Health insurance is one of the most important expenses for your household budget. Even though you utilize your insurance frugally, health insurance premiums have kept on increasing. However, there are some tips that you can use to save on your health insurance premium. Think about these tips for obtaining a lower health insurance premium: (more…)
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Tylenol Recalls Children’s and Infants Brands
September 29th, 2009 
admin Tylenol has recently announced a recall of certain lots of Children’s and Infants’ Tylenol. The recall is due to concerns about certain lots being contaminated with B. Cepacia, a type of bacteria that can cause pneumonia in some children.
If you have any medicine from the recalled lots, throw it away immediately. No children have yet to be reported ill, but still, the makers of Tylenol, McNeil Consumer Healthcare, have voluntarily recalled the following lots of their product:
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How to Fight the Common Cold
September 28th, 2009 admin Along with considering taking flu shots this winter, consider this: there might just be some common sense things you can do to stay healthy. Do sleep, ventilate your home and eat garlic and mushrooms. Don’t over use hand sanitizer, eat too many comfort foods or run yourself ragged.
As the days get shorter and night approaches faster, think about trying to get to sleep earlier. It’s your body’s natural way to fight off germs.
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California May Ban Bisphenol-A
September 13th, 2009 admin California may become one of the first states to ban the use of bisphenol-A (more commonly known as BPA), a chemical found in plastic products that has been linked to various health problems. A bill to ban BPA narrowly passed the California Senate but fell short of the needed votes to pass in the California Assembly.
There has been a nationwide debate about BPA since it has been linked to numerous health problems, including heart disease, cancer, infertility, diabetes and neurological disorders, to name just a few.
BPA was never meant to be ingested by the human body but has been found to leach from containers into foods and beverages. In 2007, the Center for Disease Control found that 93% of Americans have BPA in their urine. More shockingly, because babies and young children metabolize the chemical more slowly than adults, the risks to their bodies are greater.
The debate over BPA, both the argument that current levels are safe as well as the overwhelming independent evidence that BPA is harmful, is so controversial that the FDA is investigating the matter further and will disclose their findings in November. Until then, each state is left to wade through the battle alone.