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Workers paying more for less health insurance - Stockton Record

2010-09-04
TopNews United Kingdom (blog)Workers paying more for less health insuranceStockton RecordYaiy was the first employee hired by owner Ben Tavakoli, who spends $165000 annually on health insurance for his 50 workers.CRAIG SANDERS/The Record By Joe ...Employer Health Benefits Survey Shows Few Review Plan QualityWall Street Journal (blog)Workers Paying 14% More For Family Health Coverage This Year, USAMedical News TodayCompanies pile bigger share of health-care costs onto workersWashington PostNorthJersey.com -World Socialist Web Site -New York Timesall 558 news articles »

Health officials warn of West Nile virus in Turlock area - The Money Times

2010-09-04
MyFox AtlantaHealth officials warn of West Nile virus in Turlock areaThe Money TimesHealth officials are warning about the increased risk of West Nile virus infections in the Turlock region as high infection rates were found in samples of ...State reports county's 1st West Nile case of yearFort Wayne Journal GazetteFirst human case of West Nile virus confirmed in Los AngelesXinhuaArkansas Health Department reports first 3 cases of West Nile virus in state ...WREGKAIT -Stamford Times -NECNall 416 news articles »

In post-health-reform US, insurance workers figure out how to fit in - Salt Lake Tribune

2010-09-03
PR.com (press release)In post-health-reform US, insurance workers figure out how to fit inSalt Lake TribuneInsurance agents and brokers, at risk of becoming irrelevant in the post-health-reform world of simplified insurance shopping, ...On Health Care, the Devil's in the DetailsNew York Times (blog)A Whole Lotta Studies on Small Business and Health InsuranceWall Street Journal (blog)Small Businesses and Their Workers Will Benefit Enormously from Health ReformAmerican ChronicleNational Underwriter Life and Health Insurance News -Huffington Post (blog) -MedPage Todayall 176 news articles »

Local agencies miss out on health grant - Northfield News

2010-09-03
KFGOLocal agencies miss out on health grantNorthfield NewsTim Pawlenty ordered all state agencies not to participate in the federal health care overhaul. Pawlenty issued an executive order Tuesday after pledging to ...Pawlenty: Federal Gov't is "Basically a Drug Dealer"CBS NewsPawlenty sets health care trap, Dems swallow the bait -againForbes (blog)Editorial: Pawlenty is acting only for himselfWest Central TribuneWinona Daily News -Minneapolis Star Tribune -TheBody.comall 495 news articles »

It's flu shot time: Lake County Health Department to offer flu shots - Orlando Sentinel

2010-09-03
Los Angeles TimesIt's flu shot time: Lake County Health Department to offer flu shotsOrlando SentinelIt's that time of year again: The Lake County Health Department and the Lake-Sumter EMS will provide flu shots and ...Residents urged to get flu shots earlyBeloit Daily NewsBear River Health Department hosting flu shot clinicsCache Valley DailyLouisville flu shots here off to slow startLouisville Courier-JournalWLKY Louisville -Kansas City Star -WJTVall 703 news articles »

Health care reform provides a chance that we can do the right ...

2010-09-03
Health care has not been fixed, but the reform legislation has surfaced the tensions, the delusions and the denial that are driving us toward an uncreative destruction.

Law School Offers Free Online Course in Health Reform Law · Robert ...

2010-09-03
The class will analyze legal issues presented by the new health care policy with professors and experts from UI and elsewhere. They will analyze the law from the perspectives of economics, human rights, antitrust, insurance, employment, ...

Participation In Children's Health Insurance Program Varies Widely ...

2010-09-03
A new study published today in Health Affairs shows that 39 percent of the uninsured but eligible kids live in three states: California, Texas and Florida. Another 22 percent live in Georgia, New York, Arizona, Illinois, Ohio, ...

Truckee Tahoe Health & Wellness announcements | SierraSun.com

2010-08-31
Glow adds news stylistBrooke Allen will be joining the team at Glow Salon in Downtown Truckee as their newest hair stylist. Brooke specializes in: B (read more)

Health Change From Close Social Networks | Psych Central News

2010-09-03
A new study refutes long-held beliefs that social networks with “long ties” or distal connections are most effective in producing timely behavior.

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2010-09-04
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Weight Loss Diet Learn To Control Hunger | Health News http://bit.ly/a7Gaco

2010-09-04
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2010-09-04
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Wind power's health debate rages http://bit.ly/dlu0qH

2010-09-04
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2010-09-04
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E. coli outbreak puts focus on meat oversight

2010-09-03
The first outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the nation's meat supply.
Tom Abrams, director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising, and Communications, talks with co-workers Sheetal Patel (left) and Ernest Voyard (second left) about the FDA's enforcement of rules against deceptive pharmaceuticals advertising at FDA headquarters in Silver Spring, Md.

Drugmakers script social media to push meds

2010-09-03
It wasn't what you would call a casual get-together.  A popular New York blogger attended a brunch with fellow "frazzled moms." They took in tips from a style expert and listened to a nurse extol the virtues of Mirena, a birth control device sold by Bayer Healthcare.  The nurse was on Bayer's payroll.
Organic farmer Luis Miranda places summer squash out for sale July 7 at a farmer's market in Sacramento, Calif.

7 natural strategies to detox your body

2010-09-03
You can't avoid all environmental toxins, but you can make it easier for your body to cleanse them.
So stressed out you feel like pulling out your hair?  Save a few strands for the doctor. It could end up saving your life.

Your hair knows when you're going to keel over

2010-09-03
So stressed out you feel like pulling out your hair?  Save a few strands for the doctor. It could end up saving your life.
Gordon and his wife live in a home with no running water, and his wife was once trapped in a trash pile and needed help to get out.

Hit 'Hoarders' returns for third season

2010-09-03
Show is A&E's most popular series among young viewers, something of a surprise given that it's about emotionally ill people living amid mounds of garbage.

Earl speeds up, expected to cause destructive waves

2010-09-04
Tropical Storm Earl is gaining momentum as it barrels up the Atlantic Ocean about 100 miles from the U.S. East Coast. Earl still had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

Adult services censored on Craigslist

2010-09-04
Embattled online classified service Craigslist apparently made a change to its website early Saturday, censoring its adult services section.

Mistrial in alleged 'sham marriage' case

2010-09-03
The sham marriage trial of actress Fernanda Romero, which the judge has likened to a soap opera, appeared threatened with a mistrial Friday after a dramatic turn a day earlier.

U.N. envoy in Pakistan flood aid plea

2010-09-04
A United Nations representative on Saturday pleaded for more international aid to help the millions of Pakistanis displaced from flooding that has ravaged the country for more than a month.

Feds bust huge human-trafficking ring

2010-09-03
Six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United States.

West Nile virus kills 15 in Greece, health officials say

2010-09-03
West Nile Virus has killed 15 people in northern Greece and sickened 158 others, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.

Would you get selective reduction?

2010-09-03
For women carrying multiple fetuses, a medical argument for reducing that number is clear. But the decision isn't always clear-cut.

She drops 100 pounds, gains new world

2010-09-02
I come from a small-ish town in Oklahoma where we've never met a vegetable we couldn't fry and the only things more super-sized than our portions are the huge church complexes that alternate with fast-food restaurants along our roads.

For teens, too little sleep may equal too many snacks

2010-09-02
All those late nights spent trolling Facebook, texting friends, and cramming for tests may be taking a toll on teenagers' diets, a new study suggests.

Build-it-yourself playground helps kids imagine

2010-09-02
He's designed everything from upscale hotels and restaurants to the sets for Broadway plays and the Academy Awards ceremony.