Health Rewind: One Million More Enroll in Obamacare
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Another Million Sign Up for Health Care - The Obama Administration recently announced that one million more Americans enrolled in Obamacare in January. This makes a total of 3.3 million since its launch in October. While this is good news for the White House, it’s doubted that they will reach their goal of 7 million sign-ups by the end of March, the Associated Press wrote. — Kellee Terrell (@kelleent)(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Study: Mammograms May Not Save Lives - A new controversial study has found that annual mammograms don’t lower death risks among women with breast cancer. Researchers also found that 22 percent of women were given a false diagnosis and unnecessary treatment, the Los Angeles Times reported. Critics of this study claim it’s “flawed” and the mammogram equipment used in the study was outdated and faulty. (Photo: Getty Images)
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FDA Recalls Uncle Ben’s Rice - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled Uncle Ben’s Infused Rice because it’s made dozens of people sick in the past months. People in Illinois, Texas and Nebraska have complained of nausea, rashes, itching and headaches after eating the rice. Yet it’s not clear what in the rice is making people sick. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Who Are More Stressed: Teens or Adults? - While adults worry about bills and house payments, teens feel a lot of stress and pressure, too, says a new survey. Researchers from the American Psychological Association found that on a scale of 10, teens’ stress level was a 5.8 on average. Also, the biggest stressor for teens was school and low grades. (Photo: Jupiterimages/Getty Images)
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NIH Funds Study to Improve Asthma Treatment Among African-Americans - The National Institution of Health recently announced that it’s spearheading a new study to find better ways to treat asthma in Black children and adults. The study is currently enrolling participants to figure out which inhalers and treatment methods work better for us. Blacks suffer more serious asthma attacks and are hospitalized more often than whites. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)
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Jazz Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater on Why Better Access to Abortion Is Necessary - For a series of new Roe v. Wade PSAs for the Center for Reproductive Rights, Grammy- and Tony-winning singer Dee Dee Bridgewater expresses anger about the war on women’s reproductive rights and ill feelings about having to seek an illegal abortion in 1968. Watch the emotional PSA here. (Photo: ReproductiveRight100 via YouTube)
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Not Enough African-American Adults Are Getting Vaccinated - Vaccination rates for diseases such as pneumonia, hepatitis and whooping cough are “depressingly low” among adults of color, says a new CDC report. Researchers believe that lack of access to health care plays a role, but that myths and mistrust of vaccinations are also to blame, too, HealthDay.com reported. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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Stroke Infections Are Deadlier Among Blacks - Black seniors are 39 times more likely than whites to die from infections after having a stroke, researchers suggest. A new study conducted at the University of Michigan found that 70 percent of Blacks experienced infections — mostly skin, urinary and respiratory infections — compared to 45 percent of whites. (Photo: JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images)
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9 Million Pounds of Beef Recalled - A Northern California company has recalled almost 9 million pounds of red meat that were processed from sick and diseased cows, the Associated Press reported. Rancho Feeding Corp. shipped the tainted meat to states including California, Illinois, Florida and Texas. Thankfully, no illnesses have been reported as of yet. (Photo: Tim Boyle/Newsmakers)