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Surgery more effective for treating obese teens

Carly Weeks From Wednesday's Globe and Mail - February 10, 2010

Researchers also link bariatric surgery to a significant reduction in metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance, conditions that increase the risk of serious health problems...

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Being bored could be bad for your health

MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer - February 10, 2010

Can you really be bored to death? In a commentary to be published in the International Journal of Epidemiology in April, experts say there's...

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Path to health care summit uncertain

Kara Rowland - February 9, 2010

Taken at their word, both Democrats and Republicans say they want to work together on a health care reform bill - but it's not...

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HHS secretary asks insurer to justify rate hike

SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER Associated Press Writer - February 9, 2010

The Obama administration on Monday asked California's largest for-profit health insurer to justify plans to hike customers' premiums by as much as 39 percent,...

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Beer may be good for bones: study

CBC News - February 9, 2010

Moderate beer consumption may help fight osteoporosis, suggests a study by the University of California's department of food science and technology. Moderate beer consumption...

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Clinton-era health aides push to save Obama’s plan

RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press Writer - February 8, 2010

Shock and awe. That's what survivors of the Clinton-era health care collapse are feeling as President Barack Obama's overhaul legislation wobbles in Congress. Aides...

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KeyCorp vice chairman to join struggling AIG

AP - February 8, 2010

The vice chairman for KeyCorp has left to take a job with struggling insurer American International Group, the company said Monday. Peter Hancock, who...

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Cuts could shut some Tennessee hospitals

E.W. Scripps Co - February 8, 2010

NASHVILLE - Gov. Phil Bredesen's proposed cuts to the state's expanded Medicaid program would cost state hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars and may...

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Safeway Targets Prepared-Food Departments in Safety Checks

MICHAEL GARRY - February 5, 2010

WASHINGTON - Safeway, Pleasonton, Calif., conducts quarterly food safety compliance checks using a third-party service to examine the practices of its prepared-food departments, among...

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FDA warns of brain risks with frequent Tysabri use

AP - February 5, 2010

Federal health officials warned doctors Friday that the risk of a deadly brain inflammation linked to the multiple sclerosis treatment Tysabri increases with use...

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