Eligible Consumers Should Act Before March 31 To Enroll In Medicare
Consumers eligible for Medicare should enroll in Medicare Part B during the 2010 General Enrollment Period (GEP), which ends on March 31. Consumers who are not enrolled in Medicare, but should be, are urged to enroll by March 31 for Part B coverage, which would take effect July 1. Medicare Part B covers doctor visits and other outpatient care. People who are required to take Medicare but who do not enroll during the 2010 GEP will not have another chance to enroll in Medicare until January 2011, and their coverage will not begin until July 2011... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
University Of Florida Researchers Find Cancer-fighting Properties In Papaya Tea
The humble papaya is gaining credibility in Western medicine for anticancer powers that folk cultures have recognized for generations. University of Florida researcher Nam Dang, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues in Japan have documented papaya's dramatic anticancer effect against a broad range of lab-grown tumors, including cancers of the cervix, breast, liver, lung and pancreas. The researchers used an extract made from dried papaya leaves, and the anticancer effects were stronger when cells received larger doses of the tea. In a paper published in the Feb... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
