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Ala. Dem defects to GOP over health care, policy - Yahoo! NewsA freshman Democratic House member from Alabama says he's switching to the GOP over concerns that bills and policies pushed by the Democratic leadership are bad for the country and his district. At a press conference in Alabama on Tuesday, Parker Griffith says as a doctor he wants to make it ...
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The Point: RNC Will Drop Abortion Coverage -- Sphere News, Opinion and AnalysisConservatives are fuming and liberals are pointing fingers over news that the Republican National Committee's insurance policy covers abortions. "I don't know why this policy existed in the past, but it will not exist under my administration. Consider this issue settled," Chairman Michael ...
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Senators debate requiring sick leave for flu - Yahoo! NewsWhen Desiree Rosado's daughter got the flu last month, she took a week off without pay; just an hour after finally returning to work Rosado had to leave again to take her feverish son home. A bill proposed by Democratic Senator Chris Dodd would require U.S. employers to provide paid sick leave, ...
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Wall Street Gets H1N1 Vaccine - ABC News"Greed goes beyond just money," said Dr. Michael Coates, professor of Family and Community Medicine at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., of the news, which first appeared in a BusinessWeek article on Monday. "We have neither the seasonal nor the H1N1 vaccines for our patients. I had ...
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A third of Americans die in hospitals, study finds - Yahoo! NewsNearly a third of Americans who die are in the hospital at the time and their last treatments cost the U.S. economy $20 billion, according to a report released on Wednesday. The single biggest cause of hospital death was septicemia, an overwhelming infection of the blood, which killed 15 ...
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Multimedia in Medical communications.: FDA regulations for e-marketing of DrugsTuesday, October 27, 2009 FDA regulations for e-marketing of Drugs Sales and marketing in the Pharmaceutical industry has always been a very expensive affair, with some people claiming that the industry spends more money on marketing than on R&D.The emergence of internet technologies, and ...
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Obama's commendable change in federal drug enforcement policy - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.comObama's commendable change in federal drug enforcement policy (updated below) This is one of those rare instances of unadulterated good news from Washington: The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, ...
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Scientists hope work with poison gas can be a lifesaver - CNN.comSEATTLE, Washington (CNN) -- A wiry, slightly hunched man presses in a few numbers, the electronic lock gives way with a beep and the group presses into the crowded laboratory, plastered with ominous warnings about toxins and biohazards. Guiding the visitors at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer ...
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Critical Condition: Health Care in America by James SteeleInvestigative reporting team Donald Barlett and James Steele discuss Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business and Bad Medicine at the 2007 Chautauqua Institution Summer Program. In this hour-long lecture from the Chautauqua Institution, award-winning investigative ...
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Revealed: millions spent by lobbyists fighting Obama health reforms | World news | guardian.co.ukAmerica's healthcare industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to block the introduction of public medical insurance and stall other reforms promised by Barack Obama. The campaign against the president has been waged in part through substantial donations to key politicians. ...
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