Being allergy-free is something Nancy likes getting used to. Her allergies have improved greatly in recent months, but she still likes to keep medication close at hand — a small reminder of the symptoms she’s dealt with for a long time.
A recent study has found another benefit of resistance exercise: It is a safe and effective way to counter the effects of muscle wasting (a serious loss of body weight and muscle mass that can occur despite adequate food intake) in people with HIV (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 33: 1811-1817, 2001).
The other big healthcare election-year issue is over how to give more senior citizens access to an outpatient prescription drug benefit. Today, Medicare only covers prescription drugs dispensed when the patient is hospitalized. Unless a senior is covered by Medicaid or has purchased a private plan that includes outpatient drug coverage, those over age 65 [...]