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TUESDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) — One in three American adults and one in six American children are obese, new government reports show. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

TUESDAY, Jan. 10 (HealthDay News) — An estimated 38 million American adults are binge drinkers — defined as men who down five or more drinks at a sitting and women who consume four or more drinks at one time, federal researchers reported Tuesday. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

The last time Mark Stella went to the dentist he didn’t need an insurance card. Instead, he pulled out a Groupon. Stella, a small business owner, canceled his health insurance plan more than three years ago when his premium rose … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

Older Americans are increasingly complaining of aching knees, and getting those knees replaced, even though X-ray evidence of knee arthritis is not on the rise, a new study finds. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

There is a growing disparity between healthy and sick Americans born after 1980, caused by various factors, including a widening income gap, obesity which tends to hit certain income and ethnic groups more, access to health care services, and some other factors, researchers from Ohio State University wrote in American Sociological Review… View full post [...]

Many Americans are satisfied with how often they are screened for cancer but some say they are not screened often enough, while a growing body of evidence suggests too much screening for certain types of cancer may do more harm than good, a Gallup… View full post on Yahoo! Health News

As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, more Americans want to it repealed than want to keep it, a poll released on Wednesday shows. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

[Business Wire] – New research released by Civic Ventures, a think tank on boomers, work and social purpose, shows that in a tough employment market, millions of Americans in their 40s, 50s and 60s are interested in creating jobs for themselves and others. View full post on Yahoo! Finance: Life Insurance Industry News

[PR Newswire] – According to the “2011 Financial Reality Check Study” conducted by Genworth, 75 percent of Americans have never had a conversation about long term care with their loved ones. However, 70% would not know what to do if a family member were to require immediate long term care assistance; an alarming statistic considering [...]