by Melinda Tuhus | May 12, 2008 9:13 AM

Women, stress, heart disease -- what's racism got to do with it? The woman pictured in the middle wanted to know.

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by christine stuart | May 12, 2008 7:37 AM

The debate on universal health care was postponed last year because the 2007 General Assembly wanted to study the issue before passing legislation like its neighboring states.

In the absence of a major statewide policy on access to affordable health care, the 2008 General Assembly did pass five smaller health care bills being praised by health care advocates.

Full story here.

by Melinda Tuhus | May 9, 2008 8:14 AM

Could this hair product give you cancer?

Continue reading "Skin-Deep Dangers Revealed"

by christine stuart | May 8, 2008 7:33 AM

A bill that would allow workers to accumulate one hour of paid sick time for every 40 hours worked died Wednesday night. Full story here.

by Paul Bass | May 7, 2008 8:49 AM

The new Health Equity Commission would run out of the Office of the Healthcare Advocate. The state Senate passed a bill to create it. ""We have so far to go to eliminate disparities in health status. Putting together an Equity Commission that gathers a wide diversity of members is critical to solving this crisis," said the advocate, Kevin Lembo. Release here. The state NAACP had called for the office's creation: background story here.

by christine stuart | May 7, 2008 7:53 AM

Thousands of Foxwoods employees blast legislative leaders for failing to protect their health. Story here.

by christine stuart | May 7, 2008 7:44 AM

Health care pooling bill passes Senate (very) early Wednesday morning. Story here.

by Melinda Tuhus | May 7, 2008 7:38 AM

The modern American diet is the only one in human history that reliably makes us sick, leading to obesity, diabetes and heart ailments. So said a popular author on food and the politics and food. He looks to government policy as the culprit.

Continue reading "Pollan: What You Eat Makes You Sick"

by christine stuart | May 6, 2008 1:17 PM

The House passed a bill along party lines that calls for mental illness to be treated the same as physical illness under Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell's Charter Oak Health Plan for uninsured adults in the state. The Charter Oak Health Plan was passed last year by the legislature and is expected to be offered July 1 to any uninsured resident in the state. Full story here.

by Melinda Tuhus | May 4, 2008 3:40 PM

As with environmental initiatives, movement toward universal health care is coming from the states. That was demonstrated again on Saturday with a regional action summit called Latino Voices in Universal Health Care.

Continue reading "10% of Population, 40% of Uninsured"