Heart Health Tough to Buy With Food Stamps
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A small study conducted in a Boston neighborhood highlights the difficulty of affording heart-healthy food when you&#39;re a beneficiary of food stamps.
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For a monthly fee as low as $50, working-poor residents of Howard County would get access to health services ranging from immunizations and checkups to mental health and hospital care under a plan that county officials say could provide a template for jurisdictions across the nation.
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If a healthy heart and smaller waistline aren't incentive enough for kids to eat healthy foods, maybe a bracelet or key chain will do the trick.
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In an effort to educate the nation's neediest children on nutrition, a new project uses the familiar medium of video games to broadcast its message. The Fantastic Food Challenge, a package of four computer games, is designed to teach people who get nutrition aid such as federal food stamps how to make better use of their food.
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This week's votes on a children's health program go to a key issue in next year's elections: How much should the government spend to insure families with modest but not poverty-level incomes?
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NEW YORK  - A one-year follow-up study of patients with heart disease found that few are meeting recommendations for fruit, vegetable and fiber intake, and they were eating a "disturbing" amount of trans fat, Dr. Yunsheng Ma and colleagues from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester found.
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Cardiologists and nutritionists have very different opinions on whether former President Bill Clinton brought on his illness through cheeseburgers, cigars and too much work.
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Most Americans agree our health insurance system is too expensive and leaves too many without coverage. There isn't much agreement on what to do about it.
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A new study of heart disease patients finds that "normal" blood pressure may not be low enough.
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Here is an interesting way to keep heart disease at bay. Australian researchers have found that a daily meal of seven ingredients including wine and chocolate could cut heart disease by 76 per cent.
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The United States has the best health care system in the world, but financial barriers prevent too many Americans from getting the affordable coverage they need.
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By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- Health experts are trying to move the nation's battle of the bulge to an important new front: the schools.    Schools need to be more active in teaching heart-healthy behavior and they should offer more physical education and healthful meals, a new American Heart Association statement urges...
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WASHINGTON - Retired construction worker Earl Parish pays about $150 a month for pills that fight heartburn, cholesterol and blood pressure.
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Women who eat a diet moderately low in carbohydrates, but rich in vegetable fat and vegetable protein, can cut their risk of heart disease by as much as 30 percent compared  with just following a low-fat approach, according to a new Harvard study.
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WASHINGTON -- Staying healthy is a costly business in the United States, particularly in the Northeast, government statistics show.
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An out-of-work David Thomas walked into a Milwaukee food pantry just seeking groceries. Thomas learned he was a stroke waiting to happen and got blood pressure medicine along with his bread. Food pantries have long aimed to help heal hunger. A new project aims to see how well they can help heal high blood pressure, diabetes and other ailments, too.
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First they tried nudging. Now companies are penalizing workers who have high health risks such as obesity and high blood pressure or cholesterol as insurance costs climb.