Health Care

An Ohio couple determined to not let health problems get in the way of their ministry work will be playing Xbox 360 games from their home in a nationwide charity event for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital Saturday.

Jeremy Caverley and his wife, Miranda, will be in front of their video game screen for three hours as part of the Extra Life G3 (Gaming and Giving for Good) 24-hour fundraiser. Gamers are able to choose which hospital they would like the money collected from their sponsors to go to.

The Caverleys, who live in the city of Chillicothe and are no strangers to hospitals themselves, chose to help Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. more >>

Conservatives are convinced they are close to victory now that the Department of Justice has advanced the lawsuit of 26 states questioning the constitutionality of Barack Obama's health care to the U.S. Supreme Court for a decision.

The DOJ filed a brief Wednesday asking the nation's highest court to review the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' the 2- 1 decision to strike down the Affordable Care Act. The Justice Department displayed a measure of confidence in its statement about the decision.

"The Department has consistently and successfully defended this law in several court of appeals, and only the 1th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled it unconstitutional," said the DOJ statement. "We believe the question is appropriate for review by the Supreme Court." more >>

Is the federal health care law pushed by President Obama yielding unintended consequences? A study released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit research group, suggests it just may be.

Annual premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased to $15,073 this year, up 9 percent from 2010, according to the Kaiser study. That follows several years of relatively modest increases in premiums.

Some health care industry analysts say that health insurers have hiked premiums this year in anticipation of new regulations imposed by the Obama health care law that, starting next year, will require them to justify any increase of more than 10 percent. more >>

The number of young people across the globe having unprotected sex has risen sharply according to the results of a multinational survey released on Monday, which is also World Contraception Day.

The survey, commissioned by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals showed an increase among sexually active teenagers in the United States and in European countries such as France who were failing to use contraception with a new partner.

In the last three years, reports that the number of young people having unsafe sex with a new partner increased by 111 percent in France, 39 percent in the USA and 19 percent in Britain. more >>

After a “partial-birth abortion” ban passed in the Michigan legislature Wednesday, local Tea Party leader Sharon Snyder shared her feelings about the procedure in question with The Christian Post.

Snyder, a registered nurse who specializes in obstetrics, expressed her deep disapproval of the procedure – also known by its medical term, “dilation and extraction.”

“I see banning the partial-birth abortion as a good thing and a step forward that is going to protect all of us, including the unborn,” she said. more >>

A recent study proves that exercising is one the top solutions for getting teen cigarette smokers to kick the habit and quit for good.

The study, published in journal Pediatrics, looked at the effects of adding exercise regimes to teen-focused smoking cessation programs and found that a program that combines counseling with physical activity may offer teens a more effective way to stop smoking.

"Oftentimes people believe that kids aren't interested in quitting and that they won't take part in an intervention. This study offers a strong case that it is possible to effectively intervene with teen smokers," said study author and lead researcher Kimberly Horn, a professor in the department of community medicine at West Virginia School of Medicine in Morgantown. more >>