Monday, April 2, 2012

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Morgan is Utah’s healthiest county
The Salt Lake Tribune Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:47 PM PDT
Morgan is Utah’s healthiest county By heatHEr May The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 2, 2012 11:34PM MDT Want to live long and well? Move to Utah’s northern mountain valleys. Residents in Morgan County have the best health in the state, according to a new ranking released Tuesday. They log the state’s fewest premature deaths, report some of the best mental health and have lowest percentage of ...

Is Health Care in America As Market-Oriented As France's?
Forbes Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:47 PM PDT
by PASCAL-EMMANUEL GOBRY

A chocolate a day keeps the doctor away
Yale Daily News Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:43 PM PDT
Rich in antioxidants, chocolate may be more than a sinful sweet. Over the last few years, evidence has been piling up in support of chocolate, touting its ability to decrease the risk of heart disease, improve blood flow and lower body mass index (BMI). Recent scientific studies by Yale professors suggest that limited doses of chocolate may confer significant health benefits. "I do think it is a ...

Health and Science | Weighing the risks: FDA finds dissolvable tobacco may draw in more users
The Daily Orange Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:41 PM PDT
By: Kirkley Luttman Dissolvable tobacco products have been on the market since the early 2000s . Tobacco companies like R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. brand them to be healthier, yet a U.S. Food and Drug Administration scien...

Rent too damn sly!
New York Post Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:41 PM PDT
Bronx residents lost weight while Pedro Espada Jr.’s wallet got fatter, prosecutors charged yesterday. A Weight Watchers manager testified in the former state senator’s federal corruption trial that she rented space in his nonprofit health center â€" but wrote rent checks payable to a for-profit cleaning company Espada’s...

Hospital tender process under scrutiny
The West Australian via Yahoo!7 News Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:37 PM PDT
Health Department officials have been accused of side-stepping tender processes when awarding contracts worth $1.3 million to the same private company as part of the Fiona Stanley Hospital project.

Health fears as flood-ravaged Fiji begins clean-up
Sin Chew Jit Poh Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:37 PM PDT
SUVA, Fiji, April 3, 2012 (AFP) - Flood-ravaged Fiji began a massive clean-up Tuesday, as the South Pacific nation's stretched health services expressed fears disease could quickly spread through evacuation centres.

Pit bulls in Philippine dog fights to be put down
WFMJ Youngstown Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:36 PM PDT
Supreme Court takes up key health care law issue: Can the gov't force you to carry insurance? More>>

Australia says Huawei ban doesn't change rules
WFMJ Youngstown Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:36 PM PDT
Supreme Court takes up key health care law issue: Can the gov't force you to carry insurance? More>>

HHS questions AZ insurerâs rate increase proposal
Maricopa Monitor Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:35 PM PDT
PHOENIX â€" The Department of Health and Human Services has identified Arizona as one of nine states where insurance companies are proposing rate hikes that the agency says are “unreasonable.”




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