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Mar 15 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Third-party outsourcing programs have come under fire at the FDA – the agency is weighing whether to end it given questions the quality of the reviews

Mar 15 2010

New York Times

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Three aggressive treatment strategies doctors had expected would prevent heart attacks among people with Type 2 diabetes have proved to be ineffective or even harmful

Mar 15 2010

Bloomberg

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Students who regularly eat lunch provided by their schools are more likely to be overweight and have higher levels of cholesterol

Mar 12 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A growing focus on managing diseases more effectively to control long-term health care costs has boosted the prospects for diabetes-treatment companies

Mar 12 2010

New York Times

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Recent reports and guideline changes suggest some medical tests should be delayed, avoided, or done less often

Mar 12 2010

Washington Post

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A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans – maybe even President Barack Obama – are being overtreated

Mar 12 2010

New York Times

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Deploying undercover agents that pose as patients may be one approach to this problem – an alternative approach should be statistical research

Mar 12 2010

New York Times

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House Democrats were meeting again Friday to discuss the still-evolving plan and for leaders to try to soothe lawmakers worried about the price they might pay in November

Mar 12 2010

New York Times

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Democratic leaders struck a tentative agreement that would bundle overhaul of federal student loan programs with the Democratic health care legislation

Mar 12 2010

Bloomberg

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The Senate parliamentarian told Republicans that a reconciliation bill has to “make changes in law”

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