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Hot Flashes May Prompt Closer Look At Bone Health
A new study, published in the journal Menopause, found postmenopausal women with vasomotor symptoms-which include hot flashes and night sweats-had lower bone mineral density in the spine and hip.

Don't Let The Credit Crunch Squeeze Your Vision!
As the credit crunch keeps on crunching and finances are squeezed ever tighter it is tempting to put off that visit to the optometrist and to carry on with your old specs for another few months. If your vision is good then it is even less likely that you will make an appointment for a sight test - after all you can "see" that nothing is wrong!
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High Population Density Triggers Cultural Explosions
Increasing population density, rather than boosts in human brain power, appears to have catalysed the emergence of modern human behaviour, according to a new study by UCL (University College London) scientists published in the journal Science. High population density leads to greater exchange of ideas and skills and prevents the loss of new innovations. It is this skill maintenance, combined with a greater probability of useful innovations, that led to modern human behaviour appearing at different times in different parts of the world.
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California Restaurant Association Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Weigh Employer Mandate Question

A California Restaurant Association has asked the Supreme Court to rule on the legality of San Francisco"s mandate that employers pay for health care coverage for employees, The San Francisco Chronicle reports. "The city"s first-of-its-kind universal health care program, dubbed Healthy San Francisco, began two years ago and requires that employers with at least 20 employees provide health insurance, set up health care spending accounts or pay into the city"s fund. Kevin Westlye, director of the restaurant association, said the fees are incredibly burdensome on restaurant owners - and pointed to the recent failure of two restaurants in Mayor Gavin Newsom"s PlumpJack Group as proof." The group, Golden Gate Restaurant Association, has joined others in saying that officials" interest in creating business and jobs conflicts with the burden the mandate places on them. The association lost its case last fall in federal appeals court and negotiations to come to a compromise have been unfruitful so far. San Francisco Public Health Chief Mitch Katz said the association wants changes that go beyond health care issues: ""I"m disappointed because here we have a program that"s already covered more than two-thirds of all the uninsured in San Francisco and is being hailed as a national model, and they"re trying to block it." (San Francisco Mayor Gavin) Newsom has made Healthy San Francisco, which now provides care for 41,000 people, a centerpiece of his run for governor. His press secretary, Nathan Ballard, said the mayor understands the restaurant owners" concerns, but is committed to universal health care." The Association says its petition focuses mainly on whether the city"s Healthy San Francisco program conflicts with the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act that governs benefit programs. The court could decide in October or November whether to hear the case, with a decision on the issue coming in June 2010 (Knight, 6/9). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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