Obama Attacks Insurers, Rallies Public To Press Congress To Approve Health Reform
The White House is mounting a stinging, sustained broadside against health insurance rate increases, The Washington Post reports, adding that President Obama and his health secretary staged a two-pronged attack Monday in a stern letter to health insurance chief executives and a speech in which the president castigated insurance companies 22 times. 'How much higher do premiums have to rise,' he demanded, 'before we do something about it?' The president gave an impassioned speech in Philadelphia Monday... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
New Evidence Further Validates Ketone Body Therapy As An Effective Approach In Managing Alzheimer's Disease
Accera, Inc., a biotechnology company delivering breakthrough therapies in central nervous system diseases, announced data which showed that augmentation with ketone bodies significantly improved cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. An early feature of AD is region specific declines in cerebral glucose metabolism. One strategy has been to supplement the brain's normal glucose supply with ketone bodies. The company's data was drawn from two clinical studies which examined the cognitive effects of induced ketosis... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
