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· If It's Eye Care Technology, This Must Be Orange County, New York Times, 5-16-08
· Physician Survey Reveals that Universal Healthcare Will Intensify the U.S. Doctor Shortage, Charleston Daily Mail, 5-16-08
· A Wing And More Than A Prayer, Forbes, 5-16-08
· Kaiser agrees to reinstate coverage to 1,000 canceled members, Washington Business Journals, 5-16-08
· InRoomMD Doctors Make 'On the Road' House Calls for Travelers in U.S. and Canada, BusinessWire, 5-15-08
· Survey: Universal health care would add to U.S. doctor shortage, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 5-15-08
· Generics Sharply Curbed '07 Drug Spending Growth: Medco, Money, 5-15-08
· Zimmer spells out a McCain-like health care plan, Newark Star-Ledger, 5-15-08
· Judge says Blue Cross hasn't made case to raise rates, Washington Examiner, 5-15-08
· DNA Fingerprinting Could ID Viable Embryos, ABC News, 5-14-08
· Tennessee health care costs jump 10 percent, Memphis Business Journal, 5-14-08
· Audit fuels criticism of Blagojevich on health-care programs, Chicago Tribune, 5-14-08
· In Pennsylvania, Insurers Pay Primary Care Docs to Do More, Wall Street Journal Health Blog, 5-13-08
· R&D expenses, new drug submission fuel higher Targanta losses, Boston Business Journal, 5-13-08
· Novo Nordisk gets FDA approval for hemophilia drug, Houston Chronicle, 5-13-08
· Low-cost clinics vital for many uninsured Utahns, Salt Lake Tribune, 5-12-08
· The Critical Condition of Health Insurance Customer Service, CRM Buyer, 5-12-08
· Healthcare Cash Crisis Will Hit Drugmakers -- Report, Money, 5-12-08
· Provinces testing doctor assistants to combat MD shortage, The Canadian Press, 5-12-08
· Canadians Deserve Better Access to Health Care Services, Fox Business News, 5-09-08
· Sanofi/Bristol-Myers Battle For Patent, Forbes, 5-09-08
· Who will fix America's broken health care system? With Regina Herzlinger and Don McCanne, The Real News Online, 5-08-08
· Wal-Mart sweetens drug plan, Gainesville Times, 5-08-08
· Meningitis Vaccine Boosts Immune Response, Wall Street Journal, 5-07-08
· Wal-Mart Expands Low-Price Drug Program, Target Follows, Fox 25 News, 5-07-08
· Wal-Mart expands low-price drug program, Associated Press, 5-05-08
· Health care goes digital with instant image access, ComputerWorld, 5-05-08
· Firms Adjust to Health-Care Law, Wall Street Journal, 5-05-08
· Cost of near-universal care rising in Massachusetts, Providence Business News, 5-05-08
· No waiting list for information, Toronto Star, 5-03-08
· Measles in U.S. at Highest Level Since 2001, New York Times, 5-2-08
· Congress Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes, New York Times, 5-2-08
· Drugmakers push for looser off-label rules, San Francisco Chronicle, 5-2-08
· FDA Wants More Clues from Merck, Newark Star-Ledger, 5-1-08
· Health Care Heroes, Nashville Business Journal, 5-01-08
· 'We all pay for the uninsured', Fortune, 5-01-08
· For Health Care, There's No Place Like Home, Forbes, 5-01-08
· New Study Ties Genes to Leukemia Treatment, Wall Street Journal, 5-01-08
· McCain Offers Market-Based Health Plan, Washington Post, 4-30-08
· Hospital offers more aid to poor, Chicago Tribune, 4-30-08
· Minnesotans income nearly flat, while health premiums soar, Minneapolis Business Journal, 4-30-08
· Workers' Health Insurance Costs Soar, Los Angeles Times, 4-30-08
· Researchers Make Human Flu Antibodies at Record Speed, Scientific American, 4-30-08
· McCain Pushes a Health-Care Plan With Less Regulation, Wall Street Journal, 4-30-08
· McCain's Health-Care Proposal, BusinessWeek, 4-29-08
· Hospitals to Use Faraway Doctors to Monitor Patients, NBC 4 News, 4-29-08
· Health insurance cost for families outpaces income, Boston Globe, 4-29-08
· Study finds insurance rates up sharply in Oklahoma, Forbes, 4-29-08
· UCSC grad winning kudos for 'Overtreated', a health care system critique, San Jose Mercury News, 4-28-08
· McCain focuses on lower costs on health-care tour, Reuters, 4-28-08
· Candidates' Health-Care Ideas May Not Offer Immediate Cure, Wall Street Journal, 4-28-08
