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Health News

In Federal Suit, 2 Views of Veterans? Health Care
2008-04-23 04:51 - A lawsuit seeks to force the government to streamline its procedures for treating former soldiers, particularly those suffering from combat trauma and other mental health problems.

Panel Finds Link Between Smog and Premature Death
2008-04-23 04:50 - Mortality due to air pollution should be taken into account when measuring the benefits of proposed clean-air legislation, according to a new report.

Jerome H. Grossman, Health Care Policy Expert, Is Dead at 68
2008-04-22 04:50 - Mr. Grossman was influential in applying engineering solutions to make medical care more efficient

Before Medicare, Sticker Shock and Rejection
2008-04-22 04:50 - If one retires before 65, building an insurance bridge between retirement and Medicare can be complicated and expensive.

States Look to Tobacco Tax for Budget Holes
2008-04-22 04:50 - The tobacco industry counters that smokers already bear an unfair tax burden and that increases encourage cross-border purchases and bootlegging.

What’s Online: Trading on Testosterone
2008-04-20 06:01 - Movements in financial markets are correlated to the levels of hormones in the bodies of male traders, according to a study by two researchers from the University of Cambridge.

What’s Offline: Don?t Stress Over Stress
2008-04-20 06:01 - Advice to deal with work pressure, and other items.

Benefit Managers Profit by Specialty Drug Rights
2008-04-20 04:51 - A growing portion of some drug benefit managers? revenue comes from being exclusive or semi-exclusive distributors of expensive specialty drugs.

Medicare Plans Affected by Rising Drug Costs
2008-04-20 04:50 - Driven in part by specialty drugs, the prices of medicines heavily used by the elderly have risen more than 24 percent since June 2006, two senior health economists at Harvard reported.

President Is Rebuffed on Program for Children
2008-04-20 04:50 - The Government Accountability Office ruled that the Bush administration violated federal law last year by restricting states? ability to provide health insurance to children of middle-income families.


 
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