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The end of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics is soon coming to a close. So far the United States and Chinese have both been exceling in the olympics.

It seems as if the United States will most likely win the most medals amongst gold, silver, and bronze for the games. They already have over 100 total medals. The Chinese will most likely win the most medals for gold.

For olympic fans there is some disapointment for the conclusion of the games. The United States men’s volleyball team will compete for Gold on Saturday (8/23/08) at 11:00 P.M. Central Time, 12:00 A.M. (Sunday) Eastern Time, and 9:00 P.M. Pacific Time. This event will be followed by the United States men’s basketball team featuring Kobe and James competing for Gold on Sunday (8/24/08) at 1:30 A.M. Central Time, 2:30 A.M. Eastern Time, and 11:30 P.M. (Saturday) Pacific Time.

I know this is slightly confusing however this is the times I found at NBCOlympics.com when I checked earlier. This means that any olympic fans on the East Coast in the United States will have to stay up really late Saturday night if they want to watch the men’s volleyball and basketball teams compete for gold. If you are on the west coast, you lucked out and won’t have to stay up extremely late to catch the competition.

However, if staying up really late is not your thing, you can always likely watch the events online on Sunday.

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In order to do so you have to play a little game and find the code for each prize. Once you find it you email CrunchGear to let them know.

Head over to CrunchGear for a chance at these great prizes.

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Consumer empowerment, a growing method of healthcare management for employers and healthcare organizations, involves empowering yourselves by learning how to become wiser healthcare consumers.

The following are 10 ways to achieve healthcare consumer empowerment.

1. Establish a relationship with a primary physician — before you need one. Discuss your health and family with your doctor. If you don’t have a primary physician find one.

2. Ask questions. In fact, I think it is a great idea to bring questions with you on a piece of paper, so you do not forget to ask them.

3. Learn about your illness. Research and ask your physician questions. There is a lot of information available to you.

4. Learn how to practice self-care. In times of emergency or injury remember to follow RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation)

5. Review bills carefully. Sometimes errors do happen, if you can’t look after the bills yourself, ask a family or friend to help you. Check them twice later on to make sure you were billed correctly.

6. Check your Provider Directory. It is important to find out if the doctor you are seeing participates in your health insurance plan.

7. Know your prescriptions. It is important to tell your doctor or nurse all of the prescriptions you are taking so that they can know if something else with interact. If you can’t remember, write it down!

8. Carefully read your Certificate of Coverage and Summary of Covered Benefits. Know and understand your healthcare benefits.

9. Use the emergency department for medical emergencies only.

10. Live a healthy lifestyle. Eat a healthy diet; wear your seat belt; perform monthly breast or testicular self-exams; don’t smoke; get 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night; exercise at least three times a week for 20 minutes; and drink in moderation.

Adapted from Health Resources Publishing

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A new report suggests that the National Health Service (NHS) in Britain is having it’s fair share of problems. Dentists are simply removing teeth rather than taking on complicated treatments because they have become uneconomical to provide. The number of tooth extractions has increased.

In the two years following the introduction of a new contract to NHS dentists in April 2006, 900,000 fewer people saw an NHS dentist than in the last two years of the previous system. This could also be an understatement.

Why the sudden decline? It seems as if now dentists in the National Health Service are no longer paid on a per patient basis based on the procedure or treatment done. Instead they receive a fee for the year while agreeing to perform a certain number of services.

To read the entire article go here.

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With the recent Michael Phelps frenzy in the 2008 Summer Olympics a lot of people may have a renewed interest in the sport of swimming. I personally have been actively swimming regularily for the past few years.

I recently went on to the American Dental Association (ADA’s website) and took a look at some of their dental minute videos.

One such video discusses how swimming more than 6 hours a week can cause your teeth to become brown. Thus swimming chemicals can stain your teeth. This can be managed though with regular dental exams. To view the video by practicing dentist Dr. Maria Lopez Howell go to the following link http://www.ada.org/public/media/videos/minute/additional_swimmingpoolchemicals_broadband.wmv (you will have to download it)

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