This is a selection of articles from the May 2008 archive. Click here for this month's American Health headlines.
Improving Health Care in Louisiana: A Survey of Self-Identified Registered Voters Age 18+
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Source: AARP.org Policy and Research - May 31, 2008 Source Type: news
RWJF Awards $2 Million for Research on Health-Oriented Video Games
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - May 31, 2008 Source Type: news
Maryland University, Insurer Partner to Improve Heart Health Among African-American Men
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - May 31, 2008 Source Type: news
When Facing a Crisis, Make it Your Best Ally (Commentary by John Newman)
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Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - May 31, 2008 Source Type: news
Funeral Home Embalmer Appeals Fine
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Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - May 31, 2008 Source Type: news
Layoffs Cut Costs But Yield Turmoil
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Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - May 31, 2008 Source Type: news
Media Availability Following Briefing for Senators Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin on the Bayview Biomedical Research Center
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Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - May 30, 2008 Source Type: news
Bills regulating rescission of health care coverage pass California Assembly
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - May 30, 2008 Source Type: news
Bills regulating rescission of health care coverage pass California Assembly
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - May 30, 2008 Source Type: news
Bills regulating rescission of health care coverage pass California Assembly
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - May 30, 2008 Source Type: news
AHRQ Brief Details Prevalence, Cost of Chronic Conditions
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - May 30, 2008 Source Type: news
Notice: Correction of the Response Due date of Request for Information (RFI): To Solicit Ideas for Common Fund / Roadmap Trans-NIH Strategic Initiatives NOT-RM-08-014
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Source: NIH Roadmap - May 30, 2008 Source Type: news
Working Group Meeting 3: Challenges in Health and Solutions
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Source: Institute of Medicine - All new Projects, Reports, Events and News items - May 30, 2008 Source Type: news
General and plastic surgery devices; reclassification of the tissue adhesive for topical approximation of skin device. Final rule.
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Source: Fed Regist - May 30, 2008 Tags: Fed Regist Source Type: news
Opinion: Democratic Health Care Proposals are Better for America
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - May 29, 2008 Source Type: news
New Software Tool Helps Providers Plan Childhood Vaccination Schedules
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - May 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Coventry Health Care of Kansas picks Murphy as CEO
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - May 29, 2008 Source Type: news
NIDA to Highlight Latest Drug Abuse Research at Cincinnati Conference Blending Addiction Science and Treatment
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Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - May 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Betsey Bayless gets unanimous nod to extend CEO post for health district
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - May 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Prucalopride Relieves Constipation with No Signs of Heart Risk
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Source: MedPage Today Public Health - May 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Methylnaltrexone (Relistor) Provides Relief for Opioid-Induced Constipation
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Source: MedPage Today Public Health - May 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Supreme Court Agrees that Older Federal Workers are Protected from Retaliation
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Source: AARP.org Policy and Research - May 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Striking janitors consider potential agreement
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - May 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Tennessee ranks 30st for children's health care
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - May 28, 2008 Source Type: news
UC asks for order to stop AFSCME strike
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - May 28, 2008 Source Type: news
ACS Online Program Promotes Physical Activity
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - May 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Scientists Identify a Brain Mechanism Underlying Persistent Cocaine Craving
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Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - May 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Medicare program; Medicare Part D claims data. Final rule.
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Source: Fed Regist - May 28, 2008 Tags: Fed Regist Source Type: news
East Bay janitors continue strike
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - May 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Missouri Foundation for Health launches project to boost health coverage
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - May 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Sutter Health's Eden Medical Center taps doctor to lure new physicians
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 26, 2008 Source Type: news
State's Largest Private Companies Book Revenue of $28.6B
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Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - May 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Business Briefs for May 26, 2008
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Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - May 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Cerner execs extol health of company, industry
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - May 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Two Crows Test Positive for West Nile virus in LA County
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Source: West Nile - May 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Supreme Court Upholds Voting ID Law
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Source: AARP.org Policy and Research - May 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities Weekly Information
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Source: CDC - May 23, 2008 Source Type: news
World No Tobacco Day --- May 31, 2008
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Source: CDC - May 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Increased Detections and Severe Neonatal Disease Associated
with Coxsackievirus B1 Infection --- United States, 2007
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Source: CDC - May 23, 2008 Source Type: news
HealthTrust picks up 3-year contract with Alsius
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - May 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Review of National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns and Nutrient Standards
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Source: Institute of Medicine - All new Projects, Reports, Events and News items - May 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Medicare program; provider reimbursement determinations and appeals. Final rule.
