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Apr 06 2010

Bloomberg

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IRS Commissioner said the agency will rely on insurance companies to provide information that individuals are buying coverage as required by the new health-care overhaul.

Apr 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The heart-attack rate among elderly Americans appears to be falling sharply. The rate of hospital admissions for heart attack was 23% lower in 2007 than in 2002, according to a just-published analysis of Medicare data

Apr 06 2010

New York Times

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A number of scientific studies have found that the amount of sugar we consume is a major factor in how big Americans have become. In the last half-century, consumption of sugars by the average American has increased by more than 24 pounds a year

Apr 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

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An estimated 8% of U.S. children have ADHD (attention-deficit disorder) and some 50% of them outgrow it.  About 4.4% of U.S. adults—some 10 million people—also have ADHD and less than one-quarter of them are aware of it.

Apr 06 2010

mobihealthnews

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Intel’s Eric Dishman, the Director of Health Innovation and Policy for Intel’s Digital Health Group, presented on home health monitoring devices and services (video)

Apr 06 2010

RTT News

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Medical device maker CareFusion Corp announced that it has signed deal to acquire privately-owned Medegen Inc. for $225 million

Apr 06 2010

Washington Post

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Online resources for information on health-care reform – here are some Web sites worth keeping an eye on

Apr 05 2010

Business Wire

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Merge Healthcare completed a private placement of preferred and common stock totaling $41.75 million, which is specified for use in funding a portion of the proposed acquisition of AMICAS

Apr 05 2010

New York Times

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Congress with little fanfare approved a set of wide-ranging public initiatives to prevent disease and encourage healthy behavior

Apr 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

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New work by a trio of economists, circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research, suggests that reform could produce a significant increase in demand for health care from previously uninsured young adults

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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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