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Apr 30 2010

AP News

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Personalized medicine that might one day be possible if doctors have a map of their patients’ DNA

Apr 30 2010

Washington Post

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It seems incredible, but these are the facts:  As of 2005, at least 9 million young adults — 27 percent of all Americans ages 17 to 24 — were too overweight to serve in the military, according to the Army’s analysis of national data

Apr 30 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Friday is the deadline for states to tell the Obama administration whether they want to run the high-risk insurance pool for uninsured people with pre-existing conditions

Apr 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Provenge: It will be interesting to see what procedures they use to allocate the treatment. A lottery? First-come, first-served? Sickest patients first?

Apr 30 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Santa Clara County passed an ordinance banning restaurants from giving out toys with meals of more than 485 calories.

Apr 30 2010

Bloomberg

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When a patient dies from diabetes complications, such as a heart attack or a stroke, coroners and physicians will be encouraged to list diabetes on the death certificate

Apr 29 2010

Wall Street Journal

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There’s not enough evidence to suggest that medicines or dietary supplements prevent Alzheimer’s disease or cognitive decline, an independent committee of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health concluded

Apr 29 2010

New York Times

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A new study detailing the uncompensated work burden on family doctors points to the need to change how they are paid

Apr 29 2010

Bloomberg

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Health-insurance customers won’t risk losing their coverage when they become sick under an industry wide ban beginning in May

Apr 29 2010

MarketWatch

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

American HomePatient, one of the nation’s largest home health care providers, announced that it has entered into an agreements to complete transactions that are intended to result in a going-private transaction

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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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