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NZSki Step up Programme Proves Huge Success for Teens Scoop.co.nz Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:44 PM PDT NZSki Step Up, the Wakatipu’s first fully sponsored health and fitness education programme for young, overweight teens wrapped up last night with ten local kids and their families having taken part. Vietnam seeks help with mystery disease; 19 dead Erie Times-News Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:42 PM 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. MaineCare cuts target of lawsuit: Maine man dropped from plan while battling cancer The Lewiston Sun Journal Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:40 PM PDT PORTLAND â€" A federal lawsuit on Thursday targeted a rollback of MaineCare benefits supported by Gov. Paul LePage that eliminated health care coverage for hundreds of legal immigrants living in the state. Illinois bishop compares Obama actions to Hitler's Journal Gazette & Times-Courier Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:39 PM PDT An Illinois Roman Catholic diocese whose bishop compared President Barack Obama's health care policies to actions taken by Adolf Hitler said Thursday that the comments, which prompted outside demands PRINCETON: Planned Parenthood head: Politics out of womenâs health The Princeton Packet Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:39 PM PDT Politics have interfered with womenâs health care for too long, and it is time for Planned Parenthood to fight back, according to Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. New Dangers Revealed For Lungs Of The Young The Harvard Crimson Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:38 PM PDT Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health published a new study last month that suggests that young children are more susceptible than adults to particle deposition in their lungs through inhalation. 23andMe Founder Discusses Genetics and Healthcare The Harvard Crimson Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:38 PM PDT Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of web-based personal genome company 23andMe, discusses the growing applications and impact of genomic sequency on individuals and health care systems at "Deleterious Me" Tuesday, April 17. LAWRENCE: Rabid raccoon found on Roxboro Road The Lawrence Ledger Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:36 PM PDT A raccoon that was found wandering in the yard of a Roxboro Road home March 16 has been tested and confirmed to have rabies, according to Lawrence Township Health Officer Carol Chamberlain. 2011 worst for U.S. measles in 15 years UPI Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:34 PM PDT ATLANTA, April 20 (UPI) -- Measles was eliminated in the United States in 2000 but it is still imported, and measles cases in 2011 hit a 15-year peak, federal health officials said. St. Joseph: Pfitzer is stepping down The Bryan-College Station Eagle Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:33 PM PDT By ROSALEE GETTERMAN rosalee.getterman@theeagle.com The St. Joseph Health System announced Thursday that Tony Pfitzer will no longer serve as its CEO.The conditions of Pfitzer's exit, effective Wednesday, were not revealed, and the system's spokesman r ...

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