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Primary care health consultations can be cost-effective and may help reduce cardiovascular risk (EurekAlert!)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:08:48 +0000

Offering health tests and health consultations in primary care settings can be cost-effective, and may help in the fight against the increased burden of lifestyle diseases, according to new research published today in the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.

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Survey: Consumer-driven health plans growing in popularity (BizJournals)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:11:26 +0000

A new survey by employee-benefit advisory company United Benefit Advisors Inc. shows participation in consumer-driven health plans is becoming an increasingly popular health insurance option.

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Mental health exam won’t be videotaped (Daily Herald)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:06:30 +0000

A mental health examination of a Clarendon Hills man accused of murdering and sexually assaulting his 8-year-old daughter in 2006 will not be videotaped.

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Study Reveals How Diet, Antioxidants Prevent Blindness In Aging Population (Medical News Today)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:03:31 +0000

A new study reveals part of the magic behind a diet rich in antioxidants, showing how artichokes, blueberries and pecans can hold at bay the leading cause of age-related blindness in developed countries. Researchers discovered a link between two processes in the retina that, in combination, contribute to a disease called macular degeneration.

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Gretchen Rubin: 9 Ways To Stay Motivated To Exercise (HuffingtonPost)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:02:21 +0000

Everyone knows that exercise is a KEY element to good health. The trick is keeping yourself motivated to exercise, if you’re a person who naturally…

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IRAQ: Health Ministry cracks down on illegal medicines (AlertNet)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:54:51 +0000

Source: IRIN Iraq’s Health Ministry is leading a crackdown on expired and illegally imported medicines which have flooded the Iraqi market since the US-led invasion in 2003, a senior health official said on 19 August.

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Coverage for health care spikes in Mass. (The Nashua Telegraph)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:24:14 +0000

BOSTON — Massachusetts is experiencing a big jump in health insurance and a big drop in payments for the uninsured under the state’s health-care law. Between Jan. … - By GLEN JOHNSON The Associated Press

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Massachusetts law spurs rise in health coverage (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:16:39 +0000

Nearly half a million people obtained health insurance in the two years since Massachusetts enacted a pioneering health-care law, officials said on Tuesday, putting the state closer to covering nearly all residents.

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Candidates Diverge On Vets’ Health Care, GI Bill (NPR)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:06:39 +0000

Barack Obama and John McCain used addresses to the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to spell out their differences on foreign policy. They also addressed the topics of health care and other benefits for veterans.

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Exercise rider dies after spill (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:58:55 +0000

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. . An exercise rider for trainer Steve Asmussen died Tuesday after being injured in a riding accident at Saratoga Race Course the previous day. Asmussen told the Daily Racing Form that Parker Buckley, 40, suffered a head injury when he was unseated from a horse he was galloping on the Oklahoma training track. Buckley a former jockey, was taken to Albany Medical …

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