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    'Recession Effect' Hits Spending on Health

    'Recession Effect' Hits Spending on Health
    Health care spending this year has grown at its slowest rate in a half-century, a sign that people are forgoing medical care during the recession, a USA TODAY analysis of government data finds. Spending on doctors, hospitals, drugs and other medical care climbed at a 2.7% annual rate per person in the first half of 2010, the smallest increase since the ...
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    An Exhausting Battle Over Adrenal Fatigue

    An Exhausting Battle Over Adrenal Fatigue
    CHICAGO _ "Adrenal fatigue" is the sort of diagnosis that might hit home during a late-night Internet search. Do you, for example, have trouble waking up in the morning without caffeine? Do you crave salty foods? Do people seem a lot more irritating than in the past? If so, it could mean your adrenal glands are underperforming because of illness or ...
    Published about 5 hours ago | Rated: +1
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    Lung Disease Leaves Boy, 2, in Wait-and-See Mode

    Lung Disease Leaves Boy, 2, in Wait-and-See Mode
    Sept. 02--When Owen Stark came to St. Louis Children's Hospital in June with severe lung disease, he had just a few days to live and even fewer options for treatment. Owen, 2, had severe pulmonary hypertension, meaning the blood vessels in his lungs were so constricted they could barely carry blood. He had to go on life support to keep his ...
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    New Hope in Fight Against Kidney Disease

    New Hope in Fight Against Kidney Disease
    Sept. 02--JACQUES BENT -- a 67-year-old father of four grown successful sons, a semi-retired taxi driver who knows the city so well he can "make a map of Miami" -- suffers from hypertension and kidney disease. His priority these days is keeping a close watch on his blood pressure, which must remain lower than most people's. "It's a lot of struggle, ...
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    Fighting Cancer: The Home Field Advantage

    Fighting Cancer: The Home Field Advantage
    Oklahomans who follow OU and OSU in sports recently found out they will not have to travel to more distant places to enjoy winning performances from their teams. For Oklahomans affected by cancer, the same result is on its way. The OU Cancer Institute, not yet as widely known as some university athletic and scholastic programs, will open a new state-of-the-art ...
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    80% Of Doctors Unhappy With Obamacare

    80% Of Doctors Unhappy With Obamacare
    Aug. 31--All physicians support health care reform. Those of us with just a tiny bit of common sense must be wondering why 80% of physicians are unhappy with Obamacare? Unhappy is probably too mild a term. Infuriated is more appropriate. The politicians tried to get physician support by bribing physician organizations, most notably the AMA (American Medical Association). They allowed the ...
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    More Than 100 Attend Forum on Health Care Law

    More Than 100 Attend Forum on Health Care Law
    Aug. 31--More than 100 people came out to the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy on the University of Tennessee campus Tuesday evening to learn the ins and outs of the recently passed health care reform law. The two-hour forum provided an overview of the law, outlined key provisions and reviewed the implementation time line for participants. "This is ...
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    Pharmacists Granted the Power to Hand Out the Pill

    Pharmacists Granted the Power to Hand Out the Pill
    Pharmacists are to initiate longterm contraception for girls and women aged 13-25 under a scheme on the Isle of Wight. Anyone given emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) will be offered a 28-day supply of the progesterone-only pill desogestrel (Cerazette). The supply will be free of charge under a patient group direction, a legal framework that allows non-medical health professionals to supply and ...
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