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Nov 02 2010

Bloomberg

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McKesson Corp., the biggest U.S. drug distributor, agreed to buy closely held US Oncology Inc. for about $560 million to expand in cancer care and medicines.

Nov 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A test for what is called gait speed is emerging in geriatric research as a validated measure of frailty in elderly people and a predictor of physical and cognitive health

Nov 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Don’t fixate just on Congress. Health-care investors also should also look at the roughly three-dozen governorships up for grabs.

Nov 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Health-industry groups are pressing to roll back key provisions in the Obama administration’s health-care overhaul if Republicans recapture the House, but they’re also worried that the party could go too far

Nov 02 2010

Fiscal Times

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If Rep. Joe Barton becomes chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee next year, the Texas Republican vows to make life miserable for Democratic defenders of the health care

Nov 02 2010

ABC News

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Hospital admissions for adverse reactions from medications and illegal drugs doubled in between 1997 and 2008

Nov 01 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Relatively simple interventions such as follow-up phone conversations with care managers appear to help patients control chronic depression symptoms and may provide a model for managing other chronic conditions in the primary care setting

Nov 01 2010

NPR.org

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As a key provisions of the new federal health law begin to take effect, the insurance commissioner will become the king of a much bigger kingdom

Nov 01 2010

Washington Post

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Unless Congress intervenes, payments to doctors for treating Medicare patients will be cut by 23 percent on Dec. 1 and another 6.5 percent on Jan. 1.

Nov 01 2010

Politico

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The most expensive and technologically complex piece of the health care overhaul requires by 2014 to have health insurance exchanges, or portals similar to Travelocity, where consumers can compare and purchase insurance plans