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See graph below on how effective Massachusetts bold plan to extend health insurance to all its residents has been. A new report from the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, shows that “since the program’s launch in June 2006, 439,000 more people have enrolled in health insurance, and nearly half of them signed up for private insurance not funded by taxpayers.”

In fact, roughly 75 percent of previously uninsured Massachusetts residents now have medical coverage under the state’s landmark campaign. Now, I am waiting for other states to follow Massachusetts in this bold plan that seems to be working.

Source: Boston Globe

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A team of British researchers from the University of Southampton and the University of Bristol, reported in the online edition of the British Medical Journal, that teaching Alexander technique, an alternative therapy involving learning better posture, can ease chronic back pain. Back pain causes more disability than any other condition in the United States.

Frederick M. Alexander, born in Tasmania, Australia in 1869, was a Shakespearean actor, who proposed that the entire neuromuscular system would benefit from balancing tension in the muscles. The technique developed by Alexander was able to help with patient’s coordination, breathing, posture and joint function which resulted in reducing stress and improvement to overall health.

According to the study, “after a year of treatment, patients receiving 24 Alexander technique lessons reported experiencing just three days of back pain, compared to 21 days for those given normal care by their doctor.”

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We all know that sometimes, we just need a little divine intervention, especially when we are sick. A new survey now reveals what most Americans already know.

Dr. Lenworth Jacobs, a University of Connecticut surgery professor and trauma chief at Hartford Hospital, the lead author and his colleagues, reports that among many Americans, there is widespread belief that divine intervention can revive dying patients. Basically, God could reverse a hopeless outcome, and give more hope than doctors could.

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