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A Doctor with Prostate Cancer Shares what he Learned

By HERWriter October 9, 2013 - 7:17am

From Bottom Line Publications:
It is the second-most-frequently diagnosed cancer (after skin cancer) in American men and the second-leading cause of cancer deaths (after lung cancer). One in every six men will ultimately be diagnosed with prostate cancer—about 240,000 each year, resulting in close to 30,000 deaths.

Sometimes the treatment is worse than the cure. In their zeal to prevent prostate cancer deaths, doctors send thousands of men for prostate-removal surgery or radiation, and more than half sustain sometimes lifelong impairments of their sexual functioning and/or bladder control. And surgery or radiation isn't always curative—about 25% percent of men relapse.

What's alarming is that nearly 100,000 of the men who receive these treatments each year, 85 percent of these men don't need them. THis over-treatment has led some panels and medical associations to recommend discontinuing an early warning test for prostate cancer.

Read the article in its entirety from Bottom Line Publications:
http://bit.ly/15l7p0z

By HERWriter October 9, 2013 - 7:50am

Forget the arguments about wether it's a good idea or not, the Affordable Care Act is here and it may help you. 

We have taken the guesswork out of the Affordable Care Act for you, so you can focus on what may benefit you. 

According to an article on Cosmopolitan.com, starting in 2014, the law will require most people to buy insurance or risk paying a fine ($95). You may come to find you can probably take advantage of some benefits you couldn't before. 

Here's some great perks about the Affordable Care Act, especially for women:

1) You can stay on your parent/guardian health policy until you turn 26.
Before the Affordable Care Act, most insurers prohibited young adults over the age of 21 to stay on their parent/guardian's policy. You can even be covered if you are married (although your spouse will not be covered). This may be nothing new to you, because it went into effect in 2010, but it might surprise you that it is indeed part of "Obamacare."

2) Free birth control, of all!
Nearly 30 million women have already benefited from free preventative services since 2012. This includes services such as screenings for diabetes, HIV, contraceptives, family planning counseling and checkups. With the Affordable Care Act, all FDA-approved birth control methods are covered without a co-pay. 

3) You may be eligible for government discounts on insurance.
Beginning October 1, 2013 health insurance exchanges will begin online in every state that will go into effect on January 1, 2014. The exchanges allow us to compare prices and benefits to help find an insurance plan you can afford. But, if you feel you still can't afford the insurance plan, you can see if you are entitled to a federal tax credit based on your income (the lower your income the higher the tax credit).

 

4) You will have maternity coverage.
Beginning in 2014, all individual health care plans will be required to include 10 essential health benefits including maternity care.

5) You will not be charged more for being a female.

6) You can't be rejected for having a pre-existing condition.
Insurers of today are able to deny you if you have a chronic condition (diabetes, asthma, etc). But starting in 2014, it will be illegal to penalize you for such a condition. The premiums will be based only on age, where you live and whether you are a smoker.

 

If you would like to read the original article from Cosmopolitan, click the link below:
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/celebrity/exclusive/8-ways-women-benefit-from-obamacare 

October 9, 2013 - 7:50am

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