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New York High Schoolers May Have Discovered New Cockroach Species
By Scott Hensley Kids these days will test the DNA of just about anything they can get their hands on. DNA tests suggest this cockroach may be part of a previously unknown species or subspecies. (Brenda Tan and Matt Cost) DNA tests suggest this cockroach...
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Mon, Dec 28 2009 11:45 AM
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Feds Unveil Incentive Plan For Electronic Medical Records
By Scott Hensley A simple sounding phrase--meaningful use--is the key that could open a vault of federal bonus bucks for doctors and hospitals. (iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto.com) --> Late Wednesday, Health and Human Services officials unveiled more...
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Thu, Dec 31 2009 5:55 AM
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Caring For Elderly And Disabled Is A Family Affair
By Joseph Shapiro Here's something else to consider in the definition of what it means to be an American: Being a caregiver for an elderly or disabled loved one. A new study of family caregivers says almost one out of three adults in the U.S. currently...
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Tue, Dec 08 2009 1:52 PM
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Your Kid's Brain On Santa Claus
By Maggie Mertens Spoiler Alert: We're not sure how many 5-year-olds are fans of Shots, but if you're impatiently waiting for a jolly old man dressed in red to drop off your Christmas presents, please stop reading now. Shh...Santa's not real...
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Tue, Dec 22 2009 12:12 PM
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'Is that So?' Looks At Taxes and Health Overhaul
By Julie Rovner Today we're bringing you a web-extra edition of our popular fact-checking series, "Is That So?" Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has a tax bone to pick. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) --> Topic...
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Thu, Dec 17 2009 7:30 AM
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CDC Finds About 1 Percent Of Kids Have Autism
By Jon Hamilton Figures just out from the U.S. government suggest there's been an explosion in autism cases in the past few years. (iStockphoto.com) Or not. It all depends who you ask. The numbers themselves aren't in dispute. They come from the...
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Fri, Dec 18 2009 1:04 PM
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Why The Cadillac Tax On Health Plans Isn't Really A Tax
By Scott Hensley By now you've heard plenty about the so-called Cadillac tax on high-end health insurance, a plank in the Senate health bill that would levy a 40 percent penalty on health plans costing more than $8,500 for singles and $23,000 for...
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Mon, Dec 28 2009 6:02 AM
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Support For Drug Imports Stalls Health Overhaul
By Scott Hensley The latest stumbling block for an overhaul of health care lies north of the border. (iStockphoto.com) (iStockphoto.com) --> The Senate, already poking along, put the whole thing on hold yesterday amid growing support for a measure...
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Fri, Dec 11 2009 5:59 AM
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Pfizer Piles Into Biotech With Deal For Gaucher's Drug
By Scott Hensley Lipitor, Celebrex and Zoloft are some of the pills taken daily by millions of people that helped make Pfizer the world's largest drugmaker. But the company's plans for the future now include a big dose of pricey biotech medicines...
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Tue, Dec 01 2009 6:06 AM
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Gawande Looks To Barnyard For Health Cost Controls
By Christopher Weaver What do farming and medicine have in common? At one time or another both sucked vast resources from the American economy, led to "unmanageably costly sectors," and posed problems that appeared intractable, writes Dr. Atul...
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Mon, Dec 07 2009 11:10 AM
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'Is That So?' We Fact-Check Health Bill's Hot Topics
By Maggie Mertens As the debate about the health overhaul bill goes on (and on and on) you might find that sometimes what one Senator says seems to be the exact opposite of the next. If you're like us, you've probably found yourself yelling "Is...
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Thu, Dec 03 2009 1:35 PM
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Senators Look To Limit Drug Makers Use Of Prescription Data
By Maggie Mertens When you fill a doctor's prescription, the information about it, minus your personal details, gets bought by a company that then probably sells it to drug makers. They use the data to figure out how to get individual doctors to prescribe...
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Fri, Dec 11 2009 12:40 PM
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Prescription Drug Costs Double Over A Decade
By Scott Hensley The feds just put out a neat little summary of what's happened with health care spending for young and middle-aged people in recent years. Guess what? It's up. The health tab for 18- to 44-year-olds hit $231 billion in 2006, up...
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Thu, Dec 10 2009 12:45 PM
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Dems Turning GOP Attacks On Health Bill Into Campaign Cash
by April Fulton Defeat it. If you can't defeat it, repeal it. If you can't repeal it, blanket it with lawsuits. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) pumps his fist as he speaks with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina (2nd L) and Sen. Joe Lieberman...
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Thu, Dec 31 2009 12:30 PM
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FDA To Raise Standards For Device Studies
By Scott Hensley Stung by two analyses that found weaknesses in the approval of high-risk medical devices, the Food and Drug Administration vows to beef up requirement for clinical tests. Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, acting chief of the agency's device division...
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Wed, Dec 30 2009 5:58 AM
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