11/29/2008 News For: Aetna Heal Insurance For FamiliesWinning hand for breast cancer NORTH ADAMS ��� When Bennington, Vt., artist Viola Moriarty began chemotherapy after being diagnosed with breast cancer in early 2007, she found the treatment did more than strip her of her energy and her ability to focus for long periods of time ��� it also kept her away from her easel. Program seeks help for cancer patients on the 'road to recovery' The American Cancer Society is hoping to regain volunteers for its Road to Recovery program. Fast Food A Potential Risk Factor For Alzheimer's Mice that were fed a diet rich in fat, sugar and cholesterol for nine months developed a preliminary stage of the morbid irregularities that form in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. The study results, published in a doctoral thesis from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet KI, give some indications of how this difficult to treat disease might one day be preventable. Number of uninsured children climbs in Florida Nearly 19 percent or 797,000 children in Florida do not have health insurance -- the second highest percentage in the country -- and experts expect the number to rise as more parents are laid off, according to a report released this week. The number may also rise as employers increase insurance costs, the report said. Medicare?s Too Costly Private Plans Congress must remove unjustified subsidies to inefficient private health insurance plans that have added to the cost and complexity of the Medicare program. Fewer uninsured children in state WASHINGTON Wisconsin has the nations fourth-lowest rate of uninsured children, but a health advocacy group director says the state could cover more kids if Congress expands the State Childrens Health Insurance Program. Up, up and away: Health care premiums rising It's that time of year again. Time to find out how much your health insurance premiums will rise. Not if they're rising, but rather how much more you and your employer will pay next year, because at this point, some increase is almost a given. "If we were back in the Roman days I would have been killed years ago because they always sacrificed the messenger," joked Jim Elrod, president of the ... Business-related events Business owners not previously able to afford health insurance for their employees have a new tool available to them ��� government subsidies for employee health insurance. Study: Florida Ranked 2nd For Most Uninsured Kids Almost 19 percent of Florida children have no health insurance, giving Florida a dubious ranking of number 2 when it comes to most uninsured children in a state. The news doesn't get any better in the next year because��more layoffs are expected from various employers, and��companies are expected to increase the premiums to the workers who survive the layoffs. Families in Crisis hosts fundraising fair OXFORD - A Christmas Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, at the Advent Christian Church on Route 26 to assist the Families in Crisis program in Paris. |




