May 15 2012

Clock ticking as Alzheimer’s strategy sets 2025 goal for better ways to treat … – Chicago Tribune

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Clock ticking as Alzheimer's strategy sets 2025 goal for better ways to treat …
Chicago Tribune
The National Institutes of Health is funding some major new studies of possible therapies, including a form of insulin that's squirted into the nose. "These actions are the cornerstones of an historic effort to fight Alzheimer's disease," Health and …
Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainmentNECN
Promising Alzheimer's research delayed by shortage of volunteer patientsCBS News
Government adopts landmark strategy to fight Alzheimer'sStatesman Journal
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Accelr8 and Denver Health Notified by Department of Defense for Rapid …
MarketWatch (press release)
DENVER, May 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Accelr8 Technology Corporation (nyse mkt:AXK) and Denver Health received notice that the Defense Medical Research and Development Program (DMRDP) recommended $ 2 million funding of a proposed 35-month project …

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May 15 2012

Govt adopts landmark plan to fight Alzheimer’s, sets 2025 as deadline for … – Washington Post

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Govt adopts landmark plan to fight Alzheimer's, sets 2025 as deadline for …
Washington Post
The National Institutes of Health is giving the green light to some major new studies of possible therapies, including a form of insulin that's squirted into the nose. And the world's top Alzheimer's scientists gathered this week to decide what other …
Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer'sSeattle Post Intelligencer

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Encore Health Resources Names Clair Detraz Partner for Corporate Planning
MarketWatch (press release)
HOUSTON, May 15, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Encore Health Resources, a leading provider of advanced healthcare information technology (IT) consulting services, announced today the appointment of N. Clair Detraz as its new Partner, Corporate Planning.

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OregonLive.com
Health officials on alert for more meningitis cases after University of Oregon …
OregonLive.com
By Lynne Terry, The Oregonian Public health officials are on the alert for more cases of bacterial meningitis after the death of a University of Oregon student. So far, no one else has turned up at a hospital or medical facility in Lane County with …
Meningitis: 'One case does not constitute an outbreak'KVAL
After student death, health officials prevent spread of meningitis at UOKMTR NewsSource 16
UO Community Mourns Death Of Portland StudentOPB News
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May 14 2012

Accretive Health rebounds on response to Senate subcommittee – Chicago Tribune

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Accretive Health rebounds on response to Senate subcommittee
Chicago Tribune
Embattled hospital consulting company Accretive Health Inc. denied that it had ever delayed treatment or turned away patients from a group of Minnesota hospitals based on their ability or willingness to pay medical bills. In a 29-page response sent to …
Accretive Health shares rise after it denies Minnesota allegationsReuters

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NOLA.com
Health, higher-ed officials warn of dire consequences of House cuts
NOLA.com
By Jeff Adelson, The Times-Picayune BATON ROUGE — Health programs including hospice care, a behavioral health hospital and services for the disabled are on the chopping block, and higher education is anticipating hundreds of millions of dollars in …
Health and higher education will feel budget cuts, La. Senate toldAlexandria Town Talk
Colleges, health care face cuts in House budgetWXVT
More cuts coming to education and health careWVLA-TV

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Emirates 24/7
DEC reviews health funding system
Emirates 24/7
The Dubai Executive Council (DEC) discussed here on Monday at Emirates Towers the proposal of funding the health services in the Emirate of Dubai. Chaired by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the …
Dubai moots health funding for poorgulfnews.com

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May 14 2012

California targets health, public workers to fix budget hole – Reuters

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California targets health, public workers to fix budget hole
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Under Brown's new budget plan, spending cuts would hit the state's health-care program for low-income Californians and the elderly, reducing in-home support services and other medical programs. It would also slash the state's CalWORKS welfare program …
Revised California state budget includes $ 2.5 billion in cuts to health care …89.3 KPCC
May Budget Revise Hits Health, Human ServicesPennLive.com
Gov. Jerry Brown: Cut state workers, health and welfare to solve budgetSacramento Bee (blog)
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Pierce's health, and other points of interest
Boston.com
I think the Celtics could beat Miami with a healthy Pierce (and Ray Allen, and Avery Bradley). It'll be disappointing if this injury prevents us from finding out for sure. 2. Never thought we'd see Daniel Nava playing for the home team at Fenway Park …

