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Thursday,
20 November 2008
Arizona reports first flu case
If you are letting the unseasonably warm weather lull you into forgetting about flu shots, think again. The flu season is here. The Arizona Department of Health Services confirmed the state’s first case of influenza Wednesday,...
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Thursday,
20 November 2008
Medicare Part D,the yearly puzzle
BY PAUL BRUBAKER TOTOWA - A crowd of senior citizens on Wednesday sought help with sorting through prescription drug benefits, something that has become an annual dilemma since the introduction of Medicare Part D in 2006.
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Thursday,
20 November 2008
US Doctors Disillusioned, 60% Wouldn’t Recommend Medical Profession
Almost all doctors in the United States say they’ve spent too much time on paperwork lately, so much so that many of them are forced to spend more time with paperwork than with their patients, according to a report just released by the...
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Thursday,
20 November 2008
Rapid care cuts babys HIV risk
Rapid drug treatment of babies with HIV dramatically cuts their risk of death and debilitating disease, international research shows.
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Thursday,
20 November 2008
Health Insurers Offer to Accept All Applicants, on Condition
By ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON - The health insurance industry said Wednesday that it would support a health care overhaul requiring insurers to accept all customers, regardless of illness or disability.
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Thursday,
20 November 2008
Europeans Announce Pioneering Surgery
By ALAN COWELL and DENISE GRADY PARIS - Physicians at four European universities have successfully transplanted a human windpipe, using stem cells from the recipient’s own bone marrow to reline a donor trachea and prevent its rejection...
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Thursday,
20 November 2008
Deductibles march higher for employer-provided health insurance
The average US worker faced out-of-pocket expenses of more than $1000 this year, an annual study finds. By Lisa Girion Employers are dramatically shifting healthcare costs onto workers, so much so that the average annual deductible for...
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