LOS ANGELES — Major health-insurance companies in several states have decided to stop selling policies for tens of thousands of children rather than comply with a new health-care law that bars them from rejecting youngsters with pre-existing conditions. Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna, Cigna and others will halt new “child-only” policies Thursday when provisions of the [...]

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Perhaps the next prescription from your doctor will be for something a little different: contact with nature. Many studies have looked at the positive impact of nature on emotional and physical health. Some research has suggested that we are genetically hard-wired to seek green surroundings for our health and well-being. What are some health benefits [...]

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Nutritional supplements are a $26 billion-a-year industry, but there is no Food and Drug Administration oversight. It’s up to watchdogs like Consumer Reports to keep the public informed. Recently, the magazine consulted clinical research and case reports to come up with its list of “12 supplements you should avoid.” Take our quiz based on the [...]

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Dear SOS: Last February I ate dinner at the Oceanaire Seafood Room in Washington, D.C. Can you get the recipe for the crab cakes? — Ellen, Monrovia, Calif. Dear Ellen: Oceanaire Seafood Room was happy to share its recipe for these tender, soft crab cakes. The cakes are baked, not fried, and can be made [...]

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At a time he should have been enjoying his last couple of years of high school, Ed Cwalinski spent most of it bedridden, wracked by painful, debilitating muscular contractions caused by the neurological disorder dystonia. “I was curled up in a ball for two years,”Cwalinski, now 28, recalled. “I was home-schooled. I couldn’t bathe. I [...]

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