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The Guardian
Nurses heckle health secretary over NHS frontline staffing cuts
Mirror.co.uk
Tory health minister Simon Burns had two stabs at the figures, dramatically revising it up, before Andrew Lansley stepped in with an even bigger number. The bumbling Health Secretary was also jeered, heckled and branded a liar at the Royal College of …
Andrew Lansley delivers a dose of health statistics to the RCNThe Guardian
'Nurses unhappy with Health Secretary'BBC News
Government 'not masters of the NHS'The Press Association
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May 14 2012

Is world outpacing US on health care? – Washington Post

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Is world outpacing US on health care?
Washington Post
Even as Americans debate whether President Obama's health-care law and its promise of guaranteed health coverage should be scrapped, many far less affluent nations are moving in the opposite direction — to provide medical insurance to all citizens.
We're Still Dancing As Health Care Drives The US Into BankruptcyHuffington Post
Insurers Face $ 1 Trillion Revenue at Stake in Health LawBloomberg
As US argues over health care, nations embrace global coverageThe Seattle Times
Sacramento Bee -Los Angeles Times
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PBS
Employers increasingly offering health benefits to workers' domestic partners
Kansas City Star
Last year, 52 percent of all employers offered domestic-partner health benefits, with the percentage varying widely by region and industry, according to a nationally representative sample of about 3000 employers surveyed by benefit consultant Mercer.
In Talent Hunt, Some Businesses Offer Health Benefits For Same-Sex CouplesNPR (blog)

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USA TODAY
Whooping cough outbreak has public health officials wary
USA TODAY
Public health officials are closely watching a rash of whooping cough cases in Washington state, urging people to protect themselves and infants against the potentially deadly disease. Fifteen-month-old Chace Schuh, of Menasha, is administered a …
Whooping cough vaccines to be offered in KennewickMid Columbia Tri City Herald
Whooping cough vaccinations still free for someBallarat Courier

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May 14 2012

National Women’s Health Week: Gestational diabetes more dangerous than we assume – Washington Post (blog)

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National Women's Health Week: Gestational diabetes more dangerous than we assume
Washington Post (blog)
This year, at the start of National Women's Health Week, the National Diabetes Education Program is focusing on on this persistent problem. Too few women understand that the condition developed during pregnancy can be the gateway to lifelong Type 2 …
Calls for simple health checks as diabetes care reaches 'state of crisis' as …Daily Mail
15 steps to stave off diabetes' consequencesTimes of India
Diabates sufferers suffer depressionSky News Australia
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LifeHealthPro
Towers Watson To Buy Extend Health For $ 435 Million
Wall Street Journal
(TW) agreed to acquire health-care insurance services provider Extend Health Inc. for $ 435 million in cash as the company looks to take advantage of the growing demand for private health-plan exchanges. Extend Health runs the largest private Medicare …
Ahead of the Bell: Towers Watson makes $ 435M dealCBS News
Towers Watson & Co to buy largest private Medicare exchangeChicago Tribune
Towers Watson to Acquire Retiree Health Exit CapabilitiesLifeHealthPro

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Bloomberg
Is world outpacing US on health care?
Washington Post
Even as Americans debate whether President Obama's health-care law and its promise of guaranteed health coverage should be scrapped, many far less affluent nations are moving in the opposite direction — to provide medical insurance to all citizens.
We're Still Dancing As Health Care Drives The US Into BankruptcyHuffington Post
Insurers Face $ 1 Trillion Revenue at Stake in Health LawBloomberg
As US argues over health care, nations embrace global coverageThe Seattle Times
Fond du Lac Reporter -Los Angeles Times
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May 14 2012

Britain bedeviled by binge drinking – USA TODAY

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Britain bedeviled by binge drinking
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Binge drinking has reached crisis levels in Britain, health experts say, costing the cash-strapped National Health Service 2.7 billion pounds (US$ 4.4 billion) a year, including the cost of hospital admissions related to booze-fueled violence and …

