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Denied teen has strong words for Aetna

8 years 9 months ago
Fifteen-year-old Cara Pressman gave a blunt message to her insurance company, Aetna, after it denied her for a minimally invasive brain surgery that could stop her seizures.

Denied teen has strong words for Aetna

8 years 9 months ago
Fifteen-year-old Cara Pressman gave a blunt message to her insurance company, Aetna, after it denied her for a minimally invasive brain surgery that could stop her seizures.

Why you can't always stop your next bad move

8 years 9 months ago
Many of us have at least once found ourselves in the following situation: You're driving down the road, approaching a traffic light, and it turns yellow. Do you speed up to make it through the intersection before the light turns red, or do you slam on the brakes to stop behind the white line?

The strange history of avocados as a health food

8 years 9 months ago
Long before they became a modern-day health food craze, the history of avocados began some 10,000 years ago in the Americas. Now, experts tout the health benefits -- and one concern -- of the green-hued, buttery fruit.

CHIP funding is latest victim of DC dysfunction

8 years 9 months ago
Ari Richter grabs the finger-stick glucose monitor from his mother's hand, insisting that he can do it himself. The 4-year-old presses the point against his chubby index finger until it pricks the skin to release a droplet of blood.

Increase in accidental deaths follows spike in gun sales, study finds

8 years 9 months ago
After 26 children and educators were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 and President Barack Obama talked about increasing gun control, Americans bought more guns. But instead of offering protection, at least in some cases, the sales increased the chances that people would be accidentally shot and killed, according to a study published Thursday in Science magazine.
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