Healthy Edge: Cut Your Sugar, Sugar!

Senior Times Magzine
by Kendra Siler-Marsiglio

The holidays are upon us again.

Every way we turn, we’ll be faced with sweets. Here’s how you can cut your sugar over the holidays — and every day thereafter.

Sugar is a double-edged sword; it tastes great, but unfortunately science is showing that it can damage our bodies.

Earlier this year, researchers from Harvard and the CDC found that added sugar increases your risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease. According to this study, the risk of death from heart disease more than […]

The Gainesville Sun
By Christopher Curry

While health insurance enrollment through the Affordable Care Act continues until Feb. 15, Monday is a key date.

For those who do not now have health insurance through the ACA but plan to enroll, Monday is the deadline to sign up and have coverage beginning Jan. 1.

The soonest their coverage will begin if they miss that deadline is Feb. 1.

Individuals who have coverage through the ACA and take no action to change plans by Monday will be automatically re-enrolled in their […]

Special to The Gainesville Sun
By Lauren Vagelakos

Open enrollment for the second year of the Health Insurance Marketplace began on Nov. 15 of this year. During open enrollment, consumers are able to log on to Healthcare.gov and view plans available to them, as well as enroll in coverage. Open enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace runs until Feb. 15.

However, if consumers want a health plan beginning on Jan. 1, the deadline to enroll is Dec. 15 of this year. If you currently have a marketplace […]

The Guardian
By Aida Mallard

Do you have health insurance? If not, why not take advantage of the Community Health Enrollment event with Affordable Health Care Act Navigators to help you enroll in a health plan to fit your needs and your pocketbook.

And eligible individuals and families could receive subsidies that could result in huge discounts.

The enrollment event will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 13 at the King Center at 1028 NE 14th St. It is free and open to the community. […]

Gainesville Sun
By Christopher Curr

A ceremony at the Florida Museum of Natural History Butterfly Rainforest marked World AIDS Day Monday.
For the HIV positive women and their caregivers in attendance, the setting was significant.

By morphing from a crawling caterpillar into a brightly colored flying butterfly, the butterfly was a symbol of transformation, they said.

The members of the Rural Women’s Health Project Let’s Talk About It peer group who gathered Monday see a similar transformation in their lives.

Walking to a podium to share their stories to […]