Dec 21 2011

Massena Police Chief’s prescription drug abuse task force spurred in part by … – North Country Now

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Massena Police Chief's prescription drug abuse task force spurred in part by …
North Country Now
MASSENA – Massena Police Chief Timmy Currier has formed a task force culled from across the county to deal with prescription drug misuse in Massena, and its impact on suicide rate and crime. The Massena Prescription Drug Misuse Task Force (MPDMTF) will …

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Veterans Targeted By Prescription Drug Abusers
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There is a new trend in the world of prescription drug abuse: Veterans being targeted by prescription drug abusers who want large amounts of drugs quickly. In many cases, medications are dispensed to veterans in six month doses. …

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MedIndia
FDA requires Multaq (dronedarone) to carry new black box warning
InjuryBoard.com
Multaq (dronedarone) is a prescription medication approved by the FDA to reduce the risk of cardiovascular hospitalization in patients who have an abnormal heart rhythm called paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter (AFL), …
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Dec 21 2011

Dates set for Supreme Court health care reform arguments – CNN

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Dates set for Supreme Court health care reform arguments
CNN
At issue is whether the "individual mandate" section — requiring nearly all Americans to buy health insurance by 2014 or face financial penalties — is an improper exercise of federal authority. The states also say that if that linchpin provision is …
High Court to Hear Health-Care Case in MarchWall Street Journal
Supreme Court to hear arguments on 'ObamaCare' during three days in MarchCatholic Online
High Court Sets March Dates For Health Law ArgumentsKaiser Health News
Washington Post -Capital New York
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NEWS.com.au
Details of Lab-Made Bird Flu Won't Be Revealed
Fox News
"It wasn't an easy decision," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, infectious diseases chief at the National Institutes of Health, which funded the original research. The scary-sounding viruses are locked in high-security labs as researchers at the Erasmus …
Hong Kong Culls Thousands of Birds After Virus Found in ChickenNew York Times
Hong Kong Culls Chickens After Flu ResurfacesWall Street Journal
Bird flu: Research row as US raises terror fearsBBC News
Daily Mail
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Globe and Mail
Provinces get more autonomy to drive health-care reform
Globe and Mail
Canada's provinces are being granted more autonomy to reshape health care as Ottawa moves to end 50 years of using its funding power to coerce provinces to adopt national standards. With federal funding now set, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq sent a …
Health accord: A small step in the right directionVancouver Sun
David Alward rebukes Ottawa over health planCBC.ca
Ottawa shirks health funding: OswaldWinnipeg Free Press
National Post (blog) -Victoria Times Colonist -Toronto Star
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Dec 21 2011

Hong Kong Culls Thousands of Birds After Virus Found in Chicken – New York Times

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The Guardian
Hong Kong Culls Thousands of Birds After Virus Found in Chicken
New York Times
The culling is part of a series of precautionary steps being taken after the chicken carcass was found to have a “highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus,” York Chow, Hong Kong's secretary for food and health, said in a statement. …
Hong Kong Culls Chickens After Flu ResurfacesWall Street Journal
US Blocks Publication of Research on Highly Contagious Bird Flu StrainABC News
US agency raises concerns about details of UW scientist's workMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
BusinessWeek -BBC News
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A detour on health reform
Los Angeles Times
The federal Department of Health and Human Services leaves to the states the job of defining a set of "essential" health benefits. What we need is a national standard. US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that …

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Globe and Mail
Canada's provinces getting more autonomy to reshape health care
Globe and Mail
Canada's provinces are being granted more autonomy to reshape health care as Ottawa moves to end 50 years of using its funding power to coerce provinces to adopt national standards. With federal funding now set, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq sent a …
Ottawa's health care handoffVancouver Sun
Ottawa shirks health funding: OswaldWinnipeg Free Press
Aglukkaq wants health ministers to talk accountabilityToronto Star
Victoria Times Colonist -StarPhoenix -Edmonton Journal
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Dec 21 2011

Men plead guilty to Rx-drug charges, days after feds drop case against local … – Orlando Sentinel

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Men plead guilty to Rx-drug charges, days after feds drop case against local …
Orlando Sentinel
By Amy Pavuk, Orlando Sentinel Several members of a suspected prescription-drug trafficking ring pleaded guilty in Orlando federal court Wednesday — just days after prosecutors dismissed the case against a Winter Park pharmacist initially accused of …

