The impact of health insurance on health.

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How does health insurance affect health?
After reviewing the evidence on this question, we reach three conclusions.
First, many of the studies claiming to show a causal effect of health insurance on health do not do so convincingly because the observed correlation between insurance and good health may be driven by other, unobservable factors.
Second, convincing evidence demonstrates that health insurance can improve health measures of some population subgroups, some of which, although not all, are the same subgroups that would be the likely targets of coverage expansion policies.
Third, for policy purposes we need to know whether the results of these studies generalize. Solid answers to the multitude of important questions about how specific health insurance policy options may affect health seem likely to be forthcoming only with investment of substantial resources in social experiments.

 

Diabetes Risk Test

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It is very likely you know someone with diabetes given that over 20 million people—or 9 percent of the population have diabetes, and this number is only growing.

Approximately 1 million Nigerians are diagnosed with diabetes every year, which is about one in four people over 60 years of age.

Type 1 diabetes, found mostly in children and young adults, as occurring when the body makes little or no insulin.

In Type 2 diabetes, the most common type of the disease that accounts for the majority of cases, the body makes insulin but does not use it the right way. If you don’t have diabetes but want to know your risk for it, the American Diabetes Association has a free Type 2 diabetes risk test on its website.

Health and Fitness Benefits of Sports

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Looking to take up a new sport? It could be that be that these health and fitness benefits of playing sports might just be the extra push you need to get involved.

For sure, playing sports is a generally a fantastic way to improve your fitness and health. Many of us may not feel at home pounding away on a treadmill or working up a sweat in the gym, but we’ll happily chase a ball around endlessly while playing a game of some sort.

For most people, taking part in sport will improve your general health and wellbeing. There are plenty of reasons why you should become involved in sport with reduced body fat, bone strengthening, improved stamina and flexibility being some of the reasons why you should take up a sport.

The following are just some of the many health and fitness benefits of starting out in a new sport which we hope will apply to whatever sport you opt for:

  • Playing sports helps reduce body fat or controls your body weight.
  • Sports allow you will gain the satisfaction of developing your fitness and skills.
  • Sports can help you fight depression and anxiety.
  • Sports allows you to challenge yourself and set goals.
  • Playing sports helps strengthen bones.
  • Sports help aid coordination, balance and flexibility.
  • Many sports can help improves stamina and concentration.
  • Sports allow you to experience the highs and lows of both winning and losing!
  • Through sports you will meet people with a similar interest to yourself and are likely to gain many new friends.
  • Sports are a great way for families to get exercise together.
  • If you are sporty then you are more likely to have a healthy lifestyle.