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Health Highlights: April 1, 2011
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
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Health department starts health blog
After a successful month of heart-health blogging in February, the Richland County Health Department is launching a new blog, Richland County Health, beginning in April. The new blog will feature news about the health department and other local health events, as well as relevant information to keep you healthy, like dealing with pesky lice and bedbugs and important information for young moms.
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Health law to spur hospital, doctor networks
Health care rules the Obama administration announced Thursday will force hospitals and health insurers to work together to cut costs and improve quality, experts said, a move that could have significant implications in Western Pennsylvania.
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Health records of porn actors find their way online
The online posting of health records of adult-film performers who were treated at an industry-funded clinic in the San Fernando Valley should not come as a surprise, given the clinic's policy of selling the information to porn producers, the head of a group pushing for stronger health regulations
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Health centre nearing completion
Wanaka's new community health centre should open before the ski season, with contractor Naylor Love on track to complete the multimillion-dollar building on Cardrona Valley Rd by mid-June, 13 months after the first sod was turned. read more
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Health groups criticise youth drinking forum
Some of Australia's leading public health organisations and anti-drug lobby groups have criticised a youth drinking forum held by the DrinkWise organisation.
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Bipartisan health agreement unravels in CO
Bipartisan agreement on health care? It didn't last long in Colorado. A proposal to set up a state health insurance exchange, a market in which individuals and small businesses could pool together for lower premiums, seemed to go on life support Thursday even as a Senate committee approved the measure after hours of testimony from doctors, nurses and businesses supporting the idea.
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Health Briefs 3-31
All area codes are 850 unless specified. Children’s Health Fair Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast will host its First Children’s Health Fair from 9 a.m. to noon April 2 in the main entrance of the hospital. Area families can have...
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Zynx Health responds to proposed regulations issued by CMS
Zynx Health, the market leader in providing evidence-based and experience-based clinical decision support solutions, today announced its response to the proposed regulations governing Accountable Care Organizations issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Health department announces start of West Nile Virus season
COURTHOUSE — West Nile Virus season begins Friday, and the Montgomery County Health Department recommends residents clear away mosquito breeding areas around their homes as a precaution against getting infected.
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‘Health changes will mean improvement’
A SHAKE-UP of NHS services across Cumbria will today see community health services move under new control – and boss Stephen Dalton believes it will result in major benefits for patients in the county.
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Fargo Health, Holistic Expo set April 16-17
FARGO - The annual Fargo Health and Holistic Expo will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 16 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 17 at the Civic Center, 207 4th St. N.
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Brookline Health Department vacancy filled
Selectmen approved a request from the Health Department to fill a senior public health inspector position in the office on Tuesday. The full-time position covers the inspections of housing, food, camps, pools and other licensed establishments, according to the Health Department.
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Kalispell health official says not to worry about radiation in milk
KALISPELL- Although, radiation in milk has been found in Spokane, our Kalispell health officials said it's nothing to be concerned about. The Flathead County Health Department said it's inevitable that we will see some amount of radiation from Japan but it will be at an extremely low level.
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