Lymphedema Treatment: More Than 30 Million Could Lose Health Insurance

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30 Million Could Lose Insurance if Obamacare Is Repealed

NBC News—A recent study conducted by the nonpartisan Urban Institute showed that repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also called Obamacare, without a clear replacement law could put 30 million Americans at risk for losing their health insurance coverage.

Do Background Checks Reduce School Shooting Risk?

LiveScience—According to a new study, states that require background checks before buying guns or ammunition have lower rates of school shootings. Over a 3-year period, researchers found school shootings were more likely to occur in states that don't require background checks than those that do.

Company Fined for Prescription Drug Price Increase

USA Today—In yet another controversy over prescription drug prices, the New York-based pharmaceutical company Pfizer was fined $106 million in the United Kingdom for instituting a 2600 percent increase for a common seizure medication.

Dangers of Pollution in Your Car

Berkeley Wellness—

Most people don't realize that some pollutants are at higher levels inside their cars than outside on the road—cars take in emissions from surrounding vehicles and recirculate them—or that the "new car smell" many people find appealing is caused by a number of chemicals.

Make a Healthier Yule Log Cake This Year

Health After 50—

This holiday dessert is traditionally high in calories and fat. But the tasty alternative ingredients in this yule log cake recipe, such as raspberry jam, cut the calorie and fat count considerably. Here's how you do it.