Recent Health News

Get the latest green (and all-black penguin) news in today’s installment of Cool Green Morning: A new report says that the UK loses at least two animal and/or plant species per year.  ( Guardian Eco ) An all-black penguin is discovered near Antarctica ; researchers call it a “”one in a zillion kind of mutation.”  ( Yahoo Green ) The US and EU are on board with a ban on bluefin tuna trade – Japan, not so much.  ( Treehugger ) The latest in corn-based biofuel :  ethanol out, isobutanol in.  ( Green Inc.

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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, March 11

The word 'water', in various languages, projected on a wall of mist I took my kids last month on President’s Day to see a special exhibit at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland called “Water: H 2 O = Life.”  To those who think this means I dragged my kids on their vacation day to an event related to my career , well…you’re right. However… First, we also visited an indoor rainforest where they saw orangutans, pythons and crocodiles and then saw a jaw-dropping IMAX movie about prehistoric “sea monsters.” So they had their fun. Second, it’s not like I work for Allstate and roped them into an exhibit called “Insurance Premiums Through Time.”  They got a lot out of the exhibit, particularly its various hands-on activities

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H2O = Life

I demand to reclaim my health, appetite and energy once again. From simple classics to new concepts….Sustaining our health and mindful eating in Lagos is not the easiest of tasks….

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Eat Well Lagos

WASHINGTON — A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president’s signature health care overhaul.

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Health Care Close After Democrats, White House Meet

Today, just two days later, Obama is speaking again about health care in St.

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Health Care Ad Inifinitum - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com

As part of the White House’s final push on health care reform, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday called for health insurance executives to publicly explain why they are raising premiums.

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Read on for your regular dose of the day’s coolest, greenest news: Watching “The Oprah Winfrey Show” might make you greener .  There is actually science behind this.  ( Planet Green ) A bike commuter does the math and finds that a year of regular rides keeps 3,260 pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere.  ( Treehugger ) How green is the dentist working on your pearly whites?  ( GreenBiz ) Big news in plastic recycling:  scientists have developed an organic catalyst that can “ build up and break down plastics over and over again “– and on the cheap, too.  ( The Vine ) Your diet soda habit might not be so good for the planet.  In related news, I now feel like a horrible person.  ( Huffington Post Green )

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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, March 10

If there is one thing I am really bad at, it’s holding my own in a debate . Well, actually, singing and drawing should probably top the list, but debating would definitely make the top 10. When talking to people on the opposite side of an issue I care a lot about, I get…upset.

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Climate Change Debates? There’s an App for That!

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is pushing a new anti-fraud plan and his top health official is challenging the nation’s insurers as the administration cranks up the pressure for a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s medical system.

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Obama Pushing Health Care End-Game

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday he’ll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system.

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