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Centice sells drug ID device to police
News & Observer
Its MFL-3000 identifies illegal prescription drugs – a growing concern in communities across the country – and other illicit substances in the field. However, Centice, which has been selling a device that enables pharmacies to verify that they are …
Centice Corporation Launches MFL-3000 Prescription Drug Identification …MarketWatch (press release)

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PayingthePrice.org Publishes New Information Regarding US Health Care Reform …
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Advocacy website, PayingthePrice.org, releases new online article that connects the dots between Big Pharma and US health care reform and how prescription drugs from Canada may be a solution. PayingthePrice.org, an advocacy movement dedicated to …

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Dec 21 2011

A Piecemeal Approach to Health Law in States – New York Times

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Washington Times
A Piecemeal Approach to Health Law in States
New York Times
The Obama administration's surprise announcement Friday that it planned to give states broad leeway to pick the benefits offered under the federal health care law offers yet another example of a gradualist approach to carrying out its signal domestic …
Obama Health Coverage Policy Passes 'Hot Potato' to StatesBusinessWeek
Reforming health reformChicago Tribune
2.5M young adults gain medical coverageThe Times and Democrat
Bismarck Tribune
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Business Insider
Health insurance rebates OK'd
The Detroit News
By Melissa Burden Michigan consumers who buy individual health insurance could receive up to $ 89 million in rebates during the next three years as part of a federal health reform requirement. Earlier this week, the US government said it denied Michigan …
Health insurance providers told to repay Michigan consumersDetroit Free Press
Traditional Medical Loss Ratio Differs from ACA-MLRMarketWatch (press release)
US Denies Michigan a Waiver From Health Law's Spending RulesBloomberg
The Bradenton Times
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ABC News
US Blocks Publication of Research on Highly Contagious Bird Flu Strain
ABC News
The study results were to be published in the US journal Science, but the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, an independent committee that advises the US Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies, …
US agency raises concerns about details of UW scientist's workMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bird flu: Research row as US raises terror fearsBBC News
Scientists Asked Not to Reveal Bird-Flu DetailsWall Street Journal
The Guardian -National Institutes of Health (press release)
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Dec 21 2011

Assemblyman Cusick focuses his attention on Staten Islanders’ abuse of Rx drugs – SILive.com

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SILive.com
Assemblyman Cusick focuses his attention on Staten Islanders' abuse of Rx drugs
SILive.com
By Judy L. Randall STATEN ISLAND, NY — Assemblyman Michael Cusick said his continued push for what has become his signature issue — safeguards on prescription drug use to tackle the overdose epidemic here — will be among his hallmarks during the …

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WGRZ-TV
3 Students Arrested For Bringing Prescription Drugs to School
WGRZ-TV
AMITY, NY– Three students from the Genesee Valley Central School District are charged with reckless endangerment after they brought prescription pills to school. Investigators the Allegany County Sheriff's Department say the charges stem from an …

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The Move to Value-based Pricing for Prescription Drugs
Xconomy
Up to now, economic evaluation of drugs in the European Union has been used primarily to determine whether or not to reimburse—not to determine price. Prices usually are set by the manufacturer, sometimes with some negotiation, or are based on …

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Dec 20 2011

APNewsBreak: Public health groups ask Orange Bowl, NCAA to pull cigar company … – Washington Post

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APNewsBreak: Public health groups ask Orange Bowl, NCAA to pull cigar company …
Washington Post
Several public health organizations are calling on the Orange Bowl and the NCAA to pull a three-year deal with Camacho Cigars, saying tobacco promotions like the Florida cigar company's sponsorship of the football games have no place in sports and …
Leading Health Groups Call on Orange Bowl, NCAA to Cancel Cigar SponsorshipPR Newswire (press release)
Cigar industry ready to fight tobacco taxBaltimore Sun (blog)
Groups ask to nix Bowl cigar sponsor CamachoCanadianBusiness.com
WZVN-TV
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ESPN (blog)
Health remains Boston's Achilles heel
ESPN (blog)
It seems like we've been quizzing poor Rivers on health on a daily basis ever since the Celtics raised Banner 17. Whether it's been the knees of Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins, or the heels of Shaquille O'Neal and, most recently, Paul Pierce, …

