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Cumbrian health boss dismisses fears over use of new cervical cancer vaccine The News and Star Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:03 AM PST A Cumbrian health chief has welcomed a new vaccine that will be given to teenage girls in the county to protect against cervical cancer. Interethnic marriage between African- and Native-Americans produced many children EurekAlert! Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:03 AM PST American Indians with African ancestry outdid "full bloods" in reproductive terms in the early 1900s, despite the odds being against them, according to a new study by Michael Logan from the University of Tennessee in the US. Their increased fertility occurred at a time when things were not going particularly well for full bloods either -- in social, economic and health terms. The work is ... Retirees protest paying added fee for insurance Crawford County Avalanche Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:01 AM PST The Crawford County Board of Commissioners will revisit the issue of requesting retirees to pay out of their own pockets for health care coverage when they move out of the community on a temporary or permanent basis. Hospital bad debt continues to climb. Time to make patients pay up front? MedCity News Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:59 AM PST As hospitals struggle financially from declining reimbursements, the anticipated effects of health reform and other matters largely beyond their control, it may be time to turn their attention to something they can control: bad debt from patients. Nonprofit health systems have recently begun revealing their 2010 financials through federal tax filings. And, to no one’s surprise, [...] Area seniors become queens for a day Maumelle Monitor Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:58 AM PST Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And for the 30-plus contestants in the Queens’ Pageant sponsored by Arkansas Home Health Care Association District 1 on Thursday, there were hundreds of people who came out to behold them in their pretty dresses, hairdos and jewelry. Hamilton Co. communities receive WeTHRIVE! grants FOX 19 Cincinnati Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:57 AM PST Hamilton County Public Health's WeTHRIVE! initiative has announced the recipients of new community wellness mini-grants. New benefits available for veteran caregivers The Post-Standard Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:57 AM PST Syracuse, N.Y. -- Caregivers of post-9/11 military veterans may be eligible for stipends, mental health services, health insurance and other benefits under a new program at the Syracuse VA Medical Center. “There are lots of veteran caregivers and the responsibility... More States Move Closer to Health Insurance Exchanges Wall Street Journal Blogs Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:57 AM PST Under the new health law, state-run exchanges will be launched in 2014, opening a marketplace where private insurers compete to offer health plans to the uninsured and to small businesses. By Greg Rayburn Jacksonville Patriot Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:57 AM PST Seniors become queens for a day By Greg Rayburn/Staff Writer Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And for the 30-plus contestants in the Queens’ Pageant sponsored by Arkansas Home Health Care Association District 1 on Aug. 11, there were hundreds of people who came out to behold them in their pretty dresses, hairdos and jewelry. Anti-Clot Drug Gets Fast FDA Review Fox News Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:57 AM PST A promising new drug shown to be better than warfarin at preventing strokes in patients with a dangerously irregular heartbeat may reach the U.S. market more quickly after health regulators gave it an expedited review

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