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By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON – Mississippi’s still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
It’s time for the nation’s annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, there’s little good news. Obesity rates among adults rose in 23 states [...]

Effective August 1, 2009, TriWest Healthcare Alliance will be implementing the new TriWest Online Care program, a program to increase behavioral health service for TRICARE active duty service members (ADSMs) and active duty family members (ADFMs) via telehealth services.
Providers can participate in this exciting opportunity as an Originating Site Facility or [...]

By Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)
From The Yahoo! Newsroom Blog
Washington, DC — With the Senate health committee convening daily to craft a comprehensive health reform bill, the basic outline of this landmark legislation is now clear.
Yes, it will ensure access to affordable, quality care for every American.  But, just as important, it will hold down health [...]

In a new white paper published online in the journal Telemedicine and e-Health, several U.S. medical experts argue that telemedicine should be a key component of health care reform efforts, United Press International reports.
According to the white paper, telemedicine would help curb cost inflation and provide other benefits that would significantly outweigh the costs.
In a [...]

On Thursday, Maine Gov. John Baldacci (D) signed into law a bill (LD 1073) that requires health insurance plans in the state to cover telemedicine services, the Maine Public Broadcasting Network reports.
The measure, sponsored by Maine Rep. Anne Perry (D), covers health care services provided through interactive audio, video and other electronic media (Maine Public [...]

Yoga for Chronic Pain
10 yoga poses to help heal your body and release your pain
By Liz Owen
Anyone who has lived with chronic pain knows how physically, mentally and emotionally debilitating it can be. We can become unable to understand how one part of our body could “do this to us.” We can feel frustrated, [...]

By Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY
Challenges are landing fast and furious on Capitol Hill. So Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, feels he has to arrive at the top of his game every day. And Ryan says he has found a way to do that: He meditates for at least 45 minutes before leaving home.
Ryan, 35, sits on [...]

Story Highlights:
Yoga poses, breathing methods help workers cope with e-mails, work stresses
Mindfulness is to pay attention to present and recognize sources of stress
Body is always being rushed; mindfulness training emphasizes need to slow down

By Val Willingham
CNN Medical Producer
(CNN) — “Just the facts” has always been Lillian Waugh’s motto. A historian and former professor of women’s [...]

LOS ANGELES, May 25 (UPI) — Push-ups may lead to a better body, but meditation may lead to a better brain, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, said.The researchers used high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging to scan the brains of people who meditate.
The study, published in the journal NeuroImage, found certain regions in the [...]

Science Careers from the journal Science 5/8/2009
By Irene S. Levine

“Most of us have a tape player in our heads telling us that our work is overwhelming, and it becomes self-fulfilling.” –Rachel Permuth-Levine
Managing workplace stress is an ongoing challenge for scientists–busy, task-oriented, ambitious people who often feel they don’t have enough hours [...]