· Private for-profit health care is twice as important in France as in the U.S., Canada News Wire, 4-24-08
· Health care eats up more salary, Chicago Sun-Times, 4-24-08
· Most Companies Oppose Single-Payer Health Care System, State Coverage Mandates, Fox Business News, 4-24-08
· Health-Care Reform Urged, New York Times, 4-23-08
· Ohio tops in health care startup investments, Dayton Business Journal, 4-22-08
· Small Version Of Heart Aid Is Approved, Wall Street Journal, 4-22-08
· Tiered Health Care Catches On, Forbes, 4-21-08
· Business leery of state-crafted health care, Crain's Detroit Business News, 4-21-08
· Fla. House ponders health insurance fix, Forbes, 4-18-08
· Health care changes spur access worries, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 4-18-08
· Medicaid fraud probe expands Upstate, Syracuse Post-Standard, 4-18-08
· FDA fees eyed to boost food, drug safety, USA Today, 4-18-08
· Universal Health Care to Cost Massachusetts More Than Was Budgeted, New York Times, 4-17-08
· Mass. to receive $4.6M health care grant, Boston Globe, 4-17-08
· Can Microsoft and Google Protect Our Health Records?, Wall Street Journal Health Blog, 4-17-08
· How to find a doctor online, CNN, 4-17-08
· Companies on edge over health mandate case, MarketWatch, 4-17-08
· Vioxx study shows complex researcher involvement, Reuters, 4-16-08
· Health care's matchmaker, The Bend Bulletin, 4-15-08
· Pa. medical malpractice case filings continue post-reform pace, Pittsburgh Business Times, 4-15-08
· Healthcare system unprepared for aging boomers, study finds, Los Angeles Times, 4-15-08
· Drugstore clinics make access easier, Cincinatti Enquirer, 4-14-08
· Foreign drugmakers set sights on U.S. deals, Reuters, 4-14-08
· Study: Boomers to flood medical system, News & Observer, 4-14-08
· Costs soar for Mass. health care law, WFXL News, 4-14-08
· Clinton's anecdote grounded in errors, Columbus Dispatch, 4-11-08
· New Drug Protects against Radiation Damage, Scientific American, 4-11-08
· Only Small Minority Of Americans Want Socialized Medicine, KXMC News, 4-10-08
· Patient left with £127 phone bill after hanging on the line for 49 minutes trying to make an appointment, The Daily Mail (United Kingdom), 4-10-08
· 29% Favor National Health Insurance Overseen by Federal Government, Rasmussen Reports, 4-09-08
· Gingrich Says Healthcare Consumerism Is A Growing Success, USA, Medical News Today, 4-09-08
· Health board rejects Lake Co. hospitals, Chicago Daily Herald, 4-09-08
· MedStar to open clinics in D.C. Rite Aid locations, Washington Examiner, 4-09-08
· Rite-Aid to open health clinics, Washington Times, 4-08-08
· Health care businesses take off at airports, USA Today, 4-08-08
· Odds Rise for FDA Shield Against Drug Liability, Wall Street Journal Online, 4-07-08
· End-of-life care costlier in Boston, Boston Globe, 4-07-08
· Study: Medicare flows unevenly to hospitals, USA Today, 4-07-08
· In Massachusetts, Universal Coverage Strains Care, New York Times, 4-05-08
· Health store Doctor' Rx for ailing system, Ventura County Star, 4-04-08
· GOP looks at health care options, Florida Times-Picayune, 4-04-08
· McCain's health proposal aims to tackle costs, MarketWatch, 4-04-08
· New rotavirus vaccine OKd for U.S. children, Philadelphia Inquirer, 4-04-08
· Unfilled Prescription, Forbes, 4-21-08
· House Panel Backs FDA Tobacco Oversight, Wall Street Journal, 4-3-08
· Rates up for health care, Erie Times-News, 4-02-08
· Private clinics to heal system, Vancouver Province, 4-02-08
· Uniform Doctor Ratings Sought, Wall Street Journal, 4-02-08
· National Standards to Rank Physicians Planned, New York Times, 4-01-08
· Web site charts candidates' healthcare views, ABC 7 News Online, 4-01-08
· Lilly Launches Phase III Trial For Treatment Of Alzheimer's, Money, 4-01-08
· Researchers Successfully Test Ebola Vaccines, Washington Post, 4-01-08
· Top 5 Medical Tourism Destinations, NuWire Investor, 3-31-08
· Kerry: Clinton Health Care Proposal Is a 'Nonstarter', New York Sun, 3-31-08
· Web site reviews hospital services, Salina Journal, 3-31-08
