Burgeoning health care costs tax retirees by Dr. Tad Sztykowski — Despite recent legislative attempts to lessen the burden of health care in America, costs continue to increase every year. The good news is that the price of health care for both the current and future generations of retirees can be reduced through the use […]
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Damning report on state of U.S. health care
August 28, 2013
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by Mary Budinger — A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that Americans are living longer these days — an average of 78.2 years now — but we are sicker. Our senior years are increasingly marked by chronic illness or disability. The landmark study compared the U.S. with 34 other […]
Recognizing mercury’s toxicity
March 5, 2012
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The United States agreed to join an international treaty to reduce mercury emissions. At the international forum in Nairobi, Kenya, in February 2009, the current Obama administration described mercury pollution as the world’s gravest chemical problem. This represents a 180-degree change in existing government policy. Mercury is a heavy metal, known to damage the human […]
January 20, 2016
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