America’s health care budget is $2.6 trillion. On its own it would rank as the fifth largest economy in the world. We’re 49th in overall mortality. How much of this vast spending goes to health prevention? A pittance. Not enough people make money on preventing illness, though plenty make money treating it. What is most cost-effective for our national health does not yet gain entrance to the health care debate.

One the greatest tragedies of life can be the diagnosis of cancer for you or someone you love. There is a place that offers hope for those who feel stranded and alone in this personal and epic life battle, a place that offers balance, acknowledges the challenges and works to bring awareness about the disease and comfort to those affected – the Cancer Support Community Florida Suncoast, formerly know as the Wellness Community

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Companies and private individuals can design a bra to be auctioned off at the 2010 Key to the Cure event scheduled for Oct. 21 at Saks Fifth Avenue to help fight cancer among women. 

Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation, and proceeds from the VIP event and a portion of the proceeds from the Saks shopping weekend will go toward Cancer Care Programs at Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System.

For centuries coffee has been praised and vilified for its health and social benefits. Bach wrote a cantata depicting a young woman willing to give up most things in life for her very expensive, imported brew. That caffeine is addictive has been known for centuries. Yet now coffee is praised for lowering insulin levels and decreasing uric acid levels. It’s said to provide the American population perhaps half the anti-oxidants in its diet.