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UHS to eliminate walk-in appointments The Michigan Daily Sun, 13 May 2012 23:03 PM PDT Starting today, University Health Services is implementing changes including the discontinuation of walk-in appointments. Students seeking medical care on campus will have to schedule an appointment prior to when they need to be seen. read more Additional Investment in Health Welcomed Scoop.co.nz Sun, 13 May 2012 22:55 PM PDT Medicines New Zealand welcomes Prime Minister Key’s announcement today regarding the additional investment in health. Reallocation of funding to allow better use of our health dollar has been something Medicines New Zealand has long advocated for. Pills Still Matter; So Does Biology ??? Managing Expectations About Digital Health Forbes Sun, 13 May 2012 22:51 PM PDT Digital health technologies will have greatest impact by enhancing, not replacing, traditional medicine. Govt criticised over diabetes funding The West Australian via Yahoo!7 News Sun, 13 May 2012 22:50 PM PDT The head of Diabetes Australia has accused the Federal Government of putting a budget surplus above the health of 1.7 million Australians with diabetes. Towers Watson signs agreement to acquire Extend Health News-Medical-Net Sun, 13 May 2012 22:45 PM PDT Towers Watson, a global professional services company, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Extend Health, Inc., which operates the largest private Medicare exchange in the United States. TO YOUR HEALTH: Organ donors can save or improve lives of 50 others The Colonial Sun, 13 May 2012 22:36 PM PDT Nothing can take away the sorrow at the loss of a loved one, but perhaps some families can find a measure of comfort when their loss is accompanied by the gift of life to others. $100m health boost comes at a price New Zealand's National Business Review Sun, 13 May 2012 22:28 PM PDT Elective health will get an extra $101m over four years - but a 60% prescription hike will pay for other health services. read more Court rules against First Coast firm's bid for $278 million state drug treatment contract The Florida Times-Union Sun, 13 May 2012 22:26 PM PDT TALLAHASSEE - A likely $278 million contract for the oversight of taxpayer-funded substance abuse and mental health programs was at the center of an eight-month spat between the Department of Children and Families and a Jacksonville nonprofit. First Coast Management Services, a group of about 60 local substance-abuse rehabilitation providers, was the only organization to respond last fall to an ... Good News for Cancer Patients! Scoop.co.nz Sun, 13 May 2012 22:25 PM PDT Good News for Cancer Patients! Minister of Health, the Hon Tony Ryall, had announced that the Budget next week will provide $101 million of extra funding over the next four years for more elective operations and scans, and improved cancer services. Minister of Illness Misses the Mark Scoop.co.nz Sun, 13 May 2012 22:23 PM PDT Increasing prescription prices to subsidise other health services punishes the wrong people, says Labour’s Health spokesperson Maryan Street.

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