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Clinton honors schools for health programs
WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
Raleigh, NC — Former President Bill Clinton recognized 43 schools nationwide Wednesday, including three in eastern North Carolina, for improved health ...
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Logistics Health Hosts Pandemic Preparedness Conference
MarketWatch - USA
LA CROSSE, Wis., Aug 06, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Logistics Health announced today that it will host a pandemic preparedness conference entitled "The ...
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No room for new mental patients
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
Atlanta's safety-net hospital has tried to divert mental health patients to other facilities for much of the summer. The unprecedented move reflects the ...
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Fitch Rates Novant Health (North Carolina) 2008A-C Bonds 'AA ...
MarketWatch - USA
... approximately $196 million of North Carolina Medical Care Commission Health Care variable rate revenue bonds issued on behalf of Novant Health (Novant). ...
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Phoenix Health Systems Awarded Level 2 Carnegie Mellon University ...
MarketWatch - USA
DALLAS, Aug 06, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Phoenix Health Systems, Inc. (Phoenix), a national provider of healthcare strategic consulting, ...
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Health Buzz: New Flu Vaccines and Other Health News
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
But health officials noted that it was still worth being vaccinated because doing so may have kept you from getting as sick as you would have otherwise and ...
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Inviting Men To Stay On Track For Better Prostate Health
North American Press Syndicate - New York,NY,USA
(NAPSI)-Men should take the wheel in maintaining their prostate health, and if diagnosed with prostate cancer, assemble their own multidisciplinary “pit ...
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Aurora Health Care Employee Named YMCA Black Achiever of the Year
MarketWatch - USA
MILWAUKEE, Aug 06, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Maggie Beckley of Aurora Health Care has been honored as YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee's YMCA's Black ...
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Centric Health Resources Leads Focus on Specialty Pharmaceutical ...
MarketWatch - USA
Centric's suite of services, combined with a turnkey product distribution model, offers flexibility for manufacturers and generates better long-term health ...
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Prostate test advice for elderly won't stop debate
The Associated Press -
The US Preventive Services Task Force, a panel of experts who guide national health care, issued its report Monday based on a review of past research. ...
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For Psychiatrists, Talk Therapy Falling by Wayside
By Theresa Tamkins
Colenda, a psychiatrist and the Jean and Thomas McMullin Dean of Medicine at Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. “Thanks to the advances of managed care, psychotherapy was basically devalued from the perspective of ...
Healthy Living » Health News - http://living.health.com

A Family Strategy for Kids' Fitness
Together, the Thomases learned how to combine proper diet with regular exercise to stave off weight gain and improve their health. "You have to do it all together," said Thomas, whose 12-year-old daughter, Micahla, was very active yet ...
Wellness Health News - http://www.wellness.com/

Health News: Five Health Applications For Your iPhone or iTouch
By thenry
The 3G version gives you access to a number of new applications that include some beneficial to your health, nutrition and fitness, observes US News & World report. Both the iPhone 3g and the iTouch allow users to keep a food and ...
News You Should Know | BET.com - http://blogs.bet.com/news/newsyoushouldknow

Prevention vs. Treatment
By Rachel
I’m thinking that if you’re a healthcare provider (say, one in a maroon Touareg), you might decide to drive in a way, even at your healthcare-providing workplace, that doesn’t put pedestrians at serious risk of injury. ...
Women's Health News - http://womenshealthnews.wordpress.com

Acupressure & Acupressure Points
By shahilreal
All Acupressure has been known to help overall health but more specifically it could be used to treat headaches, eyestrains, muscle tension, stress, arthritis, asthma and colds. Where can you get trained as an Acupressure Therapist? ...
Alternative Medicine | Natural... - http://generalhealthinfo.wordpress.com