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When given the option of walking 5,000 steps each day or paying 20% more for their health insurance, obese people opted to walk. A health insurance scheme to encourage obese people to get active has been hailed as a success. Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System and Stanford University studied a group of …
American Cancer Society urges that a coordinated effort to change individual health behaviors could prevent much of the suffering and death from cancer. An annual report from the American Cancer Society finds continuing challenges in changing behaviors and risk factors in order to reduce suffering and death from cancer. The report, “Cancer Prevention & Early …