Health Sufficiency

Why does the GOP Want Health Care Tax Credit — For Pets, but Not People?

U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, has introduced legislation to create a tax deduction for pet owners’ expenses related to their pets.

According to the pet industry trade magazine, Pet Product News, McCotter, a Livonia Republican, introduced the legislation July 31 in conjunction with a Pet Product News survey on the industry.

The legislation is being supported by the lobbying arm of the pet industry, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC).

According to the PPN story, the proposed legislation will amend the IRS code to allow pet owners to deduct up to $3,500 in pet related expenses, including veterinary care.

Meanwhile, McCotter, who opposes legislation to create national health care reform, has alleged that the Democratic National Committee is planning to protest at his offices.

Congressional Quarterly earlier this year cited the 11th District as a likely battleground in 2010, citing McCotter’s poor showings against vastly underfunded opponents.
I think the pet legislation is a great idea, but am at a loss for why he would not support health care reform for humans….there is a disconnect there. Odd.

JH
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Are Leg Curls Safe on Knees?

When using a home gym or a machine at the local club, I’ve always enjoyed Leg Curls.

I recall reading an article in Mens Health magazine that they’re bad on the knee joint or the tendons in the knee.

Is this true?

Why would exercise companies keep building them into their home gyms if it were true?

By leg curls I’m specifically referring to the machine with the padded arm that rests against one’s lower leg, and the user ”curls” the leg upwards to exercise/work the quadriceps.

I do notice that some machine’s seating arrangement can make the quads/legs uncomfortable while others are comfortable.

problem in my joints?

iam 30 yrs old and my height is 4.8 when i was 25yrs due to my short i feel guilty in all my things even my marriage got delay due to my short. so i tried an ayurvedic pills called hercules long look
at the time i didnt find any reult on that later on i went a magazine where i found their is an ayurvedic medicine for height increase and the website name is www. herboheight increase i trust in that health and glow magazine so i went to take the tablets for a month no results they all r big scams they just make money at the time one day i heared a crack sound from my knees then later i found joint sound from both of my knees i was afraid i went for all medical tests and everything everything was fine with negative results but still i got knee pain and joint crack from all part of my jonts is this causes of taking this tablets. because before taking these tables i had a gud thshealth. and now i got married and i have 1 kid 10mth baby and lovely husband pls help me why i got pains.

Statistics Questions – Probability..?

1) 43 million + people in the U.S. lack health insurance. (Time magazine, 2003) Sample data representative of the country are found in a survey about insurance and age:
Health Insurance
YesNo ……….Age
750170…….18-34
950130………35+
Use these data to find a joint probability table. The probability of being younger than 35 and not having health insurance is how much?

2) Use Question #1 to answer this: What percentage of this population is younger than 35 years of age?

3) Use Question #1 to answer: What is the probability of a randomly selected individual’s not having health insurance, based upon these data?

4) Which is not a usual way for assigning probabilities?
a) pull a number out of a hat
b) follow your instincts
c) look at past events
d) weight each possibility evenly
Please explain the solving process…Thank You.

Critical Alert: The Swine Flu Pandemic – Fact or Fiction?

Critical Alert: The Swine Flu Pandemic – Fact or Fiction?

American health officials declared a public health emergency as cases of swine flu were confirmed in the U.S. Health officials across the world fear this could be the leading edge of a global pandemic emerging from Mexico, where seven people are confirmed dead as a result of the new virus.

On Monday April 27th, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised its pandemic alert level to four on its six-level threat scale,1 which means they’ve determined that the virus is capable of human-to-human transmission. The initial outbreaks across North America reveal an infection already traveling at higher velocity than did the last official pandemic strain, the 1968 Hong Kong flu.

The number of fatalities, and suspected and confirmed cases across the world change depending on the source, so your best bet — if you want the latest numbers — is to use Google Maps’ Swine Flu Tracker.

Several nations have imposed travel bans, or made plans to quarantine air travelers2 that present symptoms of the swine flu, such as:

Fever of more than 100
Coughing
Runny nose and/or sore throat
Joint aches
Severe headache
Vomiting and/or diarrhea
Lethargy
Lack of appetite
Top global flu experts are trying to predict how dangerous the new swine flu strain will be, as it became clear that they had little information about Mexico’s outbreak. It is as yet unclear how many cases occurred in the month or so before the outbreak was detected. It’s also unknown whether the virus was mutating to be more lethal, or less.

Much Fear Mongering Being Promoted

I suspect you have likely been alarmed by the media’s coverage of the swine flu scare. It has a noticeable subplot – preparing you for draconian measures to combat a future pandemic as well as forcing you to accept the idea of mandatory vaccinations.

On April 27, Time magazine published an article which discusses how dozens died and hundreds were injured from vaccines as a result of the 1976 swine flu fiasco, when the Ford administration attempted to use the infection of soldiers at Fort Dix as a pretext for a mass vaccination of the entire country.

Despite acknowledging that the 1976 farce was an example of “how not to handle a flu outbreak”, the article still introduces the notion that officials “may soon have to consider whether to institute draconian measures to combat the disease”.

WHO and CDC Pandemic Preparedness Seriously Broken

The pandemic warning system has failed as it simply doesn’t exist, even in North America and Europe. To improve the system, massive new investments in surveillance, scientific and regulatory infrastructure, basic public health, and global access to common sense interventions like vitamin D optimization are required.

According to the Washington Post, the CDC did not learn about the outbreak until six days after Mexico had begun to impose emergency measures. There should be no excuses. The paradox of this swine flu panic is that, while totally unexpected, it was accurately predicted. Six years ago, Science dedicated a major story to evidence that “after years of stability, the North American swine flu virus has jumped onto an evolutionary fasttrack”.

However, maybe this is precisely what public health authorities desire.

This is NOT the First Swine Flu Panic

My guess is that you can expect to see a lot of panic over this issue in the near future. But the key is to remain calm — this isn’t the first time the public has been warned about swine flu. The last time was in 1976, right before I entered medical school and I remember it very clearly. It resulted in the massive swine flu vaccine campaign.

Do you happen to recall the result of this massive campaign?

Within a few months, claims totaling $1.3 billion had been filed by victims who had suffered paralysis from the vaccine. The vaccine was also blamed for 25 deaths.

However, several hundred people developed crippling Guillain-Barré Syndrome after they were injected with the swine flu vaccine. Even healthy 20-year-olds ended up as paraplegics.

And the swine flu pandemic itself? It never materialized.

More People Died From the Swine Flu Vaccine than Swine Flu!

It is very difficult to forecast a pandemic, and a rash response can be extremely damaging.

As of Monday April 27, the worldwide total number of confirmed cases was 82, according to WHO, which included 40 cases in the U.S., confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control. But does that truly warrant the feverish news headlines?

To put things into perspective, malaria kills 3,000 people EVERY DAY, and it’s considered “a health problem”… But of course, there are no fancy vaccines for malaria that can rake in billions of dollars in a short amount of time.

One Australian news source,3 for example, states that even a mild swine flu epidemic could lead to the deaths of 1.4 million people and would reduce e
The rest of this article can be read from http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/28/Swine-Flu.aspx