 votes • 17 comments Note: I formerly worked as a research analyst at GiveWell. This post describes the evolution of my thinking about robustness of cost-effectiveness estimates in philanthropy. All views expressed here...
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Compare: When people realize that their most personal, sensitive, intimate, private health-care information is in the hands of the IRS that’s been willing to use people’s tax information against political opponents of this administration, then people...
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Within the D.C. headquarters of Reason Magazine, three libertarians debated the issue of abortion for a room of listeners just as divided on the issue as the panel. In an event titled “Libertarian Perspectives on Abortion,” Reason editor Nick Gillespie...
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I've taken to browsing ModCloth not just because I like ogling pretty clothes, but because I like seeing how everyday women (by which I just mean non-models) are expressing their unique style. But it also deserves recognition for its equalizing approach...
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The American Legion is praising Congress for passing the new Stolen Valor Act, which addresses areas that were previously ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. The new Stolen Valor Act would make it a crime to profit from lies about military awards...
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In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after...
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Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. What: Shares of specialty pharmaceutical company...
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Ekos has been around a long time in the business of making ultrasound devices to improve the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Now it’s getting some rewards for that investment of time and money. The Bothell, WA-based company agreed to be acquired...
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Until recently, if a pregnant woman wanted to determine the genetic health of her baby, she had to endure a series of crude and invasive tests. Early in her second trimester, she would be given a blood test called the triple screen, which measures levels...
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) thinks putting off efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions risks “catastrophic” losses for the United States’ economy and society. That’s according to a new report on the economic and environmental effects...
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I presented on selling your software to businesses at last year’s Twilio conference. (I’ll let you in on a little secret: while this presentation is applicable to Twilio-powered applications, it’s 99.95% applicable to B2B SaaS companies which...
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Thirteen insurers had been chosen to sell policies through the insurance marketplace — or exchange — being created under the law. ...
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TOKYO (Reuters) - This week's turbulence in Tokyo markets exposes a key risk of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's all-in strategy to revive Japan's economy - if investor confidence falters, the government and the Bank of Japan may be left with few options...
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by Linda Beale Another reason for NOT cutting Social Security benefits–seniors poorer than you think As everybody knows, a constant refrain of the far-right GOP establishment is a desire to cut taxes for the wealthy while cutting benefits for the poor....
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University of Illinois researchers have created an app and a sensor-filled cradle that turn an iPhone into a mobile spectrophotometer. The combination of that mobile lab data and metadata such as location might prove very valuable. ...
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Yves here. This post illustrates a chief reason why regulation has become a bad word.
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THE United States has said that the Nato forces can stay in Afghanistan only at the request of the Afghan government....
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He’s been described by The Wall Street Journal as the “Oprah Winfrey of college football” and by the Huntsville (Ala.) Times as “the most influential sports-talk personality in the Southeast.”He’s Paul Finebaum, a sports radio host from Birmingham...
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Lose weight eating whatever you want? That’s the bold claim made by The Fast Diet, the new bestselling book by UK-based authors Michael Moseley, M.D., and Mimi Spencer, who say for five days a week you can pretty much go for it, milkshake AND fries...
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How certain business practices wind up jacking up costs before sticking you with the bill.
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A selection of health policy stories from California, Connecticut, American Samoa, Georgia, Oregon and West Virginia. Los Angeles Times: Geography Has A Role In Elective Surgery Decisions, Study Finds Geography plays a role in whether patients in California...
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Today's headlines include various status updates about state activity regarding the health law's online insurance marketplaces. Kaiser Health News: Can My Insurer Deny Coverage For Care At An Out-Of-Network Hospital? (Video) Kaiser Health News...
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(Tom Toles via GoComics.com) On the glass-half-full side, Gail Collins, in the NYTimes: … Mainstream Republicans have been super-energized to do immigration reform ever since the Hispanic vote went against them in the last election. Democracy does...
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The major indexes might be tired after a great run this year, but these health-care stocks are sprinting ahead.
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The Affordable Care Act, like every landmark piece of legislation in modern times, has faced its share of trials. Getting it through Congress was nearly impossible, and the law was very nearly killed by the Republican appointees on the U.S. Supreme Court....
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The beauty basics Liv Tyler promotes--exfoliating, moisturizing and taking pride in your appearance--are hard to argue with. I'm also intrigued by this peroxide bath soaking ritual of hers. More »Liv Tyler Bathes In Hydrogen Peroxide And Loves It is...
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