Medicare Changes Policy on Obesity (washingtonpost.com)

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Revised Policy Treats Obesity Under
Medicare (Los Angeles Times)

Revised Policy Treats Obesity Under
Medicare (Los Angeles Times) 07/16/2004 05:23 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Federal officials Thursday announced a new policy on obesity that could make weight-loss treatments eligible for Medicare coverage.

Medicare Redefines Obesity As an Illness
(AP)

Medicare Redefines Obesity As an Illness
(AP) 07/16/2004 05:23 AM
AP - Medicare now recognizes obesity as an illness, a change in policy that may allow millions of overweight Americans to make medical claims for treatments such as stomach surgery and diet programs.

Medicare Revises Stance on Obesity

Medicare Revises Stance on Obesity 07/19/2004 11:12 AM
Who will benefit from the agency's change in guidelines?

Medicare redefines obesity as medical
(USATODAY.com)

Medicare redefines obesity as medical
(USATODAY.com) 07/16/2004 06:36 AM
USATODAY.com - In a major decision that turns obesity from a personal failure to a medical problem, Medicare announced Thursday that it would remove barriers to covering anti-obesity treatments after 40 years of saying fat was not an illness and not covered.

650,000 people benefited from Medicare
safety net policy, Australian Health
Minister says

650,000 people benefited from Medicare
safety net policy, Australian Health
Minister says 06/05/2005 11:44 PM
Money Plans Jun 4 2005 8:42PM GMT

Medicare Premiums To Rise By 17.5%
(washingtonpost.com)

Medicare Premiums To Rise By 17.5%
(washingtonpost.com) 09/03/2004 10:00 PM
washingtonpost.com - Health insurance premiums for senior citizens enrolled in Medicare will rise 17.5 percent in 2005, bringing the total monthly payment to $78.20, Bush administration officials said yesterday.

Report Emphasizes Shortfall in Medicare
(washingtonpost.com)

Report Emphasizes Shortfall in Medicare
(washingtonpost.com) 03/24/2005 02:49 PM
washingtonpost.com - The two independent trustees overseeing Social Security and Medicare broke with the Bush administration's trustees yesterday, saying Medicare's financial problems far exceed Social Security's and are in urgent need of attention.

GAO Says HHS Broke Laws With Medicare
Videos (washingtonpost.com)

GAO Says HHS Broke Laws With Medicare
Videos (washingtonpost.com) 05/19/2004 10:12 PM
washingtonpost.com - The Bush administration violated two federal laws through part of its publicity campaign to promote changes in Medicare intended to help older Americans afford prescription drugs, the investigative arm of Congress said yesterday.

Medicare Law Hurts Cancer Patients
(washingtonpost.com)

Medicare Law Hurts Cancer Patients
(washingtonpost.com) 02/13/2004 11:55 PM
washingtonpost.com - A new Medicare payment system has prompted at least some cancer doctors around the country to drastically reduce the care they provide in their offices, disrupting treatment for many patients.

Torture Policy (washingtonpost.com)

Torture Policy (washingtonpost.com) 06/18/2004 01:55 AM
endorses the Amendment .. Quote: .. WaPo

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Dean Working to Be Seen as Foreign
Policy Centrist (washingtonpost.com)

Dean Working to Be Seen as Foreign
Policy Centrist (washingtonpost.com) 12/15/2003 09:25 PM
Howard Dean Talks Foreign Policy with the Washington Post 12/14 .. The Posties give front-page "GRAVITAS" to President DAMN! .. his doctrine on the use of force .. Glenn Kessler article

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Bush Defends Iraq War, Economic Policy
(washingtonpost.com)

Bush Defends Iraq War, Economic Policy
(washingtonpost.com) 01/22/2004 02:52 AM
washingtonpost.com - President Bush last night devoted the final State of the Union address of his term to a vigorous and sometimes combative defense of his actions as president, calling the United States a "nation with a mission" that has made the right decisions to invade Iraq, cut taxes, and reshape its education and health care laws.

Army Policy To Reduce Soldier
Relocations (washingtonpost.com)

Army Policy To Reduce Soldier
Relocations (washingtonpost.com) 02/10/2004 02:52 AM
washingtonpost.com - The Army announced yesterday that it will discourage the type of nomadic career that has characterized Army life for generations and will instead station soldiers at one base for much of their service, an effort to improve combat readiness and make life easier on troops and their families.

