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Nunavut youth: immersed in booze, weed, boredom Canada.com Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:05 AM PDT To be young in Nunavut often means to be stoned, drunk and bored, researchers funded by Health Canada reports. Tobacco merchant workshop today Saipan Tribune Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:05 AM PDT The Department of Commerce, Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Control Division, in collaboration with the Division of Public Health of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp., are conducting a joint Tobacco Merchant Workshop today, March 29, 2012, at the Multi-Purpose Building in Susupe. US: Autism is more common than previously thought; 1 in 88 children in the country have it Brandon Sun Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:05 AM PDT ATLANTA - A new U.S. government report says autism is more common than previously thought, burdening as many as 1 in 88 children. Health officials attribute the increase largely to better recognition of cases through wide screening and better diagnosis. Autism is more common than previously thought; 1 in 88 US children have it Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:04 AM PDT ATLANTA - A new government report says autism is more common than previously thought, burdening as many as 1 in 88 children. Health officials attribute the increase largely to better recognition of cases, through wide screening and better diagnosis. Fund gets $256,000 in GHLI allotments from CHC Saipan Tribune Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:02 AM PDT The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. has fulfilled its payment obligation to the NMI Retirement Fund by remitting $256,000 for the health and life insurance premiums of hospital personnel, according to Fund deputy administrator Esther S. Ada yesterday. Special traffic enforcement Friday in Monterey The Salinas Californian Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:02 AM PDT California Department of Public Health officials have issued a citation to Salinas Valley Memorial... - 12:30 am Get your plate in shape! Saipan Tribune Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:02 AM PDT On Saturday, March 31, 2012, student chefs from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota will compete in a cook-off that has been months in the making. At 9 am, student chefs will serve their recipe to a panel of judges including food experts and health professionals. New interim CEO visits Sacred Heart on the Gulf The Star Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:02 AM PDT When Susan Davis reached a crossroads in her career, it was a simple 'God bless you and have a great day' from an employee at St. Vincent's Hospital that hooked her as an employee of Ascension Health. Davis, President and CEO of St. Vincent's Health... Ruling may pose test for candidates Boston Globe Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:01 AM PDT It was one of the day’s most probing questions about health care, with ramifications for the millions of Americans and the presidential campaign. But it did not come from a Supreme Court Justice. It came from the Tonight Show’s Jay Leno, and it was directed to his guest, Mitt Romney. Leno pressed Romney on some of the nuts and bolts of President Obama’s health care law - and what might happen if ... Court appears split on future of health law if mandate is out Boston Globe Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:01 AM PDT Several Supreme Court justices this afternoon indicated skepticism that making states expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income individuals under President Obama’s health care law amounts to coercion, as states suing the federal government argued. In the third and final day of hearings on the fate of Obama’s signature domestic achievement, Paul Clement, the lawyer representing 26 states ...

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