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Lorillard Tobacco Company Comments on Harvard School of Public ...
MarketWatch - USA
... Inc. (NYSE: LO)) has not yet had the opportunity to fully review the latest report from the Harvard School of Public Health, the company is gratified ...
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Health proposal rankles Democrats
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The Health and Human Services Department is considering requiring health care providers and organizations to certify their compliance with the law. ...
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LA city attorney sues Blue Shield of California over health ...
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The Blue Shield suit is similar to those Delgadillo filed earlier this year against insurers Anthem Blue Cross and Health Net. ...
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Diet study: Hold the carbs, not the fats
Boston Globe - United States
While there has been concern that low-carb diets can be harmful to cardiovascular health, Stampfer said that the participants who followed the low-carb and ...
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Carolinas HealthCare, Stanly Regional seek to build 40-bed hospital
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The state’s certificate-of-need law prohibits health-care providers from buying, replacing or adding certain facilities and equipment without state approval ...
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';Crisis' for teen couch potatoes
Chicago Tribune - United States
Such inactivity could endanger children's health throughout their lives, its authors said. A: The sharp drop in teen exercise could continue into adulthood. ...
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The National Hispanic Medical Association and The New York Academy ...
MarketWatch - USA
We do not have to face a darker economic outlook in health care if we properly address health disparities. That's a cost we can and should control," said ...
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Health Tip: Dealing With Diarrhea
Washington Post - United States
(HealthDay News) -- Most cases of diarrhea clear up on their own, unless there's a more serious cause such as food or water contamination. ...
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Fitch Rates Memorial Health System, Indiana $78.4MM 2008 Revs 'AA ...
MarketWatch - USA
Memorial operates a 385-staffed bed tertiary care medical center in South Bend, IN, and other health care-related entities. Total operating revenue in 2007 ...
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New Studies on Menthol and Polonium-210 in Cigarettes Show Need ...
MarketWatch - USA
These studies demonstrate how the current lack of regulation allows tobacco companies to manipulate their products in ways harmful to health and to control ...
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Mediterranean, Low-Carb Diets Work Just as Well as Low-Fat
By Theresa Tamkins
Wednesday, July 16 (HealthDay News) — New research shows that Mediterranean and low-carb diets are just as good and just as safe as the low-fat diet often prescribed by doctors, a revelation that should give people more choices in ...
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Men and women may need different diets: research
Diet can strongly influence how long you live and your reproductive success, but now scientists have discovered that what works for males can be very different for females. In the first study of its kind, the researchers have shown that ...
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Study: Low-carb diet best for weight, cholesterol (AP)
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More surprising were the measures of cholesterol. Critics have long acknowledged that an Atkins-style diet could help people lose weight but feared that over the long term, it may drive up cholesterol because it allows more fat. ...
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Occupational Health News Roundup
By Liz Borkowski
American News Project: At a Democratic policy committee hearing on Iraq contracting oversight hearing, Senators heard from two mothers of soldiers who were electrocuted on US military bases in Iraq, and from two former KBR electiricians ...
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Patients to get more choice over where they die
More people will be able to choose to die at home under a 300 million pound investment in extra community services and nurses, Health Secretary Alan Johnson said on Wednesday. Most of the 500000 who die in England each year end their ...
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