Category: health care

Medicare ‘Not Fit for Purpose’: Taxpayers Forking up to $3 Billion a Year for Administration Errors

Australia’s universal healthcare system, Medicare, is no longer fit for purpose because of its complexity, lack of clarity, and lack of continuous monitoring, an independent review has found. Commissioned by Health Minister Mark Butler in response to reports of widespread rorting and fraud, the review by health economist Pradeep Philip found that Medicare was bleeding…


What Lurks Inside Your Week-Old Bed Sheets

It turns out the majority of us don’t wash our bed sheets as often as we should. A survey conducted by a textile company in 2017 revealed that 11 percent of Americans wash their bed sheets once per season, while 44 percent wash them once or twice a month. ———– 👉 Support The Epoch Times:…


Manage the Costs of a Chronic Condition

For millennials with chronic medical conditions—or those raising kids with chronic conditions—health care can be an enormous monthly expense. About 44 percent of older millennials born between 1981 and 1988 have at least one chronic health condition, including migraines, major depression and asthma, according to a 2021 survey of over 4,000 adults conducted by The…


Organic vs. Non-Organic Apples: Which is Better for Health and Nutrition?

Is it better to peel or not to peel apples? Is organic or inorganic best? If your intent is to snack healthily, then the apple is hard to go past; or at least you’d think so. But, what about when you throw genetic modification (GMO) and pesticide residue into the equation? Apples contain a prebiotic…


North Carolina Expands Medicaid to 600,000 Individuals

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed a law on Monday to expand Medicaid eligibility to over half a million people whose higher level of income disqualifies them from traditional coverage. Cooper, who has emphasized the need to address this issue since he was first elected in 2016, signed the “Access to Healthcare Options” bill into law…


Ottawa Announces Plan to Fill Labour Shortages With Refugees

With labour shortages nationwide, particularly in the health sector, Canada’s immigration minister has announced a new pathway for skilled refugees to connect with employers. Starting this summer, the government will process each refugee case in the new pathway from start to finish within six months, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said during a keynote speech to…


Can Our Brains Change? | The Dr. Monti Show

Health is key to success in the world. But sadly, most of us are not getting the right health information to live our best lives—to really thrive, to think with precision, to feel energized as we face the world each day, and to be free of illness. Health used to be what the field of…


[PREMIERING at 7:30PM] Can Our Brains Change? | The Dr. Monti Show

Health is key to success in the world. But sadly, most of us are not getting the right health information to live our best lives—to really thrive, to think with precision, to feel energized as we face the world each day, and to be free of illness. Health used to be what the field of…


5 Free Long COVID Therapies People Are Doing Before Taking Medication

In this episode, Dr. Syed Haider, founder of MyGoToDoc.com, shares five things that you can do at home to improve your long COVID symptoms without taking more medication. These methods aim to rebalance your body, get your cells to detox, and set you on the right path toward healing. Haider treated over 8,000 people with…


Nova Scotia Expected to Table Budget Today With Focus on Health Care—Again

Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservatives will table the second budget of their mandate today, and the focus is expected once again to be on health care. Ever since Premier Tim Houston’s party was elected to govern in August 2021, the government has made its central mission repairing a health-care system beset by long wait-lists and an…