May 17 2012

Supreme Court Health Care Ruling Could Mean Life Or Death For Some ‘Uninsurables’ – Huffington Post

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Supreme Court Health Care Ruling Could Mean Life Or Death For Some 'Uninsurables'
Huffington Post
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR 05/17/12 02:09 PM ET WASHINGTON — Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance. Nonetheless, she says she'd be dead if it weren't for …
Nearly 62000 'uninsurable' patients could lose coverage if the health care law …Washington Post

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Dr. Elena Rios: Telemedicine Critical for Latino Health
Fox News
As US Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius wrote in the April 12th Huffington Post piece Health Equity Can't Wait, it is “a time to raise awareness about the well-documented health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic …

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Why one Catholic university chose no care over 'ObamaCare' for its students
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GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Is student health care falling victim to ObamaCare? A Catholic university in Ohio says yes. The university is dropping students from its health care program and blames ObamaCare. Michael Hernon is vice president of …
Franciscan University Drops Student Health Plans Over ObamaCareThe New American
College drops health care plan over religious objections to new lawCNN (blog)
Second Catholic university may drop health insuranceHot Air
Wheeling Intelligencer -The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog) -Commonweal (blog)
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May 17 2012

Health Care Reform: GOP Preps Plan For Ruling On Law – Huffington Post

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Health Care Reform: GOP Preps Plan For Ruling On Law
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House Republican leaders are quietly hatching a plan of attack as they await a historic Supreme Court ruling on President Barack Obama's health care law. If the law is upheld, Republicans will take to the floor to tear out its most controversial pieces …
Reuters Health News SummaryChicago Tribune
US sets deadline for proposals on state healthcare exchangesReuters
State awarded $ 128 million for Health Benefit ExchangeThe Spokesman Review
Chattanooga Times Free Press -Fox Business -MarketWatch (press release)
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Georgetown Defends Sebelius Invitation
Wall Street Journal
By LOUISE RADNOFSKY Georgetown University is defending an invitation for Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to address its graduate students Friday amid criticism from Catholics angry with the Obama administration's health policies.
New Fight on a Speaker at a Catholic UniversityNew York Times
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to address Georgetown grads, despite church …Washington Post
Contraception Coverage Rule Ripples Through College CampusesKaiser Health News

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Boston.com
CDC Lowers Recommended Lead-Level Limits in Children
New York Times
For the first time in 20 years, federal health authorities have lowered the recommended limit for lead exposure in young children, which they say could add 200000 children to those believed to have unsafe lead levels in their blood.
CDC adopts tougher rules about lead poisoning in kidsDetroit Free Press
US lowers cutoff for lead poisoning in young kidsFox News
CDC Lowers Lead-Poisoning Threshold for KidsU.S. News & World Report

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May 16 2012

Health of U.S. Tied to Education Gap, Researchers Report – Bloomberg

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Health of U.S. Tied to Education Gap, Researchers Report
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Higher levels of education in the US correlate with longer life expectancy and less obesity, according to the government's annual health report. Obesity, which leads to chronic ailments such as diabetes and heart disease, was twice as high among boys …
Education Is Key to Health: ReportU.S. News & World Report
Parent's Income, Schooling Affect Kids' HealthMedPage Today
CDC: Higher Income and Education Levels Linked To Better HealthTIME
USA TODAY -Atlanta Journal Constitution -WKBW-TV
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RH Reality Check (blog)
Health Buzz: Home HIV Test Backed By FDA Panel
U.S. News & World Report
If approved by the FDA, a mouth-swab test made by OraSure Technologies Inc.—and sold commercially to health professionals—would become available over the counter. That way, people could check if they had the virus within the privacy of their own homes.
WSJ BLOG/Health: AM Vitals: New Alzheimer's Trial; Home HIV TestFox Business
Expert Health Panel Urges FDA To Approve In-Home HIV TestRedOrbit
Home HIV test should be sold in retail stores, US panel urgesFox News
KLEW -RH Reality Check (blog) -Newsday (subscription)
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WHO warns spread of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity
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Health data released on Wednesday provided the clearest evidence to date of the spread of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease from developed nations to poorer regions such as Africa, as lifestyles and diets there change.
'Rich' conditions like diabetes and heart disease are spreading to Africa as …Daily Mail
Health: Statisticians say good data are hard to findVancouver Sun
New data highlight increases in hypertension, diabetes incidenceWorld Health Organization (press release)

