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Former NL health board CEO did not see 2003 lab warning until 4 ...
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
JOHN'S, NL - The former head of Newfoundland's largest health board didn't see a 2003 memo that raised red flags about a laboratory that processed botched ...
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Bush administration backs restaurants in fight over SF health plan
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
(04-16) 18:21 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- The Bush administration is backing restaurant owners in their challenge to San Francisco's groundbreaking health coverage ...
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As budget talks start, disagreement over health care account
Forbes - NY,USA
Pawlenty has proposed drawing down a surplus in that account to soften budget cuts, but Democrats want to reserve the money to improve and expand health ...
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US warns of health concern from chemical in food containers
AFP -
The Health Department's National Toxicology Program (NTP) said in its preliminary report released Tuesday on Bisphenol A that: "there is some concern for ...
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Alberta to remake regional health system, won't rule out more ...
The Canadian Press - EDMONTON
EDMONTON — Alberta won't close the door on more privatization of publicly funded services as it overhauls a health system it says needs fixing to ensure ...
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Former senators tackle health issues
The Associated Press -
There have been scores of recent efforts in Washington to investigate and fix the nation's health care woes. Yet, the number of uninsured continues to grow, ...
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Calories health drive in NY
bbcworldnews -
Authorities in New York now require restaurants to declare the calories of everything on their menus.
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Flu Viruses Take One-way Ticket Out Of Asia, Then Travel The World
Science Daily (press release) - USA
"The flu virus is constantly mutating, so it's a major challenge for public health as well as a fascinating example of evolution in action. ...
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LA city attorney sues state's largest health care insurer
International Herald Tribune - France
AP LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles city attorney is suing the state's largest health care insurer, accusing it of unlawfully rescinding the policies of ...
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Chemicals in plastic worry US agency
WASHINGTON, Apr 15, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A draft report from a US government agency said exposure to bisphenol A in plastic may pose serious health risks. The National Institutes of Health's National Toxicology Program urged further ...
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Gov't raises safety questions about chemical in plastics
WASHINGTON (AP) - A chemical used to make baby bottles and other shatterproof plastic containers could be linked to a range of hormonal problems, a preliminary government report has found.
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BPA, the plastic bottle chemical, may be harmful - NIH
By Marc Onigman(Marc Onigman)
Based on draft findings by the National Toxicology Program, part of the US National Institutes of Health, senior congressional Democrats asked the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its view that the chemical bisphenol A is safe ...
Women's Health News - http://womheanew.blogspot.com/

Grand Rounds Volume 4, Number 30
By Rachel
Nancy Brown of Teen Health 411 reminds us of last fall’s committee opinion from ACOG that adolescents may be appropriate candidates for IUDs; she notes that some teens have contacted her to say that their doctors would not provide the ...
Women's Health News - http://womenshealthnews.wordpress.com