Guidelines Updated for Statin Cholesterol Med; Obama: You Can Perhaps Keep Health Insurance

On our Lab Notes page CalorieLab’s editors select and rank the day’s essential health news items in real time. Readers can suggest, vote and comment on items. Below are brief summaries of this past week’s (November 9, 2013 through November 16, 2013) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes. 1. Guidelines Updated for Statin Cholesterol Med New cholesterol guidelines are focused on lowering risk of heart disease and stroke instead of achieving target cholesterol levels. 2. Obama: You Can Perhaps Keep Health Insurance President Obama is trying to make good on his promise to let Americans keep their individual health insurance plans, but only for a year. 3. First Month Figures for Obamacare Released The first month’s figures for Obamacare enrollment have been released – and they are dismal. 4. E.coli Outbreak Forces 90-Ton Food Recall Over 90 tons of ready-to-eat salads and sandwich wraps sold at Trader Joe’s, Super Fresh Goods, Whole Food Markets and Delish supermarkets have been recalled after being linked to an outbreak of E. coli sickness that has stricken 26 people. https://secure.web.emory.edu/forums/read.php?9,2110,2110#msg-2110

 5. We Know We Should Walk, but We Still Don’t Survey says 90% of us believe walking helps us to remain trim and prevent heart disease, while 80% agree it can ease anxiety and depression, but 79% admit they don’t walk as much as they should, and 35% actually say they walk less than they used to. 6. Baby Food Recalled Due to Packaging Defect Plum Organics recalls three baby of their food products due to possible spoilage. 7. US Airports Ranked for Healthy Food Options The percentage of airline terminal restaurants that offer at least one plant-based, cholesterol-free entree, such as veggie burgers or salads, has risen at the 18 busiest US airports, from 57% in 2001 to 76% today. Topping the list is Denver, at 86%. 8. Food Stamps for Energy Drinks Now OK By changing the word “Supplement” http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/09/leo/intlblogday/forum/read.php?1,2269

 on their labels to the word “Nutrition,” energy drinks such as Monster, Red Bull and Rock Stark, composed of water, sugar and caffeine, are now considered food products, and are thus covered by the Food Stamp program. 9. Men More Likely to Be Fat at 40 British men in their early 40s are more likely to be overweight than women of the same age, say researchers from the University of London. - See more at:http://www.clevelandstatecc.edu/green/forum/viewthread/10645/