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Analysis: Health by numbers: A statistician's challenge
Chicago Tribune
Above all else, analyzing the state of the world's health – be it by looking at obesity rates, cancer cases, malaria deaths, or HIV-free births – requires decent statistics. Billions of dollars are allocated and whole policy shifts made on the basis of …

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Sydney Morning Herald
X-ray backlog 'endangering patient health'
Sydney Morning Herald
TENS of thousands of X-rays are not being looked at by qualified specialists at some of the state's biggest hospitals, raising concerns that serious health problems are being overlooked. A spokeswoman for NSW Health confirmed an estimated 79000 …

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May 14 2012

Health insurance expansion looming, primary care turf battle heats up – Washington Post (blog)

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Health insurance expansion looming, primary care turf battle heats up
Washington Post (blog)
President Obama's health care law is expected to expand health insurance to 32 million Americans over the next decade. Health policy experts anticipate that the wave of new insurance subscribers will lead to a spike in demand for medical services.

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Is world outpacing US on health care?
Washington Post
Even as Americans debate whether President Obama's health-care law and its promise of guaranteed health coverage should be scrapped, many far less affluent nations are moving in the opposite direction — to provide medical insurance to all citizens.
As US argues over health care, nations embrace global coverageThe Seattle Times
Global push to guarantee health coverage leaves US behindLos Angeles Times

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New York Daily News
Mental health of Texas killer on death row questioned
New York Daily News
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The outcome of legal wrangling about condemned killer Steven Staley's mental health is likely to determine if the former laborer is put to death this week in Texas for a slaying almost a quarter-century ago in Fort Worth.
Texas death row inmate's mental health questionedHouston Chronicle

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May 14 2012

Too much, too fast: Britain bedeviled by binge drinking as health woes, costs rise – Washington Post

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Too much, too fast: Britain bedeviled by binge drinking as health woes, costs rise
Washington Post
Binge drinking has reached crisis levels in Britain, health experts say, costing the cash-strapped National Health Service 2.7 billion pounds (US$ 4.4 billion) a year, including the cost of hospital admissions related to booze-fueled violence and …

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'Sahaja Yoga fosters better health'
New York Daily News
Sydney, May 14 — Performing Sahaja Yoga induces 'mental silence,' which calms the mind, fosters better health and wellbeing, a new study says. Fifty-two percent of study respondents said that they experienced mental silence "several times per day or …

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Telegraph.co.uk
Nurses stretched to 'breaking point' as 60000 frontline health service posts …
Telegraph.co.uk
A study by the RCN suggested that 61000 posts were at risk of being slashed across the health service, including nursing and other jobs, with 26000 already lost in the two years to April. The loss of so many jobs showed the "weakness" of government …
Nurses warn on scale of NHS staff cutsFinancial Times
Andrew Lansley: How the Health Secretary learnt to junk the jargon (he only …The Independent
Local care 'close to break point'BBC News
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May 14 2012

Q&A: Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on health care reform – Sacramento Bee

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Q&A: Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on health care reform
Sacramento Bee
By Jennifer Garza Since he took office early last year, state Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has made health care reform his top priority. Now he's backing a ballot measure – the Insurance Rate Public Justification and Accountability Act – that …
Agencies get ready for health care pushSan Gabriel Valley Tribune
Congress may get tough medicine from health billPhiladelphia Inquirer
Insurers must credit ObamaCare when giving new round of rebates, feds sayFox News
Anniston Star -Bellingham Herald -Palm Beach Post
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Employers shift more health costs to workers
Boston Globe
By Chelsea Conaboy Increasingly, small employers are offering health insurance plans that require workers to pay more for tests, treatments, and doctor visits. An analysis by the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy found that 27 percent of …

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New Hampshire Watchdog
On Beacon Hill, some good ideas, some overreach on health care
Boston Globe
After many months of work, the House and the Senate have now both unveiled plans to contain the cost of health care in Massachusetts. The Senate legislation is mostly a worthwhile effort; despite a number of laudable provisions, the House bill is …
Healthier approachBoston Herald
Finke: Jumping to action to cut off retireesPeoria Journal Star

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