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Quality ratings may channel funds from the poor – Reuters
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MSN Health & Fitness Quality ratings may channel funds from the poor Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Physician performance programs, which reward top-tier doctors, could widen healthcare disparities, researchers warned on Tuesday.
Full StoryMedicare head pushes health care test sites – Boston Globe
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TopNews Arab Emirates Medicare head pushes health care test sites Boston Globe WASHINGTON — Newly installed Medicare chief Donald Berwick, keeping a low public profile after encountering controversy over his appointment, is moving quickly behind the scenes to seed the US health care system with 100 to 300 …
Full StoryGround beef outbreak puts focus on meat oversight – The Associated Press
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Washington Post Ground beef outbreak puts focus on meat oversight The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The first known US outbreak linked to a rare strain of E
Full StorySurvey: Employers shift more insurance costs to workers – Kansas City Star
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New York Times Survey: Employers shift more insurance costs to workers Kansas City Star An annual survey released Thursday finds that workers are paying, on average, about $482 more for job-based family health insurance this year as companies force employees to shoulder more of the burden of health care costs. … Family Health Care Costs Will Jump 14% in 2010 DailyFinance Summary Box: Workers pick up growing insurance tab WNYT Employers shifting health-care costs to workers, survey shows Washington Post Los Angeles Times
Full StoryObama Deploys $5 Billion to Fund Early Retiree Health – BusinessWeek
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Metrowny.com Obama Deploys $5 Billion to Fund Early Retiree Health BusinessWeek Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration will deploy $5 billion to help defray companies' costs for health insurance provided to early retirees who leave the US workforce at ages 55 to 64.
Full StoryOmega-3 Fats May Not Reduce Heart-Attack Risk as Much as Previously Thought – TIME
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The Money Times Omega-3 Fats May Not Reduce Heart-Attack Risk as Much as Previously Thought TIME When it comes to heart-healthy foods, those containing omega-3 fatty acids are high on the recommended list.
Full StoryMarijuana Eases Neuropathic Pain – MedPage Today
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Globe and Mail Marijuana Eases Neuropathic Pain MedPage Today Explain to interested patients that smoking marijuana modestly reduced pain and other symptoms of chronic neuropathic pain. Explain further that the role of marijuana in the treatment of chronic pain … Smoking marijuana helps reduce pain, trial shows CTV.ca Smoking marijuana relieves some pain: study CBC.ca Cannabis may relieve chronic nerve pain BBC News AHN | All Headline News
Full StorySalmonella Scare Boosts Local Egg Business – WBAY
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The Hindu Salmonella Scare Boosts Local Egg Business WBAY The threat of getting sick from eggs as prompted the federal government to act and consumers to take matters into their own hands. More than 1500 people have gotten salmonella from eating tainted eggs produced at two Iowa farms
Full StoryBaltimore-based Bravo Health to be bought for $545 million – Baltimore Sun
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Bizjournals.com Baltimore-based Bravo Health to be bought for $545 million Baltimore Sun Bravo Health Inc., a fast-growing yet little-known Baltimore insurance company that operates Medicare Advantage health plans, will be acquired by Tennessee-based HealthSpring Inc. for $545 million, the two companies … S&P affirms Healthspring Inc
Full StoryNovel Combo Pill for Hypertension Approved – MedPage Today
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TopNews United Kingdom (blog) Novel Combo Pill for Hypertension Approved MedPage Today Another type of combination pill for hypertension has won FDA approval — this time putting a direct renin inhibitor together with a calcium channel blocker.
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