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TO YOUR HEALTH: Stroke survivors sought for clinical trial North Penn Life Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:46 AM PDT About 20 percent of the approximately 795,000 people who have a stroke this year will end up having trouble completing daily tasks â€" dressing, eating, writing, balancing or walking â€" due to a condition known as spasticity. Study: Northeast Florida should focus on aviation, financial services, health care The Florida Times-Union Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:44 AM PDT Northeast Florida's drive to boost jobs should target four types of businesses offering prospects for "exponential growth," according to a report released Thursday. Rogue Valley Medical Center has a new CEO The Mail Tribune Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:40 AM PDT Asante Health System has named a new chief executive officer for Rogue Valley Medical Center to replace Kent Brown, who stepped down Thursday after nearly five years on the job. Vietnam seeks help with mystery disease; 19 dead ABC 13 Houston Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:38 AM PDT Vietnam has asked the World Health Organization to help investigate a mystery disease that has killed 19 people and sickened 171 others in central Vietnam Obamacare focus of panel Delaware County Daily Times Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:38 AM PDT CHESTER â€" A panel of experts at Widener University discussed the Affordable Care Act â€" President Obama’s signature health care reform law â€" being considered by the U.S. Supreme Court and said that public education on the legislation had fallen short. Quarter of adults left uncovered during 2011, study finds WJXT Jacksonville Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:35 AM PDT The fate of health care reform legislation is still up in the air, resting with the U.S. Supreme Court, which is expected to rule on the law's constitutionality in late June. Access to family planning services important for adolescent women News-Medical-Net Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:33 AM PDT In a Huffington Post "Global Motherhood" opinion piece, UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin writes, "It warms my heart to see that safe motherhood and women's reproductive health are finally being recognized as important development issues," but "millions of women in developing countries still lack even the most basic care during pregnancy," leading to maternal death and injury and ... Preconception care before IVF can lead to lifestyle problems and health risks News-Medical-Net Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:32 AM PDT Ninety-six per cent of women who attended a preconception clinic before undergoing IVF had three or more lifestyle problems and risk factors, according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Scott Ihlenfeld: Why is Walker jetting around the nation instead of governing? The Capital Times Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:32 AM PDT Dear Editor: Even if you don’t realize the significance of the GOP’s attacks on labor, education, clean energy, the environment, health care, and women’s rights as a problem, at the very least it should be a problem for any conservative when it comes to our governor spending most of his time jetting around the nation to drum up support for himself. 8-Health Center sa Navotas, Pinasinayaan Pinoy Parazzi Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:31 AM PDT PARA MABIGYAN ng maayos na serbisyo pagdating sa kalusugan ang mga residente ng Navotas, walong bagong Health Center at Navotas Youth Center ang pinasinayaan kamakailan sa naturang lungsod. Pinangunahan ni Navotas City Mayor John Rey Tiangco ang nasabing pasinaya kasama ang ilang opisyal ng pamahalaan lungsod at mga health workers na sinaksihan ng ilang mga [...]

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