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May 12 2010

Washington Post

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Efforts to block a key provision of the new health-care overhaul law are underway in 33 states

May 12 2010

Let’s Move

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Let’s Move: White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity Report to the President

May 12 2010

Washington Post

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White House Task Force report on Childhood Obesity lays out 70 recommendations and a gentle warning that, while the federal government can’t solve the obesity epidemic, it is prepared to take action where others don’t

May 12 2010

Washington Times

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President Obama’s new health care law could potentially add at least $115 billion more to government health care spending over the next 10 years, congressional budget analysts said Tuesday

May 12 2010

Primary Care–Save Money and Improve Quality?

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Health Affairs' theme for the current issue is primary care. An article looks at research on the extent to which primary care improves quality and lowers costs. Ambiguity reigns.

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May 11 2010

Local Tech Wire

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CardioMEMS Inc. said it has raised a $37.5 million funding round to complete a clinical trial for its wireless sensing device for heart failure.

May 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Intuit, best known for its Quicken product line, is buying medical records technology firm Medfusion in an all-cash deal valued at $91 million

May 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Doctors are using a host of new therapies to treat patients with chronic pain

May 11 2010

Annals of Family Medicine

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Annals of Family Medicine: Using knowledge of decision-making psychology to persuade patients to engage in healthy behaviors or to make treatment decisions that foster their long-term goals is ethically justified

May 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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With a physician shortage looming, in 2006 the AMA Colleges set a goal of boosting first-year med school enrollment by 30% by 2015 – it’s going to miss that target by a few years

May 11 2010

Washington Post

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Prompted by media reports questioning the safety of such drugs, known as bisphosphonates, the FDA issued an alert in March about an ongoing safety review of them.

May 11 2010

Washington Post

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The debate has focused attention on Obama’s plan to rescind a federal regulation that protects workers who refuse to provide care they find objectionable

May 11 2010

Washington Post

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WellPoint CEO Angela Braly has told President Obama attacks on health insurers “must end” in order to make the new health care reform law work

May 11 2010

New York Times

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Despite the health care law’s elaborate scaffolding, attorneys general and governors from 20 states, have now joined as confident litigants in a bid to topple its central pillar.

May 11 2010

Bloomberg

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Overeating is more fattening for people who have a close relative with diabetes, a study found.

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