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Bloomberg
Will reading your doctor's notes lead to better health?
USA TODAY
By Cheryl Alkon, USA TODAY Could having easier access to the notes your doctor takes during a checkup help you stay healthy? In a study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the overwhelming answer from patients is yes. …
US Designates Health Alliances to Share Medical SavingsBusinessWeek
Do You Want to Be Able to Read and Share Your Medical Records?The Atlantic
U.S. Designates Health Alliances to Share Medical SavingsBloomberg
Middletown Journal -iHealthBeat
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Dec 20 2011

Gorman Health Group Clients Named as Accountable Care Organization Pioneers – Sacramento Bee

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Chicago Tribune
Gorman Health Group Clients Named as Accountable Care Organization Pioneers
Sacramento Bee
By Gorman Health Group WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — Gorman Health Group (GHG), the leading solutions provider in Government programs, is proud to announce that four GHG clients were among the 32 health systems named by CMS to become …
An interview with health reform's best hopeWashington Post (blog)
Health agency names 5 'Pioneer' accountable care organizations in Mass.Boston.com (blog)
Banner Health Network selected for Pioneer ACO modelNorthern Colorado Business Report
Healthcare Finance News -Fox News
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CBC.ca
Health reform: Harper tells provinces to make do with less
Vancouver Sun
Premiers have been told to live with less federal health-care cash — take it or leave it. Harper's government will urge provinces to be more "accountable" for how billions of dollars are spent on medicare, but it won't intrude in how they deliver …
Diagnosing changes to health-care fundingToronto Star
Canada's provinces getting more autonomy to reshape health careGlobe and Mail
Health funding a 'hand grenade', says NWT ministerCBC.ca
Montreal Gazette -GlobalNews.ca -Victoria Times Colonist
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Mass., feds agree to $ 26.7B health care extension
Boston.com
Deval Patrick says will help the state move ahead with plans to overhaul the way it pays for health care coverage. Patrick praised the three-year, $ 26.7 billion Medicaid waiver — a $ 5.7 billion increase over the previous waiver. …
Deal extends Medicaid funding in Mass.The Boston Globe
State, federal officials reach $ 26B Medicaid dealBoston Herald

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Dec 20 2011

Blame for prescription drug abuse falls on online pharmacies and uninformed … – New York Daily News

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New York Daily News
Blame for prescription drug abuse falls on online pharmacies and uninformed …
New York Daily News
America's addiction to prescription drugs is fed via the Internet, not just through prescriptions signed by a doctor. Many physicians are unaware that patients can obtain painkillers through online pharmacies, according to an article in the most recent …
Prescription Drug Abuse Aided by Internet Pharmacies, MD IgnorancePsychCentral.com
Paper: Enlist doctors' help to combat rogue pharmaciesWashington Post (blog)
Commentary calls for awareness of Internet pharmacies' role in prescription …EurekAlert (press release)
Annals of Internal Medicine
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Editorial – Tools to fight prescription drug abuse must be used
StarNewsOnline.com
Prescription drugs are a modern miracle, often allowing patients suffering from pain or illness to recover and live productive lives. But a particular variety of pharmaceuticals – especially painkillers – also has the effect of making the user feel …

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Dec 20 2011

Forget Lesnar’s health, how’s his standup? – ESPN (blog)

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ESPN (blog)
Forget Lesnar's health, how's his standup?
ESPN (blog)
By Chad Dundas Ed Mulholland for ESPN.com Brock Lesnar was never a man of few words — until it came time to talk about his health. No mood to talk about his health, anyway. Not during Monday's UFC 141 conference call, when the former heavyweight …

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Sarasota Herald-Tribune
An interview with health reform's best hope
Washington Post (blog)
Within the health reform law, Accountable Care Organizations are meant to serve as a crucial tool to bring down health care costs by bringing American medicine past the fee-for-service model. The idea is to encourage health care providers to band …
Health agency names 5 'Pioneer' accountable care organizations in Mass.Boston.com (blog)
CMS taps 32 health systems for Pioneer ACO programHealthcare Finance News
Banner Health Network selected for Pioneer ACO modelNorthern Colorado Business Report
Fox News -Wall Street Journal (India) -Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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Globe and Mail
With funding set, Health Minister reaches out to provinces on reform
Globe and Mail
Now that premiers have been given their marching orders on health-care funding, the Harper government is following up with an offer to help the provincial governments craft national standards for how that money is spent. Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq …
Aglukkaq wants health ministers to talk accountabilityToronto Star

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