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amiep's picture

Don't take my grandparents healthcare!

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Congress made a solemn promise to America's seniors to supply more affordable medical care, but now they're limiting seniors' access to doctors, making it harder for them to get the care they need. Tell Congress to protect seniors' access to doctors.

With over 3.2 million baby boomer's becoming eligible for Medicare in three short years, and a government-predicted shortage of 85,000 doctors by 2020, doctor payment cuts will create an access-to-care crisis for America's seniors.


     
     
Michelle's picture

Hormones And The Heart—My Unbalanced Hormones Led to Skyrocketing Cholesterol Levels

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For years, my cholesterol levels had been very good. When I’d go in for my yearly check up and blood work, the number would always come back right in the 110 range. My physician and I were always pretty pleased with these results.

Then one year, seemingly out of the blue, my cholesterol shot up to 320.

No, that’s not a typo—in the space of 12 short months, my cholesterol reading went up by over 200 points.