Article: JAPAN WAGES WAR ON ITS WIDENING WAISTLINES.(Front)

Article: MDCH provides healthy alternative for Michigan residents: Haveman opens access to health care for everyone
Michigan Chronicle;  June 6, 2000 ;     700+ words ......to hear that some health care providers in Michigan...you enter into the health care industry to treat...pay. Hospitals and health care systems in Michigan...federal level. Our health care providers need to...their employees' health care needs," said ...

Article: Morton sees logic in view on health care
The Boston Globe;  March 9, 1997 ;     700+ words ......not inconsistent with my view of what health care should be," Morton said. "I believe and...entirely to the control of market forces. Health care, education, and the provision of social...the free market and free enterprise in health care," Morton said. "Basically it makes sense to ...

Article: Commentary: Health care: you get what you can afford
Colorado Springs Business Journal;  June 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the tax system, or public schools, the health care system is complex, ponderous, vital to...Michael Moore notwithstanding, Cuba's health care system is not a replicable model for the...inflammatory documentaries. A simple proposition: health care costs money. Good health ...

Article: Panelists: There is no magic pill for health; Health care professionals urge healthier lifestyles; facilities in Galena strive to offer more services
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  January 12, 2006 ;     385 words ......Wednesday's discussion on health care in Jo Daviess County...various aspects of health care. Hollander, director...looking for a way to lose weight fast without doing...the availability of health care services in Jo Daviess...leaving the county for health ...

Article: Many overweight arthritis patients aren't told to lose weight, exercise.(News)
Internal Medicine News;  August 1, 2005 ;     339 words ......getting medical advice to lose weight and exercise, Jennifer...improved function and mental health, Dr. Hootman, an epidemiologist...to get these people to lose weight and get active. Dr. Hootman...from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (31,044...Has a doctor or other ...

Article: New diet pays off, literally; People will lose weight if they get cash, study shows
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 25, 2007 ;     180 words ...People will lose weight for money, even a little money, suggests...for employers looking for ways to cut health care costs. The research found that cash...because you don't pay people unless they lose weight," said Eric A. Finkelstein, the study...Participants didn't get any help on how ...

Article: Arthritis patients not getting message to lose weight, exercise more.(Clinical Rounds)
Family Practice News;  August 15, 2005 ;     331 words ......with arthritis are not getting medical advice to lose weight and exercise, Jennifer Hootman, Ph.D., wrote in...decreased pain and improved function and mental health, Dr. Hootman, an epidemiologist with the Centers...Hootman examined data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (31,044 ...

Article: Preventative health care scrutinized
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 25, 2009 ;     468 words ......open to a new tax on health care benefits Wednesday...When it comes to health care spending, an ounce...lifestyle coach to help her lose weight and prevent diabetes...efforts actually save the health care system money overall...issued a statement on health ...

Article: SEN. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON HOLDS AN ONLINE NEWS CONFERENCE ON HEALTH CARE
Political Transcript Wire;  September 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ......from your prior attempts at universal health care? You've been a lifelong crusader for equal...your perspective on affordable, quality health care for all? CLINTON: Well, that's a great...government. If you are happy with your health care and you are perfectly satisfied, ...

Article: COLUMN: Don't nationalize our health care system
University Wire;  July 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Americans now favor some sort of "universal health care." It's a good thing progressive talking...many Americans would support "Catholic health care," even though it means the same thing...socialized medicine," which is what universal health care really is: the nationalization of a ...

Article: Giuliani's pitch: individualized health insurance; Critics: Free- market health care flawed
Concord Monitor;  June 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......doesn't translate directly to savings in the health care insurance market. Giuliani's plan could...York-based private foundation that pays for health care research. "It doesn't fix the problem...inflation, causing small businesses to drop health care coverage and leading some ...

Article: Build on other states'health care initiatives
Concord Monitor;  May 28, 2006 ;     560 words ......along, Americans have fanned out in search of a health care system that works. Since Congress has been...They should. America spends twice as much on health care as the average industrialized nation. It ranks...than a decade from now. The enormous cost of health care is crippling the ...

Article: A Heftier Dose To Swallow; Rising Cost of Health Care in U.S. Gives Other Developed Countries an Edge in Keeping Jobs
The Washington Post;  March 6, 2004 ;     700+ words ......company pays about $1,300 to cover employee health care costs -- more than twice the cost of the...identical car across the border in Canada, the health care cost is negligible. In the battle for...are low. But the rapidly rising cost of health care in the United States means that ...

Article: Discrimination ; Negative perceptions work against Mainers who want to lose weight Series: Weighing the options Last of three parts SUNDAY: Obesity could overtake tobacco as the leading cause of prev
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  May 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......against Mainers who want to lose weight Series: Weighing the...Memo: STEPS TO TAKE TO LOSE WEIGHT AIM FOR A HEALTHY WEIGHT...weight can improve your health. IF YOU NEED TO LOSE weight, do so gradually 1/2...guidelines for Americans (www.health.gov/ ...