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May 16 2012

Cardinal Health won’t ship pain pills from Florida facility under DEA deal – Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)

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Cardinal Health won't ship pain pills from Florida facility under DEA deal
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
Cardinal Health, one of the big three pharmaceutical wholesalers, reached an agreement with the US Drug Enforcement Administration, under which Cardinal Health will not ship controlled substances from its Lakeland, Fla., distribution center for two …
Cardinal Health settles drug distribution caseUSA TODAY
Cardinal Health ends DEA inquiry with settlementBusinessWeek
Moody's Lifts Cardinal Health Rating On Rising Generic Drug SalesWall Street Journal
MarketWatch
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Romney's tax, health-care proposals draw partisan reaction
Washington Post (blog)
But there's an even split on his call to repeal the landmark health-care law passed in 2010. Support for two of Romney's marquee proposals is sharply divided along partisan lines, as is support for President Obama's economic policies.

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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlier
Atlanta Journal Constitution
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks during the Alzheimer's Disease conference, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Country singer …
Critics Call Government's Alzheimer's Plan UnrealisticABC News
Health Highlights: May 15, 2012U.S. News & World Report
Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer'sSalt Lake Tribune
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May 16 2012

Patrick pushes health care cost controls – Boston Globe

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Patrick pushes health care cost controls
Boston Globe
Governor Deval Patrick said Tuesday he is confident that health care cost increases can be slowed to no more than the annual growth of the Massachusetts economy without harming the hospitals and doctors that make up the state's dominant industry.
Mass. Senate tackle health care payment planCBS News
Mass. Senate Tackles Health Care Payment PlanWBUR
Senate conjures new health costWorcester Telegram
Daily News Transcript -Boston Herald -Boston.com
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Health Questions? Talk To A Doctor With MD247 Telemedicine
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
In order to protect the health of MD247 telemedicine program members, the provider of supplemental medical services has retracted a press release regarding heart attack symptoms. Tampa, FL (PRWEB) May 16, 2012 In a drastic move to protect the health …

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WHO warns of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity
Chicago Tribune
LONDON (Reuters) – Health data released on Wednesday provided the clearest evidence to date of the spread of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease from developed nations to poorer regions such as Africa, as lifestyles and diets there change.

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May 16 2012

Health care losing to politics – Philadelphia Inquirer

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Health care losing to politics
Philadelphia Inquirer
Christie's blocking the creation of state health-insurance exchanges, which would aid not only the 1.3 million New Jerseyans without coverage, but also small businesses and people who don't have enough medical insurance. Choosing politics over policy, …
Insurers Face $ 1 Trillion Revenue at Stake in Health LawBloomberg
Is world outpacing US on health care?Washington Post
Demand For Temporary Doctors Rises Amid Worsening Physician Shortage …Forbes
Denver Post -CNN -St. George Daily Spectrum
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Critics Call Government's Alzheimer's Plan Unrealistic
ABC News
The Obama administration and the National Institutes of Health have homed in on Alzheimer's disease, setting an ambitious goal to have an effective treaatment for the brain-wasting disease by 2025. The plan is intended to give a "clear, national focus …
Health Highlights: May 15, 2012U.S. News & World Report
Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer'sSalt Lake Tribune
Groundbreaking Alzheimer's Disease Prevention Trial AnnouncedMarketWatch (press release)
KYW Newsradio -Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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Government Technology
Utah guv fires tech director over health data breach, creates security czar
Salt Lake Tribune
Gary Herbert apologized to the 780000 victims of the health data security breach on Tuesday. To restore the public's trust, he announced Tuesday that he fired Department of Technology Services director Stephen Fletcher and hired an ombudsman to …
Utah technology director resigns in wake of data theft at state health departmentWashington Post
Utah CIO Steve Fletcher Resigns, State Promises Security ReformsGovernment Technology

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May 15 2012

Catholic university drops student health insurance, cites ObamaCare – Fox News

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Catholic university drops student health insurance, cites ObamaCare
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A Catholic university in Ohio said Tuesday it is being forced to end a student health insurance program over increased costs it claims are associated with President Obama's contraception mandate and other provisions of the health care overhaul.
Catholic college drops health plan over contraception mandateChicago Tribune
Franciscan University drops student health insurance plan over birth control …msnbc.com

