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Health authorities agree to mergers Brandon Sun Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:33 AM PDT Manitoba's 11 regional health authorities, seeing the writing on the wall, have agreed to a series of mergers that will reduce their numbers to five. New Case of Mad Cow Disease in California InteliHealth Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:33 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first new case of mad cow disease in the U.S. since 2006 has been discovered in a dairy cow in California, but health authorities said Tuesday the animal never was a threat to the nation's food supply. Ukraine urged to treat jailed ex-PM refusing food New Jersey Herald Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:32 AM PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Germany is urging Ukraine to provide jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko with appropriate medical treatment for health problems exacerbated by her hunger strike protesting alleged violence at the hands of prison officials. YPSILANTI: City council receives information on health resources available to residents Ypsilanti Courier Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:27 AM PDT Charles Wilson, director of the Washtenaw County Health Department’s Community Health Advocate Program, shared information about volunteers who can help connect gateway, Southside residents to health resources at the April 17 Ypsilanti City Council meeting. Mo. Senate budget funds pay hikes, blind benefits Jefferson City News Tribune Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:23 AM PDT The Missouri Senate signed off on a $24 billion budget plan early Wednesday that would provide a raise to the lowest-paid state workers in the nation and spare blind residents from a potential cut to their government-funded health care plan. More training for medical residents in Middle Tenn Ashland City Times Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:22 AM PDT NASHVILLE â€" Saint Thomas Health and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will become partners in training more medical residents. The expanded program begins in 2013, and by 2017 about 100 medical residents will be trained yearly in varied specialties. Change Could Happen: 5 Things That Could Derail Obama’s Re-Election Bid CBS Baltimore Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:19 AM PDT President Barack Obama is facing a tough re-election campaign with unemployment above 8 percent, gas prices hovering around $4 and his groundbreaking health care law under review from the Supreme Court. Medical bills: Sticker shock and confused consumers EurekAlert! Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:17 AM PDT According to a provocative new UCSF analysis, patients are all too often left in the dark about how and what hospitals charge for their medical care -- even in the face of a mounting push nationally for consumers to have a voice in how their health care dollars are spent. Missouri Senate budget funds pay hikes, blind benefits KMOV St. Louis Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:16 AM PDT JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Senate signed off on a $24 billion budget plan early Wednesday that would provide a raise to the lowest-paid state workers in the nation and spare blind residents from a potential cut to their government-funded health care plan.     Senate passage of the budget came only after a coalition of nine Republican senators agreed to drop a two-day stalling ... Born addicted: Babies under the influence NBC 2 Fort Myers Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:15 AM PDT Babies are being born addicted to prescription pain-killers at an alarming rate in Lee County.  Lee Memorial Health officials have seen an 800-percent increase of babies born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in just the last seven years.

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