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Obesity Rates Continue to Rise: This Week on AOL Health

James Day, Getty Images We aren't getting any younger, and we certainly aren't getting any skinnier. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ... Read More »

Quick Fixes for Back Pain, Eggs Every Week and More: Twitter Finds

goodhealth Roughly 8 out of 10 people suffer from back pain at one point or another. Here are five quick fixes: ... Read More »

U.S. spent $2.1 trillion on health care in 2006

Medical spending information released from the federal government this week indicated that a record $2.1 trillion was spent in 2006 for health care in ... Read More »

California health insurance proposal a tricky situation

Do you think about health insurance like you do auto insurance? That is the comparison California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants residents of his ... Read More »

Health costs to continue rising unless prevention takes hold

Are you ready for a healthy increase in the cost of health care in the next ten years or so? If you're over 50, it's predicted that the cost of caring ... Read More »

Lower health care costs could come to senior HMO customers

Are Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) known for excellent access to affordable health care? Not likely, according to many people I have spoken ... Read More »

U.S. health care costs reaching a few trillion dollars

That title is no misnomer - -that figure is $2 trillion (as in "t"). Just a few years ago -- in 2005 -- health care spending was at its lowest level ... Read More »