· If Elected, Clinton Details Premium Cap in Health Plan, New York Times, 3-28-08
· Congress in no rush to fix Medicare and Social Security, Christian Science Monitor, 3-27-08
· Late Drug Approval Linked to Safety Issues, Wall Street Journal, 3-27-08
· FDA Identifies First Steps in Requirements for Safety Plans, FDA News, 3-27-08
· Health care gets a price tag, Ithaca Journal, 3-27-08
· Finding Health Insurance if You Are Self-Employed, New York Times, 3-27-08
· Angie's List to rate doctors, other medical practitioners, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 3-27-08
· Changing Louisiana's Health Care Options, KPLC 7 (NBC Louisiana), 3-27-08
· Liberals need to free up hospital beds to reduce ER wait times, The Canadian Press, 3-27-08
· Biz fees for Mass. health care may rise, Boston Herald, 3-27-08
· Health secretary pushing for price compare Web site, electronic records, Shreveport Times, 3-26-08
· FDA Denies It is Risk Averse on Drugs, Financial Times, 3-26-08
· Healthcare cost increases dominate Mass. budget debate, Boston Globe, 3-26-08
· Health insurance costs worry workers, Chicago Sun-Times, 3-26-08
· California delays implementation of e-pedigree, East Bay Business Times, 3-26-08
· Task force strikes hard at Medicare scams, Christian Science Monitor, 3-25-08
· Click here for the best health care, Money, 3-25-08
· Senators recommend health-care savings plans, Winnipeg Sun (Canada), 3-25-08
· Angie's List will rate health-care industry, Indianapolis Star, 3-25-08
· Health Care: Not So Recession-Proof, BusinessWeek, 3-25-08
· Miami doctor breaks new ground in cancer surgery, Reuters, 3-25-08
· An exodus from Medi-Cal, Los Angeles Times, 3-24-08
· No pain, no gain, no health plan, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 3-24-08
· A 'code red' on US health care, Kellogg School of Management News Online, 3-24-08
· Rising Health Costs Cut Into Wages, Washington Post, 3-24-08
· Can You Afford Health Insurance? If Not, Read This!, Del Rio Live, 3-21-08
· Enzi: Health care change can start before November, Gillette News-Record, 3-21-08
· McCain's Health 'Jihad' May Cost Pfizer, Doctors, Bloomberg News, 3-21-08
· Vaccine Failure Means Setback in AIDS Fight, Fox News, 3-21-08
· Nurses to kick off 10 day strike, San Mateo Daily Journal, 3-21-08
· Health insurance costs rise again; those with subsidies to pay more, Boston Globe, 3-20-08
· GOPers Think U.S. Health Care Rocks; Dems Not So Much, Wall Street Journal Online, 3-20-08
· Google includes San Diego medical software company's program, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3-20-08
· In visit to campus, ABC's Stossel opposes 'socialized' health care, The Michigan Daily, 3-20-08
· Swanson urges Park Nicollet to reconsider Medicare decision, Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, 3-20-08
· Cancer vaccine for older women gets fast review, Boston Globe, 3-20-08
· Study cites risks of older stored blood, LA Times, 3-20-08
· Federal programs may nudge health care providers to go digital with medical records, Grand Rapids Press, 3-19-08
· Health care likely to be top public policy issue of next decade, Thune says, The Daily Republic, 3-19-08
· Corzine ambivalent on health plan, The Courier Post, 3-19-08
· Medicare, Medicaid Managed Care Gets Scrutiny for Fraud, Wall Street Journal, 3-19-08
· How Walgreen Changed Its Prescription for Growth, Wall Street Journal, 3-19-08
· Chip Advances Take Ultrasound Mobile, Money, 3-18-08
· Access to health care: Survey finds Canada is not a level playing field, Canada NewsWire, 3-18-08
· Retail Health Clinics Offer Quick Service, NBC-4, 3-18-08
· Walgreens to acquire work-site health clinic operators, Chicago Tribune, 3-18-08
· Physicians put price tags on health care, Detroit Free Press, 3-18-08
· Microsoft's future vision, Seattle Times, 3-17-08
· Medical Records Go Digital, Time, 3-17-08
· Arena Pharmaceutical shares rally; Lorcaserin passes safety milestone, Money, 3-17-08
· Investors look to health field, Chicago Tribune, 3-17-08
· Arena says safety board clears obesity drug trial, Reuters, 3-17-08
· Walgreen Buys Firms for a Wellness Unit, Forbes.com, 3-17-08
