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Christmas Allergies Can Make the Holidays Anything But Fun

As Christmas draws closer, winter allergies are once again on the rise. According to a recent survey, (3 out of 4) adults experience an increase of allergy attacks including headaches, eye irritation and sinus congestion from Thanksgiving through New Year's Day. Related Health News:Beat Gardening Allergies When you see ...

New Nationwide Campaign to Address Dangers of Food and Drug Interaction

Whether it be deliberate or accidental, almost all people mix medicine and food at some time. The danger, however, exists that a medication's effects can be altered by the components of certain food and drinks. Food & drug interaction can interfere with the body's response to a medication, oftentimes critically ...

Beat Gardening Allergies

When you see that yellow pollen on your car in the spring or summer and think, that’s what’s causing my allergies! This relatively large, visible pollen you see from trees and flowers really isn't the cause. The real culprit is the microscopic pollen you don't see that causes allergies. If you’re ...

June 23rd 2009
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New Study Shows Uninsured Crisis Wildly Overestimated

The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) has released the results of a new study. that shows that the "widely employed estimate of 47 million uninsured Americans is a misleading representation of the problem." The study, authored by Drs. June and David O'Neill of Baruch College and City University of New York, shows ...
June 3rd 2009
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Anthem Blue Cross Provides Access to Comprehensive Transparency Tool

Anthem Blue Cross has announced that its industry-leading transparency initiative will be available to members in the following counties in the state of California: Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Kern, Sacramento/Placer and Yolo counties, San Diego, Imperial County, Orange County, San Joaquin/Valley, North Coast/North state, South Bay/South Coast, San ...
June 1st 2009
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BlueCross Makes Coverage Available for South Carolina Graduates Lacking Health Insurance

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), employers will hire twenty two percent fewer college graduates in 2009 than they did last year. What does that mean? Recent college grads will not have health insurance. They'll either go without health insurance or they will need to purchase ...
May 30th 2009
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Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Donates to ASCO Cancer Foundation

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE:WYE), has donated $100,000 to The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Cancer Foundation to help support its efforts to advance cancer research, provide patients with important health information and conduct physician education programs. The donation was presented today during the 45th Annual Meeting ...

Top Blue Cross and Blue Shield-Branded Managed Care Organizations Lost More Than One Million Members in the First Half of 2008

HealthLeaders-InterStudy's Managed Market Surveyor-Rx Evaluates How Medical and Pharmacy Lives are Covered at National, State and MSA Levels NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthLeaders-InterStudy, the leading provider of managed care market intelligence, reports that the 15 largest Blue Cross and Blue Shield-branded managed care organizations collectively lost more than one ...

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