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Testing overseas may explain big drop in TB cases
Washington Post
AP ATLANTA -- An unexpected big drop in new US tuberculosis cases is probably because of stepped up screening and treatment of immigrants before they leave their native countries, health officials say. The nation's TB rate dropped more ...
Drug-resistant TB killed 150000 in 2008Reuters
Drug-resistant TB poses new challengeJakarta Post
TB rate down in US, but drug-resistant cases rise elsewhereLos Angeles Times
The Associated Press -Times of India -The Guardian
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Factbox: States and US healthcare reform
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many states are worried that the healthcare reform plan currently winding through the US Congress will usurp their sovereignty and impose more spending to their already stretched budgets. The plan provides funding to help states ...
Managed Care Rally May Have More Room If Overhaul PassesWall Street Journal
Murphy says he will vote for health billNew Britain Herald
Healthcare reform, objectivelyLos Angeles Times
WTHR -CBS 4 -OregonLive.com
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FDA Warns of Zocor Risk to Muscles
WebMD
March 19, 2010 -- Based on new data, the FDA today warned that higher doses of the cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor, sold generically as simvastatin, carry an increased risk of muscle injury. The FDA also warns that mixing Zocor with ...
FDA issues warning for high doses of ZocorReuters
FDA warns high dose Zocor linked to kidney damage10 Connects
FDA Warns of Greater Muscle Risk From ZocorABC News
FOXBusiness -Wall Street Journal -BusinessWeek
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Swine flu danger appears to be ebbing
Los Angeles Times
The CDC says a third wave of the H1N1 pandemic is less likely in the US Attention now turns to the Southern Hemisphere, where flu season is just beginning. By Thomas H. Maugh II The likelihood of a third wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza appears to be ...
Cuba gets H1N1 vaccines, Africa to follow -- WHOReuters
AP Enterprise: NASA, cruise line got flu shotsThe Associated Press
WHO to send A/H1N1 flu vaccine to African countriesXinhua
KXXV News Channel 25 -KOLO -WSAV-TV
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Request to Extend Patent on Blood Drug Is Denied
New York Times
A reprieve from a billion-dollar blunder proved all too brief for the Medicines Company. The United States Patent and Trademark Office on Friday again denied the company's request to extend the life of the patent protecting its main ...
Medicines Shares Fall After Extension Denied For Key PatentWall Street Journal
Medicines Co says Angiomax patent extension deniedReuters
Medicines Co. says patent extension deniedMarketWatch
RTT News -FOXBusiness -Kaiser Health News
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Tobacco Rule Proposed in '95 to Go Into Effect
New York Times
WASHINGTON â Fifteen years after the Food and Drug Administration first proposed banning the sale and marketing of tobacco products to teenagers, top government officials announced Thursday that they would finally put the rule into ...
Tobacco faces new FDA marketing restrictionsHouston Chronicle
FDA Expands Ban on Tobacco Sales, Ads for KidsWebMD
US FDA restricts tobacco marketing to youthReuters
USA Today -CNN -Los Angeles Times
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Abortion and the health-care debate
Washington Post
In his March 14 op-ed, "How health care discourages abortion," TR Reid contended that a woman is likely to avoid abortion if she knows she and her child will have access to medical care. In fact, those pregnant women who disproportionately obtain ...
House of cards: Universal health reduces abortion argumentDaily Caller
Pro-Life Catholics For Healthcare ReformAtlantic Online (blog)
MA Abortion Rate Went Down After Universal Health Care ImplementedOpposing Views
National Review Online (blog) -Center For American Progress -WatertownDailyTimes.com
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs joins Schwarzenegger to push organ donor registry
San Jose Mercury News
Inspired by his brush with death last year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Friday made a surprise appearance at Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital to describe how a liver transplant saved his life â and ...
Apple's Steve Jobs Urges Californians to Become Organ DonorsBusinessWeek
Jobs, Schwarzenegger campaign for organ donationPalo Alto Online
Steve Jobs teams with Calif. governor to push organ donor registryApple Insider
NBC Bay Area -Fortune (blog) -KGO-TV
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Lonely, under pressure
Los Angeles Times
Loneliness doesn't just cause wear and tear on the psyche â it may also affect blood pressure. University of Chicago researchers surveyed 229 people ages 50 to 68 who were part of the Chicago Health, ...
Loneliness Increases Blood Pressure, Study FindsFOXNews
Loneliness linked to high BP in elderlyTimes of India
Loneliness linked to higher blood pressureUPI.com
eFitnessNow -Globe and Mail -Private MD
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SF police shake up crime-lab leadership
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon addresses the press on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, about an SFPD lab technician that has been arrested on suspicion of stealing drugs seized as evidence in several criminal investigations. ...
Reshuffling at SF crime lab amid drug probeSan Jose Mercury News
180 drug cases dismissed after SF police lab scandalUSA Today
San Francisco Crime Lab Closed for InvestigationForensic
SF Weekly (blog) -KCBS -abc7news.com
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