· Health Plans Are Developing Powerful New Web-Based Personal Health Records to Allow Consumers to Manage Their Health, AIS Health Online, 3-14-08
· More adopt consumer-directed health plans, United Press International, 3-14-08
· Aetna Launches Health Info Search Site, Associated Press, 3-14-08
· Gulf in health between rich and poor widens under Labour government, Times of London, 3-14-08
· Keep Anemia Drugs for Cancer Patients -- With Limits, Wall Street Journal Health Blog, 3-13-08
· Consumer-Directed Health Plans Gain Traction Among Employers, Money, 3-13-08
· Bill Against Universal Health Care Passes, NBC Wisconsin, 3-13-08
· Aetna to Offer an Online Service That Helps Patients Link Records and Research, New York Times, 3-12-08
· Rare genetic glitch linked to autism, IOL News, 3-12-08
· FDA Cancer Czar Stirs Debate On Agency's Role, Wall Street Journal, 3-12-08
· Even huge tumour can't secure care in Ontario, Globe & Mail, 3-11-08
· Senate hopeful sweetens health pot with rebate idea, Illinois Pantagraph, 3-11-08
· Thai Ministry to Recommend Ignoring Patents on Cancer Drugs, Wall Street Journal, 3-11-08
· Q&A: State physicians on autism and vaccines, The Oklahoman, 3-11-08
· Health Care Costs Too Much, But Don't Limit My Choices, Wall Street Journal Online, 3-10-08
· Some tips for buying your own health plan, Detroit Free Press, 3-10-08
· How Heparin Maker in China Tackles Risks, Wall Street Journal, 3-10-08
· Drug recall puts overseas inspections in spotlight, Globe & Mail, 3-7-08
· Georgia Senate Votes to Create Health Marketplace, Associated Press, 3-6-08
· Foundation Creates $100M Grant Project, Associated Press, 3-06-08
· Calgary hospitals too full for Sask. patient, Canadian Broadcast Corp., 3-06-08
· Google to launch consumer health care service later this year, Beta News, 3-06-08
· Health care attracts visitors to Malaysia, Vancouver Sun, 3-06-08
· Let pharmacists give flu shot, city proposes, New York Daily News, 3-06-08
· Should Pharmacists Give Flu Shots?, New York Times Online, 3-05-08
· Ex Polish President Lech Walesa Leaves Clinic after Heart Surgery, eFlux Media, 3-05-08
· Hospitals Tackle High-Risk Drugs To Reduce Errors, Wall Street Journal Online, 3-05-08
· Senate signs off on health-care reform, Deseret Morning News, 3-05-08
· Over $371 Million In Improper Medicare Payments Recovered, North Country Gazette, 3-04-08
· McCain Reinforces Unfounded Autism Claims, NAM Online, 3-04-08
· Recall of blood thinner heparin leads to concern about supplies, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 3-04-08
· A Techie (and Husband) on Electronic Health Records, Wall Street Journal Online, 3-04-08
· Rezulin lawsuit can proceed, Philadelphia Inquirer, 3-04-08
· New Website Launches a Network of Care for Alzheimer's Caregivers, Fox Business News, 3-04-08
· NHS waiting times rise under Labour, The Press Assocation (UK), 3-04-08
· Oregon Conducts Health Insurance Lottery, Associated Press, 3-04-08
· Senate prez targets runaway health costs, Boston Herald, 3-04-08
· Combining Grocery Shopping With Doctors' Appointments, New York Times, 3-03-08
· Global shopping for health care, Shreveport Times, 3-03-08
· From Lansing State Journal, Lansing State Journal, 3-03-08
· About Those Health Care Plans by the Democrats. . ., New York Times, 3-03-08
· John McCain Wants Healthcare Reform, News OXY, 3-02-08
· Coming Soon: Health Care Debate, Part 2, New York Times, 03-02-08
· 'Going digital' going slowly, Baltimore Sun, 3-02-08
· Lech Walesa receives pacemaker during procedure in Houston, Houston Chronicle, 03-01-08
· No-pay plan for serious hospital errors gets support, Oakland Tribune, 2-29-08
· Doctors Without Borders, Gothamist, 2-29-08
· Google tests online system to store health records, Reuters, 2-28-08
· Running for cover, The Economist, 2-28-08
· McCain's Senior Health Adviser Outlines Reform Ideas, MedPage Today, 2-28-08
· Providers promote customer service to attract patients, Tri-Cities Business Review, 2-28-08
· Deere retirees 'feel sense of betrayal' on health insurance, Crain's Chicago Business, 2-27-08