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Source: Fed Regist - May 23, 2008 Tags: Fed Regist Source Type: news
Hawaii Procurement Office rejects AlohaCare protest of Medicaid contract
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - May 22, 2008 Source Type: news
FDA Plans Near-Instantaneous Sentinel for Safety of Drugs and Devices
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Source: MedPage Today Public Health - May 22, 2008 Source Type: news
CIGNA and United Healthcare win state employee contract
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - May 22, 2008 Source Type: news
WellCare Health Plans cuts 5 percent of workforce
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - May 22, 2008 Source Type: news
West Nile Virus Found in Dead Birds
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Source: West Nile - May 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin
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Source: Institute of Medicine - All new Projects, Reports, Events and News items - May 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Opinion: McCain Health Plan Will Leave Many Uninsured
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - May 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Medtronic to pay $75M to settle Kyphon suit
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - May 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Blue Cross to give out cultural grants
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - May 22, 2008 Source Type: news
ATS: Hands-On COPD Program Reduces Hospitalizations
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Source: MedPage Today Public Health - May 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Medicare Announces Contract Suppliers for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program.
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Source: Medicare.gov Spotlight - May 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Redesigned Hospital Compare!
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Source: Medicare.gov Spotlight - May 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Changes to patient limitation for dispensing or prescribing approved narcotic controlled substances for maintenance or detoxification treatment by qualified individual practitioners. Final rule.
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Source: Fed Regist - May 22, 2008 Tags: Fed Regist Source Type: news
Teens Have More Complications when Donating Blood
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Source: MedPage Today Public Health - May 21, 2008 Source Type: news
Mass. Medical Society sues state Group Insurance Commission
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - May 21, 2008 Source Type: news
DDW: Five-year Data Confirm Chemopreventive Efficacy of Celecoxib (Celebrex) in Colon
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Source: MedPage Today Public Health - May 21, 2008 Source Type: news
DDW: RF Ablation Shows High Success Rate in Barrett's Esophagus
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Source: MedPage Today Public Health - May 21, 2008 Source Type: news
West Virginia Taps Policy Expert to Redesign State Health System
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - May 21, 2008 Source Type: news
FEMA Grants $291 Million to Bolster States' All-Hazards Emergency Preparedness
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - May 21, 2008 Source Type: news
New York Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products That May Contain Pieces of Plastic
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Source: Health News From Pueblo - May 21, 2008 Source Type: news
San Francisco sues McKesson, claiming price fixing
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - May 21, 2008 Source Type: news
Alabama to Expand School-Based Student Health Screening Initiative
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Source: RWJF News Digest - Public Health - May 20, 2008 Source Type: news
Ending the Physician Payment Crisis: Another Reason for Major Medicare Reform
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Source: The Heritage Foundation Papers: Health Care - May 20, 2008 Authors: The Heritage Foundation - John S. O’Shea, M.D. Tags: Health Care Source Type: news
NIAID to Advance B-Cell Approach to HIV Vaccines
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Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - May 20, 2008 Source Type: news
Northwest Arkansas Business Journal 40 Under 40 Nomination Deadline Friday
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Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - May 20, 2008 Source Type: news
Minister Clement Discusses Food, Health and Consumer Product Safety at the Sixty-first World Health Assembly
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Source: Government of Canada News - Health Canada - May 20, 2008 Source Type: news
HMAA reports $30K loss in Q1
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - May 19, 2008 Source Type: news
New chapter begins for Grady
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - May 19, 2008 Source Type: news
DDW: Identification of Colon Cancer Biomarker Needs Refinement
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Source: MedPage Today Public Health - May 19, 2008 Source Type: news
Texas Business Tax Coalition seeks legislative relief on small business taxes
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - May 19, 2008 Source Type: news
Salix shares slide after FDA requests more data on drug
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Industry Regulation headlines - May 19, 2008 Source Type: news
HHS UNVEILS TWO NEW EFFORTS TO ADVANCE PANDEMIC FLU PREPAREDNESS
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