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Jan 06 2010

Bloomberg

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The U.S. House may accept a plan to increase Medicare payroll taxes on high-salary earners as a compromise to help get a health-care overhaul through Congress

Jan 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Obama-era FDA approved 26 new drugs last year. That’s a hair’s breadth from the 25 new drugs approved by the Bush-era FDA in 2008

Jan 06 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Patients with severe depression benefit most from antidepressant medications while those with less-severe symptoms see little or no benefit

Jan 06 2010

New York Times

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Medicare officials on Wednesday detailed plans to distribute billions of dollars in stimulus to upgrade the nation’s paper medical records to electronic files

Jan 06 2010

Reuters

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U.S. judge upheld much of a sweeping federal law limiting the marketing of cigarettes – FDA spokeswoman said ruling will allow mplementation of the tobacco control act

Jan 06 2010

Nashville Bizjournal

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Primus Capital has sponsored a recapitalization of PathGroup, a Brentwood, Tenn.-based provider of diagnostic laboratory services.

Jan 05 2010

Ethiopian Review

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TA Associates has sold its ownership stake in Logistics Health, a LaCrosse, Wis.-based health care delivery system

Jan 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

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That’s true as far as it goes — growth increased at a rate of 4.4%, but a more important figure to keep an eye on is national health-care spending as a percentage of total GDP

Jan 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Our nation currently faces a shortage of physicians expected to worsen as the number of people over age 65

Jan 05 2010

Wall Street Journal

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More Americans are being prescribed multiple psychiatric medications but most people diagnosed with recent depression don’t get adequate treatment

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