· Clinton & Obama Skirt Health Costs, Debate Mandates, Wall Street Journal Health Blog, 2-27-08
· Don't stop taking anti-depressants, doctors urge, Breitbart, 2-27-08
· America Will Be Spending One Fifth Of GDP On Healthcare By 2017, Medical News Today, 2-27-08
· Health Insurers Address Issue Of Nixed Policies, Wall Street Journal, 2-27-08
· FDA Chief Is in Budget Bind, Wall Street Journal, 2-27-08
· As health care costs grow heavier, workers' paychecks get lighter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2-27-08
· China Says Importing Countries Bear Responsibility for Drug Checks, Wall Street Journal, 2-27-08
· New York City to Help Doctors Track Patients' Records Electronically, New York Times, 2-26-08
· New Hope for Depressed Teens, U.S. News & World Report, 2-26-08
· Private nurses for common folks, Money, 2-26-08
· FDA plans new post-approval drug safety effort, Reuters, 2-26-08
· FDA urges city to stop importing drugs from Canada, Duluth News-Tribune, 2-26-08
· States Draw Fire for Pitching Citizens On Private Long-Term Care Insurance, Wall Street Journal, 2-26-08
· Health Costs Will Rise to 20% of Economy by 2017, U.S. Says, Bloomberg News, 2-26-08
· Health care to gobble up 20% of spending, study finds, 2-26-08, Chicago Tribune
· FDA overwarning, Point of Law, 2-25-08
· Consumers tune out FDA warnings, CNN Money, 2-25-08
· Microsoft Launches Fund to Enable Patient-Centric Health Solutions, Fox Business News, 2-25-08
· Google Health makes its pitch, ZDNet Healthcare, 2-25-08
· New York takes on United over tactics as industry arbiter of physician pay, American Medical News, 3-03-08
· Drug ads to get more FDA scrutiny, USA Today, 2-24-08
· A model for success, Gainesville Times, 2-24-08
· Daring to Think Differently About Schizophrenia, New York Times, 2-24-08
· Deductibles likely target of next teacher negotiations, Wasau Daily Herald, 2-24-08
· Clinton, Obama Split on Insurance Mandate, Wall Street Journal, 2-23-08
· Assisted Living Industry Braces for Boomers, Regulation, Fox Business News, 2-22-08
· Wal-Mart to open 400 health clinics nationally by year 2010, Phoenix Business Journal, 2-22-08
· Leavitt: Better data on healthcare providers would spur competition, lower costs, Salt Lake Tribune, 2-22-08
· Clinton, Obama Debate Health: Mandates and More, Wall Street Journal, 2-22-08
· Wyden pitches health-care system overhaul, Mail Tribune, 2-21-08
· Paying Patients Test British Health Care System, New York Times, 2-21-08
· How Safe Are Our Hospitals?, Forbes, 3-10-08
· HIV treatment becoming profitable, Los Angeles Times, 2-21-08
· U.K. Wrestles Over Private Payment for Health Care, Wall Street Journal Online, 2-21-08
· Supreme Court Shields Medical-Device Makers, Washington Post, 2-21-08
· Google, Cleveland Clinic team up on patient records, Reuters, 2-21-08
· Glaxo rotavirus vaccine appears safe says US FDA panel, Reuters, 2-20-08
· Cancer Death Rates Still Declining, Washington Post, 2-20-08
· Car insurance costs lowered, hospitals' rise, Denver Post, 2-20-08
· Judge Slashes Wyeth Damages in Hormone Suit, Wall Street Journal Online, 2-20-08
· Justices Make It Tougher to Sue Medical Device Makers, New York Times, 2-20-08
· More private health care urged, Toronto Star, 2-20-08
· Quebec opens door to more private health care, Globe and Mail, 2-20-08
· Breakthrough vaccine victim of bad publicity, National Post, 2-19-08
· FDA seeks to allow a broader range of uses for drugs, International Herald Tribune, 2-18-08
· Study Finds Cancer Diagnosis Linked to Insurance, New York Times, 2-18-08
· The Blockbuster Model is Dead (Sort Of), RPM Report, 2-13-08
· Universal health care restricts treatment options, Albany Times Union, 2-15-08
· Overcrowding threatens emergency care, MD says, Globe and Mail, 2-15-08
· Health plan rates may rise by 14%, Boston Globe, 2-15-08
· Genentech/Roche: new breast cancer trial sparks hope for Avastin, Pharmaceutical Business Review, 2-14-08
· Medicine meets a culture gap, USA Today, 2-13-08
· New service aims to critically assess value of genetic tests, Healthcare Finance News, 2-12-08