Advanced Mediterranean Diet

…according to a study reported in MedPageToday.

“Light” drinking was defined as no more than 2 units of alcohol a week, where a unit was half a pint of beer, a glass of wine, or a standard measure of spirits.

I may have to revise this old post about the dangers of alcohol and list of who shouldn’t drink at all.

…according to an article at MedPageToday. The study involved Australian women. The trade-off may be a higher risk of diabetes and heart disease. Pick your poison.

Some companies are considering self-insuring their workers to avoid onerous provisions of the Affordable Care Act (such as higher premium prices). MedPageToday has some details:

Self-insured firms finance most worker health costs and buy “stop-loss” reinsurance to cover especially high claims. Self-insurance has typically been the realm of large employers. But Kaiser Health News has reported brisk interest by small companies exploring self coverage.Stop-loss coverage that kicks in as low as $10,000 or $20,000 per worker makes self-insurance an option for firms with as few as 20 or 30 on staff, brokers say. Yet advocates of the law worry that more small firms with young, healthy employees will self-insure next year, exploiting what some see as an ACA loophole and leaving small-group insurance pools with sicker members and higher costs.

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