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CDC Review Finds No Link Between Problem Drywall and 11 Reported Deaths The CDC review confirms the results of previous reviews conducted by CPSC into these deaths, which also found no link to problem drywall.   |
Managed Care
May 2005 |
Headlines On Deadline ... Far from final words on obesity were splashed across headlines last month... Most uninsured people do not pay taxes, because they have low incomes... General Motors blamed its largest quarterly loss in more than a decade on the increased costs of providing health care coverage... etc. |
ifeminists
May 4, 2005
Wendy McElroy |
Super-Sized Statistics We should down-size government's interest in what we eat and right-size the statistics it's feeding us. |
| AskMen.com |
The Great Obesity Survey The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. Also covered is county-specific data for Type 2 diabetes. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2003
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Newsletter FDA, CDC Respond to Increasing Threat of SARS... HHS Releases HIPAA-Related Documents on Patient Privacy Standards... New Research Journal, Annals of Family Medicine, to Debut This Month... HHS Announces $15 Million Health Initiative Focused on Prevention |
Managed Care
October 2000 |
Diabetes Cases Up 33 Percent In Just 8 Years In findings that are likely to have serious implications for treatment-costs, adult incidence of diabetes rose 33 percent from 1990 to 1998, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control... |
Managed Care
August 2005 |
Headlines On Deadline ... Things keep rolling along nicely for UnitedHealth Group, and possibly for the rest of the managed care industry as well... Many Americans believe in the urban myth that the medical industry is withholding the cure for cancer from the public in order to increase profits... etc. |
Outside
November 2009
Nick Heil |
Cash for Chunkers Enough about the public option. We should pay people to stay fit. |
Managed Care
April 2006 |
UnitedHealth Extends Credit When Patients Pay Providers UnitedHealth Group provides a desirable service to providers in a pilot program in which patients who don't pay medical bills on time will have the money deducted from their paychecks or health savings accounts. |
U.S. CPSC
March 16, 2004 |
National Poison Prevention Week Launched - Young Children At Greatest Risk for Unintentional Poisonings Parents and caregivers can prevent unintentional poisonings by using child-resistant packaging and keeping medicines and household products locked up and out of children's reach. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2005
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Newsletter Online Registration Available for 2005 ABFM Examinations... AAFP Collaborates on Obesity Management Journal... CDC Web Site Focuses on Autism and Other Developmental Disorders... etc. |
BusinessWeek
September 1, 2009
Catherine Arnst |
Opportunities in the Obesity Epidemic Drugmakers are ratcheting up research into treatments for gout and other ills that plague the overweight. |
Managed Care
July 2004
John A. Marcille |
Health Care Again Asked To Attack a Social Problem Employers are beginning to get hip to how much the problem of obesity costs. It's a lot, and increasing. They're turning to health plans and asking: "Just what are we going to do about it?" |
BusinessWeek
December 18, 2006
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The Small Street Journal The revamped, skinnier Wall Street Journal will be the first major American paper to push significant portions of traditional newspaper functions onto the Web. |
Managed Care
August 2004 |
Headlines On Deadline ... Expanded Medicare coverage for obesity is the result of the government's removal of language from the Medicare manual that states that the condition is not an illness... Earnings soared 36 percent for UnitedHealth Group in the second quarter... etc. |
Reason
July 2002
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U.S. Banker
February 2002 |
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Fast Company
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Just Search For "Groin Pain." How Google Data Is Helping Track STDs Google has now given four universities, including the University of Illinois and Columbia University, deep access to anonymized search data to better track the spread of STDs, according to an article by CNN and Kaiser Health News. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2005 |
Discovery Health Connection The subscription-based service offers a comprehensive library of video and multi-media content. This online K-12 resource addresses the nine critical areas of youth health and prevention. |
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WHO: Get Graphic With Smokers Cigarette packages should include images of sickness and suffering caused by tobacco, along with written warnings, the World Health Organization said. |