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Parent's Income, Schooling Affect Kids' Health
MedPage Today
By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today A higher income and educational level for the head of a household is associated with a wide range of health improvements for children, the CDC said in its annual report card on the nation's health.
Oregon Health Authority: Obesity epidemic worsening in stateAlbany Democrat Herald
The Weight of the NationHuffington Post
Undereducated Parents Have Fat Kids, Says CDC's Annual ReportU.S. News & World Report
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Bank Tax Hearing, JPMorgan Probe, Cardinal Health: Compliance
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Compliance Action Cardinal Settles With DEA for Two-Year Shipping Suspension Cardinal Health Inc. (CAH), the second-largest US drug distributor by revenue, agreed to suspend shipments of controlled drugs from a Florida facility for two years in a …

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May 15 2012

Cardinal Health settles drug distribution case – USA TODAY

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Cardinal Health settles drug distribution case
USA TODAY
By Donna Leinwand Leger, USA TODAY The DEA suspended Cardinal Health, the country's second-largest drug distributor, from selling and shipping powerful painkillers and other drugs from its Lakeland, Fla., facility for two years as part of a settlement …
Cardinal Health ends DEA inquiry with settlement The Associated Press
Cardinal Health Settles With US Over Pain PillsWall Street Journal
Cardinal Health settles Florida DEA chargesMarketWatch
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Utah guv fires tech director over health data breach, creates security czar
Salt Lake Tribune
Gary Herbert apologized to the 780000 victims of the health data security breach on Tuesday. To restore the public's trust, he announced Tuesday that he fired Department of Technology Services director Stephen Fletcher and hired an ombudsman to …
Utah technology director resigns in wake of data theft at state health departmentWashington Post

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Wall Street Journal
Espada and Son to Face New Trial
Wall Street Journal
By AMELIA HARRIS and TAMER EL-GHOBASHY Pedro Espada, Jr., the former state senator convicted Monday of stealing from the Bronx health clinic he founded, will be tried again on the four federal counts on which a jury couldn't agree, a person familiar …
Ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada guilty of stealing from clinicNew York Daily News
Espada convicted of 4 counts of theftCrain’s New York Business
Partial verdict in Espada trialYNN Hudson Valley

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May 15 2012

Cardinal Health agrees to suspension in Rx-drug battle – Orlando Sentinel

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Cardinal Health agrees to suspension in Rx-drug battle
Orlando Sentinel
The US Drug Enforcement Administration tried to suspend Cardinal Health's license in early February as part of the agency's ongoing efforts to help curb Florida's prescription drug epidemic. DEA claimed Cardinal Health has a history of problems and …
Cardinal facility suspended under DEA settlementChicago Tribune
Cardinal Health ends DEA inquiry with settlement The Associated Press
Cardinal DEA Settlement Calls for Two-Year Shipping HaltBloomberg

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Curb export of prescription drugs, MPs say
Financial Times
By Andrew Jack The export of British prescription medicines by “speculators” to other EU countries should be restricted because it is threatening patient safety, a group of MPs argued on Tuesday. “Parallel trade” by intermediaries who buy drugs in …
Shortage of prescription drugs putting UK NHS patients at riskActive Quote
UK lawmakers urge action on medicine shortagesChicago Tribune
UK Lawmakers Say Parallel Trade Causing Drug ShortagesWall Street Journal

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May 15 2012

Survey for health, poverty benefits threatened in Congress – CNN

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Survey for health, poverty benefits threatened in Congress
CNN
By Elizabeth Landau, CNN The survey provides data about who has health insurance so services can be directed toward specific people and places. (CNN) — Americans needing health insurance or disability services could be overlooked by their local …

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Boston.com
Cardinal Health Settles With US Over Pain Pills
Wall Street Journal
By DEVLIN BARRETT And TIMOTHY W. MARTIN Cardinal Health Inc. said Tuesday it agreed to settle government accusations that it distributed large volumes of addictive pain pills in Florida without proper controls. The company said it accepted a two-year …
Cardinal Health ends DEA inquiry with settlement The Associated Press
Cardinal Health settles Florida DEA chargesMarketWatch
Cardinal Health Brings Resolution to Litigation with DEA SettlementSacramento Bee
Orlando Sentinel
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Clippers ready to play against Spurs despite health issues
Los Angeles Times
By Broderick Turner SAN ANTONIO – So much of the talk at the Clippers' shoot-around Tuesday was about the health issues of their players and how effective they could be against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals …

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