President Plans Drive to Rescue Iraq
Policy (washingtonpost.com)

President Plans Drive to Rescue Iraq
Policy (washingtonpost.com) 05/23/2004 12:26 AM
washingtonpost.com - President Bush will launch an ambitious campaign tomorrow night to shift attention from recent setbacks that have eroded domestic and international support for U.S. policy in Iraq, particularly the Abu Ghraib prison scandal and the escalating violence, and focus instead on the future of post-occupation Iraq.

Talking Policy: An examination of public
dialogue in science and technology
policy

Talking Policy: An examination of public
dialogue in science and technology
policy 03/25/2005 12:12 PM
Rand Mar 25 2005 3:28PM GMT

The Obesity Myth

The Obesity Myth 04/28/2004 02:29 PM
Time to blow the whistle. Is the "obesity epidemic" a medical emergency, or a big fat lie? Paul Campos says it's time to tell the truth.

The obesity racket

The obesity racket 05/01/2004 12:48 AM
The Guardian has recently published excerpts from a new book by Paul Campos entitled The Obesity Myth. The book argues that the claim so often repeated by your TV, that two thirds of the population of the United States is "overweight" or "obese," is an elaborate hoax designed to move the product. From the perspective of a profit-maximising medical and pharmaceutical industry, the ideal disease would be one that never killed those who suffered from it, that could not be treated effectively, and that doctors and their patients would nevertheless insist on treating anyway.

The Riddle of Obesity

The Riddle of Obesity 05/10/2004 05:46 PM
Call it what you will, an American obesity crisis or a fatness epidemic, many of the unhealthy pounds are found in children.

What can be done to beat obesity?

What can be done to beat obesity? 05/26/2004 05:45 AM
MPs are set to criticise the UK government's record on tackling obesity as world experts gather in Prague to discuss the epidemic. What should be done?

Obesity Rising Among U.S. Preschoolers
(AP)

Obesity Rising Among U.S. Preschoolers
(AP) 12/30/2004 04:59 PM
AP - The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the playpen: More than 10 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 5 are overweight, the American Heart Association reported Thursday.

The obesity racket || kuro5hin.org

The obesity racket || kuro5hin.org 05/02/2004 03:10 AM
The obesity racket

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Obesity and oral contraceptives

Obesity and oral contraceptives 12/29/2004 10:00 AM
David Pescovitz: A new study from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center reports that women on birth control pills who are categorized by their body-mass index as overweight or obese are 60 to 70 percent more likely to get pregnant than "normal" weight women who also take the pill.

One possible explanation is increased metabolism. "The more a person weighs, the higher their basal metabolic rate, which can shorten the duration of a medication's effectiveness," she said. Another possibility is that the heavier a person is, the more liver enzymes they have to clear medications from the body, causing a drop in circulating blood levels of the drug. A third theory is based on the fact that the active ingredients in oral contraceptives – the hormones estrogen and progesterone – are stored in body fat. "The more fat a person has, the more likely the drug is sequestered, or trapped, in the fat instead of circulating in the bloodstream," (epidemiologist Victoria) Holt said.

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Three-year-old dies from obesity

Three-year-old dies from obesity 05/27/2004 06:10 AM
Heart failure, caused by obesity, has killed a child aged just three, it has been revealed.

NHS obesity measures 'failing'

NHS obesity measures 'failing' 05/25/2004 11:55 PM
The NHS's record on tackling obesity has been described as "woefully inadequate" in a report by MPs.

Insights on how obesity kills

Insights on how obesity kills 05/09/2004 06:30 PM
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Historical origins of obesity

Historical origins of obesity 05/27/2004 02:52 AM
Long, interesting Harvard Magazine article about the historical shifts in diet and lifestyle that led to America's obesity epidemic.

"We are not adapted to handle fast-acting carbohydrates," Ludwig continues. "Glucose is the gold standard of energy metabolism. The brain is exquisitely dependent on having a continuous supply of glucose: too low a glucose level poses an immediate threat to survival. [But] too high a level causes damage to tissues, as with diabetes. The body is designed to keep blood glucose within a tight range, and it does this beautifully, even with extreme nutrient ratios: we can survive indefinitely on a diet of 60 percent carbohydrates and 20 percent fat, or 20 percent carbohydrates and 60 percent fat. But we never [before] had to assimilate a heavy dose of high-glycemic carbohydrates."

