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Mar 12 2010

Bloomberg

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A leading childhood obesity researcher says U.S. regulators should approve a procedure on children’s stomachs to help limit food intake

Mar 11 2010

KHN

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Insurance will be offered in Oregon in the most far-reaching and potentially controversial step in an effort by employers nationally to rein in medical spending by redesigning health benefits

Mar 11 2010

mobihealthnews

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Some 35,000 patients in Buffalo, NY with BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York plans will soon have 24 hour access to their physicians via web cams, phone or secure text messages

Mar 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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This week The Wall Street Journal and VentureSource ranked the top 50 U.S. venture-backed companies with the most potential to become “the next big thing.” You can check out the list from this article

Mar 11 2010

Bloomberg

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Medco Health is encouraging doctors to use genetic tests to determine whether drugs will work for particular patients — saving money and reducing harm caused when prescriptions are wrong

Mar 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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HHS Secretary Sebelius warned health insurers that opposing the administration’s health-care agenda and letting premium increases continue would hurt the health industry

Mar 11 2010

Washington Post

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Most big employers plan to shift a larger share of health-care costs to their workers next year, according to a survey to be released Thursday

Mar 11 2010

New York Times

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A panel of medical experts recommended steps to reverse a trend: the increasing difficulty of finding doctors and hospitals that will let a woman try to give birth normally if she has had a Caesarean section in the past.

Mar 11 2010

Bloomberg

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Comparing the genetic blueprint of parents and their children can narrow the hunt for disease-causing genes to a handful of candidates rather than the thousands that are identified when a genome is analyzed in isolation

Mar 11 2010

ModernHealthcare

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The Senate voted 62-36 to approve a $138 billion bill that would temporarily prevent Medicare payment cuts to doctors as well as extend federal Medicaid assistance and COBRA premium subsidies.