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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Catholic hospital group backs health-care bill

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A group representing Catholic hospitals yesterday rallied behind President Obama’s health-care bill ahead...
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John Boehner determined to kill controversial Dem health care bill

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The top House Republican says the GOP can defeat the Democratic health care bill that may reach the House...
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Pelosi: Confident House will pass health care bill

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference Saturday in San Francisco.
By Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday she’s confident...
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White House backs down on health bill deals

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The White House is backing down from trying to get senators to remove some special deals from the health...
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UMass, child weight-loss camp, team up

By Associated Press
AMHERST - The University of Massachusetts and an Amherst weight-loss camp for children have teamed up to fight childhood obesity. The UMass Psychological...

Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery

This undated illustration made available by Abbott Laboratories shows the MitraClip extending into the left ventricle.
By Associated Press
ATLANTA — Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get...
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Dem House vote-counter lacks health care votes now

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The House’s chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn’t rounded up enough votes to...
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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Catholic hospitals support health care bill

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A group representing Catholic hospitals Saturday rallied behind President Barack Obama’s health care bill...
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Many WTC responders show early signs of heart woes

In this June 25, 2007, file photo, ground Zero clean-up worker Mary Elizabeth Bishop of New York City, left, and her attorney Marc Jay Bern, talk to reporters outside the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington.
By Associated Press
ATLANTA — Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show...

Hearts may swoon when stocks do, study suggests

By Associated Press
ATLANTA — Stock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks. Duke University researchers found...
Friday, March 12, 2010

Vaccines court rejects mercury-autism link in 3 test cases

By Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES — The government’s "vaccines court" ruled Friday in three separate test cases that the mercury-containing...
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RI cancer screening program runs out of money

By Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federally funded program that provides free cancer screenings for Rhode Island women without health insurance has run out of money...

FDA warns some patients cannot process Plavix

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix after reports that some patients cannot process...

Women on the pill may live longer

By Associated Press
LONDON - Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says. British researchers...
Thursday, March 11, 2010

Business group backs health-care price caps

Associated Industries of Massachusetts Richard Lord
By Jay Fitzgerald
A staunchly pro-free enterprise business group yesterday embraced price controls...
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