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Kathleen MacNaughton

posted 02/14/2008, comment (1)

Managed Care & Preventive Health Care

I remember when I was in nursing school and as a young nursing graduate hearing about how wonderful managed care would be for our health care system. Proponents spoke in glorious terms about preventive health care and it made such sense. We would all be incentivized to act in healthy ways so as to prevent health problems from cropping up in the... Read more Chevron

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Allison Janse

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posted 01/29/2008, comments (0)

A Super-Sized Health Problem on Super Tuesday. . . and Beyond

I admit it -- I buckled under the pressure. Before my kids had even made it out of Pre-K, they ate their first hot school lunch. In their minds, that first bite sent them into the ranks of the "big kids." In my mind, that first check of the CHICKEN NUGGETS box may have sent them on the road to becoming "big kids," in a... Read more Chevron

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Sloane Miller

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posted 01/23/2008, comment (1)

Prevention is a Key Healthcare Issue

"Eat an apple a day and keep the doctor away". We've all heard this axiom. To me it represents the wisdom that eating fruits (and vegetables if Popeye is any indication) can help fight disease and illness, actually preventing the need to see a doctor. It's a fairly basic and simple-seeming prescription for health and the... Read more Chevron

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