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Peter Jennings on Obesity and What
Causes It

Peter Jennings on Obesity and What
Causes It 12/09/2003 02:43 AM

I'm watching Peter Jennings at ABC TV reporting on the problem of obesity in America. Interesting that our government is subsidizing a lot of the problem.

Whales, Technology, and Obesity

Whales, Technology, and Obesity 07/27/2004 12:49 AM

Flying up the St. Lawrence River from Quebec City to Labrador and Newfoundland I saw about 100 whales in the water.  This at the same time that the newspapers were covering a debate about whether to allow renewed commercial whaling.  It is so easy to find whales from a plane, especially when the water is flat like the upstream portion of the river where the whales swim to find the richest food.  You just look for streaks of bubbles like a dotted line and the whale will be at the front.  What chance do these animals have against modern technology?  None, obviously.  Yet must we ban whaling?  Perhaps a compromise would be to allow whaling but only with the technology described in the book Moby Dick.  The whales had more of a chance back then and not infrequently managed to kill their hunters.

But maybe as the world population becomes ever more obese people will feel a greater kinship to these multi-ton creatures.  Once we're all incredibly fat and easy to spot from an airplane we will have enough sympathy for whales to leave them alone.

[If you are looking for a summer trip and wish to see a lot of whales without getting seasick, you can see Belugas, Humpbacks, Blues(!), et al., at the confluence of the Saguenay and St. Lawrence rivers (tourism site).  Sadly there is no airport right near the town of Tadoussac (Charlevoix is closest) but it is only about a 2.5-hour drive from Quebec City, right along the lake shore with a beautiful cathedral and then a big casino on the way.]

Can Obesity Fatten Your Wallet?

Can Obesity Fatten Your Wallet? 04/06/2005 03:44 PM
Part Two of our look at obesity as an increasingly serious health problem looks at companies behind radical treatments -- backlash against the food industry.

Obesity Can Be Real Headache

Obesity Can Be Real Headache 04/16/2005 09:18 PM
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Its obesity talk time, again.

Its obesity talk time, again. 07/21/2004 04:40 PM
Its obesity talk time, again. "Once the fried dough embodiment of hot and fresh, Krispy Kreme has transformed its original glazed doughnut into a new frozen beverage for summer." You heard that right. A donut drink. The United States is still food innovator #1!

Obesity Becoming Major Global Problem
(AP)

Obesity Becoming Major Global Problem
(AP) 05/08/2004 05:37 PM
AP - It's a bitter truth to swallow: About every fourth person on Earth is too fat. Obesity is fast becoming one of the world's leading reasons why people die. In an astonishing testament to globalization, this outbreak of girth is occurring just as doctors everywhere but sub-Saharan Africa are winning the fight against infectious diseases from smallpox to malaria.

Hormone pattern linked to obesity

Hormone pattern linked to obesity 06/28/2004 09:20 PM
The pattern of a hormone which controls hunger may explain why some people become obese, say scientists.

Operation For Obesity Leaves Some in
Misery

Operation For Obesity Leaves Some in
Misery 05/03/2004 07:26 PM
Gastric bypass has become big business, but experts fear that inexperienced surgeons and inadequate screening and follow-up may harm patients.

Doctors issue warning on obesity

Doctors issue warning on obesity 02/11/2004 01:23 AM
Leading doctors say immediate action is needed to tackle the rise in obesity if a health crisis is to be avoided.

Kids' Obesity May Be Worse Than Thought
(AP)

Kids' Obesity May Be Worse Than Thought
(AP) 06/03/2004 03:43 PM
AP - Forty percent of public schoolchildren in Arkansas are overweight, and nearly one in four is obese, a sign that obesity among children nationwide is probably far worse than health officials had thought.

Computer to combat child obesity

Computer to combat child obesity 07/22/2004 01:13 AM
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Obesity 'could delete generation'

Obesity 'could delete generation' 12/27/2004 08:53 AM
Britain faces 'losing a generation' of children to obesity-related disease, the Duchess of York warns.

Discoveries Show How Obesity Kills

Discoveries Show How Obesity Kills 05/15/2004 06:56 PM
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