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Health reforms trigger spending shift
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New U.S. reforms are poised to dramatically shift the nation's healthcare spending, not only curbing Medicare costs but also pumping more money toward the private sector as roughly 32 million people gain coverage.
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Struggle to agree UN summit kickstart for Millennium goals
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World powers are moving slowly toward an accord on the strategy to be embraced at a looming United Nations summit aiming to get the lofty Millennium Development Goals back on track.
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Anti-alcohol vigilantes attack drinking Russians: police
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A gang of anti-alcohol vigilantes has targeted beer-sipping Russians in a series of attacks on the streets of the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, local police said Wednesday.
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Spain's Basque region moves to ban smoking in cars
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The government of Spain's northern Basque region said Wednesday it had approved a stringent anti-smoking law which will make it illegal to light up inside a car if a minor is present.
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372 dead in Cameroon's cholera outbreak: health ministry
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A cholera outbreak ravaging through two regions in northern Cameroon since May has caused 372 deaths, according to a health ministry report obtained on Wednesday.
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Prince Charles throws open garden for green festival
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Prince Charles was to open the grounds of his London home to the public Wednesday for a garden party aiming to promote sustainability with a mix of weird and wonderful exhibits and displays.
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Weight-loss surgery 'could save millions' in UK
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Britain's National Health Service could save millions of pounds a year by offering more weight-loss surgery for obese patients, a medical study said Wednesday.
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Drug co. paid writers to promote hormone therapy
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Drugmaker Wyeth used ghostwriters to play up the benefits and downplay the harm of hormone replacement therapy in articles published in medical journals, a U.S. researcher said on Tuesday.
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Half of "untreatable" asthma cases may be treatable
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Good news for kids with treatment-resistant asthma: Their breathing troubles just might be treatable.
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Pneumococcal shots give space for new strains: study
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Fighting pneumococcal disease with immunizations is like trying to hit a moving target because vaccines that zero in on certain strains also make space for new types to develop and dominate, Dutch scientists said on Tuesday.
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NIH to use BP cash to study oil spill health effects
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The U.S. National Institutes of Health said on Tuesday it would use $10 million from BP to start a multiyear study to look at the potential health effects from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Quality ratings may channel funds from the poor
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Physician performance programs, which reward top-tier doctors, could widen healthcare disparities, researchers warned on Tuesday.
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California seeks to fine UnitedHealth up to $9.9 billion
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California regulators are seeking fines of up to $9.9 billion from a unit of health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc, citing mismanaged medical claims, failure to pay doctors and other lapses.
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Long-term weight loss may be harmful to health
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Long-term weight loss may release into the blood industrial pollutants linked to illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Record Hong Kong air pollution sparks protest
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Roadside air pollution in Hong Kong hit record highs in the first six months of the year, hurting public health and economic competitiveness compared with Asian rivals, activists and lawmakers said on Tuesday.
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Splint may be as good as cast for kids' wrist fractures
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A splint may work just as well as a cast in helping children with non-severe wrist fractures heal, a study published Tuesday suggests.
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BPA-laden dental materials prompt caution: doctors
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Just had a dental filling? You might be chewing on bisphenol A (BPA), a common plastics ingredient that could have harmful effects on your health.
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Fines of $7 in "tough" new China anti-smoking rules
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China's "toughest" ever smoking ban which aims to stop people lighting up during November's Asian Games will carry fines of $7, state media said on Wednesday, a limited deterrent to smokers in one of China's richest cities.
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Judge refuses to lift ban on government stem cell funds
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A U.S. judge refused on Tuesday to lift a ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research despite Obama administration warnings it would set back key research and cost more than a thousand jobs.
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Half of "untreatable" asthma cases may be treatable
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Good news for kids with treatment-resistant asthma: Their breathing troubles just might be treatable.
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CVS Caremark to give away up to $5M in flu shots
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CVS Caremark Corp. said Wednesday it will give away up to $5 million in seasonal flu vaccinations to people without health insurance.
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Report says obesity surgery can save health costs
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Providing surgical treatment for people who are morbidly obese could save British taxpayer-funded health services and the wider economy hundreds of millions of pounds a year, leading surgeons said on Wednesday.
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Pediatrics Group Urges Flu Shots for All Health-Care
Workers
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) A group representing
America's pediatricians is urging that flu shots be mandatory for all U.S.
health-care workers in order to protect patients.
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Higher heart risk seen in younger African Americans
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African Americans are known to have a higher rate of heart disease and stroke than whites, and a new study suggests that those excess risks emerge at a relatively young age.
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Nasal allergies may affect infants too
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A new study adds to evidence that infants and toddlers are not too young to develop nasal allergies, particularly if their parents have a history of the bothersome condition.
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Pfizer, American Kennel Club reach deal
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Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday its animal health unit and the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation entered an exclusive partnership on new areas of research on dog diseases and treatments.
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U.S. asks appeals court to stay stem cell funding ban
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The Obama administration on Wednesday asked an appeals court for an emergency stay that would lift the ban on federal funding of research involving human embryonic stem cells.
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AP Exclusive: Back to work after salmonella case
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The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business.
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Two gene mutations mark deadly ovarian cancer
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Researchers have identified two new genetic mutations that cause a significant number of the hardest-to-treat kinds of ovarian cancer, and say they point to a new "on-off" switch for tumors.
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Statins linked to lower rheumatoid arthritis risk
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Israeli scientists have found a significant link between taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs like Lipitor or Crestor and a reduced risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.
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