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Health first for El Paso County Commissioner Dan Haggerty El Paso Times Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:03 PM PST El Paso County Commissioner Dan Haggerty on Saturday said he is focused on getting cancer treatment and denied allegations that he accepted bribes in 2007. To Your Health: Reducing stress for caregivers in the holiday season The Ambler Gazette Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:02 PM PST Holidays can be stressful on any number of levels. Leading Business Intelligence on the Middle East & North Africa Zawya Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:56 PM PST The healthcare market in Oman is expected to be worth US$2bn by 2015 as a result of population growth, rising levels of lifestyle-related diseases and increased health insurance, according to a report by corporate advisory company Alpen Capital. Board of Supervisors discuss erosion at Essie Davison farm in Clarinda Clarinda Herald-Journal Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:55 PM PST After an erosion issue occurred last summer, the Page County Board of Supervisors have been working with Clarinda Regional Health Center to protect farm land owned by the county in the future. Vaccines, hygiene help to limit occurrences of ‘whooping cough' Herald & Review Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:53 PM PST DECATUR - With a series of pertussis outbreaks occurring in the Chicago area, upcoming holiday travel could spread the disease to other parts of the state, public health experts said. New tool enhances veterans' access to their VA health care Grand Island Independent Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:53 PM PST Veterans who receive primary care services at the Department of Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System have a new way to communicate with their health care team that's as fast as email, but safe and secure. Alegent Health Hospital honored for exceptional patient experience Logan Herald-Observer & Woodbine Twiner Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:53 PM PST Taking care of patients and providing them with an exceptional experience â€" that’s the job of every hospital. According to patient feedback from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, Alegent Health hospitals are doing just that. Mercy Medical announces sale of facilities BaldwinCountyNow.com Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:51 PM PST DAPHNE, Alabama â€" Mercy Medical announced the pending sale of a large portion of its physical facilities in Baldwin County this morning to SE Healthcare, Inc. of Florida. Jake Bell, CEO and president, said the sale comes after a three-year examination into the future of Mercy Medical, which opened its main bayside campus as a convalescent home in 1949 and later pioneered hospice and home health ... Blues singer Etta James terminally ill, doctor says Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:51 PM PST RIVERSIDE, Calif. - "At Last" and "Tell Mama" blues singer Etta James, whose health has been fading in recent years, is now terminally ill, and her live-in doctor is asking for prayers.Dr. Five choices includedfor Medicaid recipients St. Tammany News Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:38 PM PST There will five choices available for Medicaid/LaChip recipients under the new Louisiana Bayou Health managed care plan which will start in 2012. Below are three of the new plans and the details of each as described on a chart provided by Louisiana Secretary of Health and Hospitals Bruce Greenstein at a meeting on Thursday. The other plans will run next week in the St. Tammany News.

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