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Health & Wellness Newsletter January 5th, 2009 More from Health & Wellness »

Health Care Reform: Good for Patients, Good for Workers, Good for Women By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check Health care reform would give us the opportunity to create jobs that pay us back tenfold. Read more »   Health care isn't just about health. It's an issue that runs through all others, whether it's the economy, the environment, foreign policy or reproductive justice. And, as Amanda Marcotte shows in this week's top Health & Wellness story, tackling health care reform would simultaneously help us tackle other problems. Besides providing some long overdue relief for the 46+ million people without health insurance, reforming the system would create demand for labor -- jobs that both men and women could fill. The government could even take an extra step in helping more women move into health careers like nursing by setting up 24-hour daycare centers similar to those created during World War II. Also in this issue of Health & Wellness, we take a look at the correlation between age and happiness, let readers sound off about America's broken health care system and hear about HIV from a man living with the diagnosis. Stay tuned next week for more great content, including a guest post from Niko Karvounis at Health Beat on whether the media will derail health care reform. As always, thanks for reading, Heather Gehlert Managing Editor     Five Years On: My Diagnosis and Mission Living As HIV-Positive By Scott Foval, Huffington Post This year, I am telling my story so that people know why HIV/AIDS research is crucial for the entire population. Read more »   Are Older People Happier? By Lee Drutman, Miller-McCune.com New research shows that happiness may have little to do with youth, mental sharpness or even physical health. Read more »   World's Worst Job? Meet the Couple Who Clean Up After Messy Deaths By Liz Langley, Orlando Weekly One couple have built a business helping people deal with the very messy reality of death by cleaning up after murders, suicides and the like. Read more »   Readers Write: Lessons From an Emergency Room Nightmare By Heather Gehlert, AlterNet Medical misdiagnosis is alarmingly common and potentially deadly. AlterNet readers discuss this and other pitfalls of America's broken health system. Read more »   How D.C. Pharmacies are Failing Patients By Amanda Hess, RH Reality Check Most professionals need an acceptable excuse to miss work. Pharmacists can refuse to do their jobs for any reason. Read more »   Want to Live Longer? Start Laughing More By Roger Dobson, The Independent A good chuckle doesn't just cheer us up. Doctors are discovering that it can ease pain and even help fight disease. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Selling 'Safer Cigarettes'? By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly Something seems wrong with this picture. Read more »

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