Shortlink

Republicans vow to fight Obama’s contraception mandate despite defeat

A move by Senate republicans working in some of the top roles positions in the supply chain management of the gov., seem to to overturn President Obama’s contraception mandate has fallen short by three votes. The Blunt amendment as it came to be known was an attempt to stop the current administration from forcing catholic charities and other affiliated organisations to provide contraception as part of their insurance planes. The amendment would have meant that any organisation could remove something from their medical insurance planes if they had a religious objection to providing that service.

Continue reading

Shortlink

Packaged to have Calorie Labels from Thursday

Eating healthy just became somewhat easier with calorie labels to be placed on all meat packaging. To new labels will inform consumers just how many calories each package contains in order for the purchaser to make an informed choice. The regulations will be introduced Thursday meaning that any meat packaged after midnight on Wednesday will have to include the health labels. This is a great idea that should be included also in Australia, commented the director of personal trainers Brisbane.

Continue reading

Shortlink

Sleeping pills may cause cancer experts warn

Experts a warning that patients which use sleep medications such as zolpidem (Ambien), eszopiclone (Lunesta) and zaleplon (Sonata) have a higher risk of contracting cancer and are more likely to die earlier then people who don’t use the drugs.

Continue reading

Shortlink

Quality of Sleep not connected to age study finds

In contravention of conventional wisdom, a new study has shown that if you’re a healthy senior then getting a good night’s sleep should be no problem.

Continue reading

Shortlink

Old Drug found to help those with brain trauma

Researchers believe they have found a treatment for severe brain injuries in the form of an old cold and flu drug which benefits were discovered years ago by accident. Some are comparing the discovery to that of penicillin as that was another medical breakthrough discovered by accident.

Continue reading