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Jul 12 2010

New York Times

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Merck plans to lay off about 15 percent of its work force — about 15,000 people — over the next two years as part of a global merger restructuring

Jul 12 2010

TheHill.com

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Orszag’s successor as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is likely to write budgets that are much more austere than the ones crafted during the first two years of the administration

Jul 12 2010

Politico

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Months after delivering its crucial endorsement of the health care overhaul, the American Medical Association has found itself with fewer friends on Capitol Hill and more critics questioning its lobbying savvy

Jul 12 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A new study suggests that current guidelines for screening children for high cholesterol fail to capture many with elevated levels who might benefit from healthier diet and exercise habits or treatment with cholesterol-lowering medication

Jul 12 2010

Wall Street Journal

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White House adviser David Axelrod defended the recess appointment of Donald Berwick and sought to dispel concerns among some Republicans that Mr. Berwick favored a nationalized health-care system

Jul 12 2010

Fiscal Times

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A recent analysis by the North Carolina-based nonprofit RTI International found that gastric bypass and banding are cost-effective methods of reducing complications and death in obese people with diabetes

Jul 12 2010

Baltimore Sun

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The price for health care that hospitals pass on to insurers and patients will soar 4.4 percent this year under several rate increases approved by the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission.

Jul 09 2010

Bloomberg

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Three companies are developing chemical dyes to identify proteins in the brain, called beta amyloid, that are markers for Alzheimer’s

Jul 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

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And a study published online today by the Lancet suggests that a strategy that weds telemonitoring and self-management of medications may help some people with poorly controlled hypertension

Jul 09 2010

New York Times

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Experience shows how difficult it could be for Medicare to save money on such programs, especially when the government pays hefty fees for help from private health plans and other companies specializing in disease management