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Mar 15 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A Food and Drug Administration panel Friday narrowly backed the use of Medtronic Inc.’s “deep-brain stimulation” device in certain epilepsy patients.

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

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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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