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White House blasts new Medicare plan by GOP's Ryan KING5 Seattle Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:04 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The White House says a new bipartisan Medicare proposal would cause the health care program for seniors to "wither on the vine." Health Tip: Dealing With Hemorrhoids During Pregnancy HealthDay via Yahoo! News Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:04 AM PST (HealthDay News) -- Hemorrhoids are swollen, painful veins that develop in the rectum. Up to half of pregnant women have them, the womenshealth.gov website says. Health Tip: Are You Actually Hungry? HealthDay via Yahoo! News Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:04 AM PST (HealthDay News) -- When your stomach growls, it's often hunger that's talking.Hunger is your body's way of saying it needs to be nourished. Health Highlights: Dec. 15, 2011 HealthDay via Yahoo! News Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:04 AM PST Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Clipboard: The “Ryden” Medicare proposal Boston Globe Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:03 AM PST Democratic Senator Ron Wyden’s decision to join Republican Representative Paul Ryan in introducing a plan to overhaul Medicare is the subject of debate today over both what the plan would mean for the federal program that provides health insurance for the elderly and disabled and the implications for election-year politics. The plan is comparable to one Mitt Romney proposed recently. Medicare Advantage Firm Gorman Health Group Names Nathan Goldstein As New Chief Executive Officer PR Newswire Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:03 AM PST WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Gorman Health Group, one of the nation's leading professional services firms and software providers in government-sponsored health care, today announced that it has named Nathan Goldstein as its Chief Executive Officer. Most recently Executive... Press Release PharmiWeb Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:02 AM PST WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Gorman Health Group, one of the nation's leading professional services firms and software providers in government-sponsored health care, today announced that it has named Nathan Goldstein as its Chief Executive Officer. White House blasts Wyden-Ryan Medicare plan KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00 AM PST WASHINGTON -- The White House says a new bipartisan Medicare proposal would cause the health care program for seniors to "wither on the vine." Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said Thursday the overhaul proposed by Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, a Republican, and Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden "would end Medicare as we know it" by shifting costs to retirees. The Wyden-Ryan plan would set up a ... Synthes invertors accept $21.3 billion acquisition of Johnson & Johnson The Reporter Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:00 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Swiss orthopedics maker Synthes says its investors overwhelmingly voted to accept a $21.3 billion acquisition offer from U.S. health care conglomerate Johnson & Johnson. People on the Move South Sound Business Examiner Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:59 AM PST Michael Radzienda M.D., SFHM has joined Sound Physicians as chief medical officer for the Midwest region. He also will serve Sound Physicians' Northeast region practices. Radzienda most recently served as vice president for hospital medicine and clinical effectiveness at Vanguard Health Systems, a 25-facility, for-profit hospital management corporation with more than 20,000 employees. He is a ...

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