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Warren to release a ‘plan’ to fund Medicare for All after dodging the issue during debate

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After facing heavy criticism from fellow candidates during the last Democratic debate for evading questions about funding her Medicare for All proposal, Senator Elizabeth Warren announced Sunday at an event in Iowa that she was “getting close” to a funding plan after “working for a long time on this question.”

“I plan over the next few weeks to put out a plan that talks about specifically the cost of Medicare for All, and specifically how we pay for it,” Warren said. “Right now, the cost estimates for Medicare for All vary by trillions and trillions of dollars, and the different revenue streams for how to fund it — there are a lot of them. So this is something I’ve been working for months and months, and it’s got just a little more work until it’s finished.”

Senator Bernie Sanders, who introduced the legislation on the Senate floor in 2017, has not shied away from explaining that middle-class taxes will go up under Medicare for All.

It will be interesting to learn how the Elizabeth Warren plan will not raise middle-class taxes to fund her multi-trillion dollar proposal.

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Report: Relaxation techniques cause many with anxiety to feel even worse

Bills, deadlines, obligations and responsibilities. We all have plenty of reasons to stress out on any given day of the week, but most people are able to put their worries aside for at least a couple of hours each day and relax. That, however, is much easier said than done for people who suffer from chronic anxiety.

Interestingly, a new study conducted at Penn State University finds that especially anxious people may actually choose not to relax due to a fear that letting go of their worries for a few hours will result in even more anxiety if something bad happens.

Full report here.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on health care

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5G with its super high-frequency radio airwaves brings back old fears about cellphone radiation risks

From a report at the link below:

5G promises lightning-fast speeds and the ability to power new technologies like self-driving cars and advanced augmented and virtual reality experiences. But an undercurrent to all of the things we can do with 5G is concern about what 5G can do to us.

5G protesters in Southern California

Mobile carriers throughout the world are racing to deploy this fifth generation of cellular technology. And the biggest cellphone makers are also readying their 5G handsets. President Donald Trump has made it clear that the US must not fall behind other nations, like China, in the effort to develop and roll out the technology.

But not everyone believes the United States should be pushing full steam ahead.

There are concerns that the very high-frequency spectrum known as millimeter wavelengths used in early deployments to make 5G a reality could pose adverse health effects for the public.

Full report here.

Report: Desperate Iranians selling body organs for cash in job-starved rogue nation

A measurement of Iran’s dismal economy is found in the body parts market.

The National Council of Resistance of Iran, the main anti-Tehran dissident group, is out with a new report that says organ-selling is on the upswing as younger Iranians are in a desperate search for cash in a job-scarce economy.

The counsel report said organ sellers are writing offers on walls near hospitals or going on social media to attract bidders. Some are quoted in state-run newspapers.

“Many beg the pedestrians not to erase their announcements from the wall since they are desperate and need the money urgently,” says the council report, entitled “Selling Body Parts: A Tragedy in Iran.” “The sellers usually prefer to contact the prospective candidate directly to avoid giving a commission to the middlemen.”

The price list: kidney, up to $10,000; liver, up to $50,000; and a cornea $20,000.

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Fake home buyers raiding open houses for drugs

People are sneaking into open houses under realtors' noses and stealing home sellers' prescription opioids.

As the flood of opioids into vulnerable communities has grown, realtors have had to be on guard to prevent drug theft while hosting open houses and to educate home sellers about their roles in prevention, including hiding their medications in the same way they would firearms.

Realtor associations across the country have taken on the unlikely role, in league with law enforcement and healthcare professionals, in working to prevent the spread of opioid abuse.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg treated again for cancer

The 86-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (pictured) has just completed three weeks of radiation treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, the U.S. Supreme Court disclosed Friday.

Doctors at Sloan Kettering said further tests showed no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body. The treatment comes just months after Ginsburg was operated on for lung cancer last December. The 86-year-old justice has been treated for cancer in various forms over the past 20 years.

Full report here.

Peter Fonda, star of 'Easy Rider' dies of lung cancer at 79

Peter Fonda, the actor son of movie titan Henry Fonda and brother to Jane Fonda, has died of respiratory failure from lung cancer in Los Angeles, his family announced Friday. He was 79.

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Study blames disturbing rise in teens who need glasses on excessive screen time

According to the report released by United Kingdom-based eye care company Scrivens Opticians, the percentage of 13-16 year olds in the U.K. who need glasses has nearly doubled over the past seven years — from 20% in 2012 to 35% in 2018. Two-thirds of those teens were diagnosed as being myopic, or short-sighted.

Researchers theorize that this significant increase in eye problems among young people is likely linked to excessive time spent staring at screens, which can lead to eye strain, shortsightedness, and blurred vision. In fact, the study also found that the average 13-16 year old spends around 26 hours per week staring at a smartphone, playing video games, or watching TV.

Full report here.

Scientists have reversed the aging process in rat brain cells

Brains get stiff with age just like muscles and joints, scientists have said.

New research indicates that increasing brain stiffness with age causes brain stem dysfunction.

But scientists have demonstrated ways to return older stem cells to a younger, healthier state, potentially affecting future treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS).

The team, based at the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (University of Cambridge), studied old and young rat brains to understand the impact of age-related stiffening on oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs).

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