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Weight Loss Surgery: Not Just For the Obese?

Weight loss surgery is often a last resort, but it may become more of a first step, according to the LA Times. Rates of bariatric surgery have ... Read More »

Extra pounds = extra charges for Alabama state workers

Keep lifting the fork to your mouth and you'll have to fork over some cash. This is essentially the message the state of Alabama is sending out to its ... Read More »

The high costs of uninsured workers

About four years ago I took a position with a small company. It was a great place to work and I was so excited to get the position. The only problem ... Read More »

Health care costs near the top of Americans' financial complaints

Nearly four in 10 Americans cite health care costs as one of their biggest financial woes. As more and more employers cut medical insurance coverages ... Read More »

Should insurance companies be able to read Facebook?

What if your insurance premiums reflected the things you wrote on social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, or LiveJournal? Or worse: what if an ... Read More »

False dental claims drive big dollars

When you're a young child going to the dentist, it can be scary. Not everyone feels comfortable sitting in that big chair with a huge light hovering ... Read More »

Lack of health insurance may increase stress levels

California and a few other states may be onto something with their push for universal health care coverage. Frankly, in a country as wealthy as our ... Read More »

Fitzness Fiend: Chris Wilmont

Fitzness Fiends is a section devoted to you, the reader! We all have learned so much on our path to becoming more fit, and now it's time to learn from ... Read More »

Insured cancer patients do better than uninsured ones

A study that seemed to expose the differences in insured and uninsured health care concluded this week that uninsured cancer patients are nearly twice ... Read More »

Clinton proposes mandatory health insurance for Americans

Sometime today, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton will suggest a required amount of insurance for all U.S. citizens -- and cost ... Read More »