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Mediterranean, DASH, MIND, and More

08/03/2024 Zainab 0 Comments 0 tags

Mediterranean Diet, DASH Diet, and MIND Diets Are the Best Diets of 2024 All three diets are highly recommended by doctors because of their known health benefits. “The Mediterranean eating plan doesn’t have a set calorie range or portion guidelines, which is why it can fit almost anyone’s needs. “Eating this way may promote weight loss, but the main goal of this eating style is the health benefits it can offer, such as improvements in cardiovascular health,” says Erin Palinski-Wade, RD, CDCES, the author of Belly Fat Diet for Dummies. For example, the Mediterranean diet is superior for weight …

Premium rates skyrocket for millions of Aussies, here is the damage to you

07/03/2024 Zainab 0 Comments 0 tags

Aussies will be hit with the biggest price hike to private health insurance premiums in five years, the federal government has confirmed. Premiums will increase by 3.03 per cent, on average, with federal government approval, and will come into effect from April 1. This is higher than the 2.9 per cent increase policyholders were dealt in 2023 and marks the highest increase since 2019. Singles can expect to pay an extra $81 per year with the average increase, while families will have to fork out an extra $153 per year to cover. Many insurers also choose to increase beyond

WHO and Global Citizen sign partnership to promote health, fight inequality and address health-related risks of climate change

06/03/2024 Zainab 0 Comments 0 tags

WHO and international advocacy organization Global Citizen today signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on joint global advocacy initiatives aimed at promoting and protecting health for all people over the next three years. The main objectives of the collaboration will be to support global efforts to overcome the inequities that millions of people face in accessing health services and attaining the highest levels of physical and mental health, and addressing the health-related challenges posed by climate change. WHO, the United Nations’ specialized agency for health, and Global Citizen, the international

74.1% of Indians unable to afford a healthy diet: FAO Report

05/03/2024 Zainab 0 Comments 0 tags

The report said during the COVID-19 pandemic and the “5Fs” crisis – Food, Feed, Fuel, Fertilizers, and Finance – the region witnessed harrowing statistics. Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations launched the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2023: Statistics and Trends, a report on December 12 which said 74.1% of Indians were unable to afford a healthy diet in 2021. In 2020 , the percentage was 76.2. In Pakistan, the figure is 82.2% and in Bangladesh, 66.1% of the population faced difficulties in

Good Health Requires More Than Health Care

04/03/2024 Zainab 0 Comments 0 tags

Life hasn’t been easy for Roy Angeles. He was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and it stayed stubbornly uncontrolled. When you have diabetes, controlling your blood sugar is important. With careful attention, this is possible through diet and medications. It turned out, he struggled to afford healthy food, his medications, and rent. Making ends meet had to come first before he could focus on his physical health. Finally, in 2022, at 53 years old, Angeles, a Kaiser Permanente member in San Diego, California, found the additional help she needed, as Eleanor Pizarro, a Kaiser Permanente nurse practitioner and Angeles’s case

ND Insurance Department finds non-compliance within Sanford Health Plan

02/03/2024 Zainab 0 Comments 0 tags

FARGO, ND (Valley News Live) – The North Dakota Insurance Department says an examination of Sanford Health Plan (SHP) has uncovered non-compliance with state and federal laws. The examination, which took place from April 2022 to October 2023, reviewed the actions of Sanford Health Plan from 2016 to 2020 to ensure policies and procedures followed applicable laws. “The essential function of the North Dakota Insurance Department is to ensure that consumers are treated fairly and respectfully by their insurance company,” said Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread. “A market conduct examination is a way of looking at specific cases to see how …

Foo Fighters head to DC to support health care price transparency

02/03/2024 Zainab 0 Comments 0 tags

Rock stars, lawmakers and advocates gathered together in Washington, DC, Tuesday night to put their collective support behind health care price transparency legislation — as well as to enjoy a set by the Foo Fighters. Hosted by the nonprofit organization Power to the Patients, hundreds gathered at the Anthem concert hall in southwest Washington. The event was held specifically to rally support behind the Health Care PRICE Transparency Act 2.0 introduced by Sens. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.). The House passed its own version of the bill — the

Mussel Flex Keeps Freshwater Ecosystems Healthy

29/02/2024 Zainab 0 Comments 0 tags

Freshwater mussels breathe rivers clean. They are also sensitive to changes in the environment, which puts them at substantial risk. They and the habitat they require are disappearing at a discreet rate. Their presence in lakes and ponds is indicative of high water quality. Their absence tells a different story. The latter is the more familiar tale. Rhode Island’s populations of mussels have been degraded by a long history of damming and pollution discharges into rivers. Lake populations have been largely eliminated by basin reconfigurations, pollution, and urban development, according to a 2006 study. Between 1980 and 2006,