Health Information

AP - Using better-than-expected jobs numbers to press his top domestic priority, President Barack Obama is arguing that overhauling the health care system is essential to the country’s economic well-being.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) — Babies poised to enter the
world feet first can pose serious complications for themselves and their
moms.

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Aug. 8 (HealthDay News) — To ease the anxiety of a
child undergoing surgery, it helps if parents and children are
well-prepared, advises the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

AP - The nation’s drugmakers stand ready to spend $150 million to help President Barack Obama overhaul health care this fall, according to numerous officials, a staggering sum that could dwarf attempts to derail his chief domestic priority.

AP - There aren’t just fewer jobs in a recession. There are fewer babies, too. U.S. births fell in 2008, the first full year of the recession, marking the first annual decline in births since the start of the decade and ending an American baby boomlet.

Reuters - At scattered events across the United States, protesters are confronting members of Congress whose summer “town hall” meetings aim to get a sense of how Americans feel about overhauling healthcare.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes,
eating a healthy diet and getting enough exercise could be just what the
doctor ordered.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) - While a healthy diet is always important, it
becomes even more crucial during pregnancy, when you’re eating for
two.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) — Even if Congress extends
health coverage to the nation’s 46 million uninsured Americans, there’s no
guarantee that everyone will have access to care — unless payment reforms
and new models of care are adopted, some experts say.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) — Obesity rates may increase along
with rising financial debt, German researchers suggest.