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VA plans to add 1,900 to mental health staff The Monterey County Herald Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:35 PM PDT WASHINGTON â€" The Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday it was increasing its staff of mental health workers by roughly 1,900, part of an effort to address a shortage of specialists and to better prepare for the medical needs of veterans returning home from war. Justice Department: Walgreens settles amid probe KSAT San Antonio Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:22 PM PDT Walgreens will pay governments $7.9 million in a settlement reached amid allegations the drugstore chain illegally paid kickbacks so that prescriptions would be transferred to its pharmacies, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday. Investigators had been looking into whether Walgreens had given people enrolled in government-run health programs -- such as Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare (for ... Planned Parenthood, Tester talk to students about women's health KAJ Flathead Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:22 PM PDT BOZEMAN- The future of women's health care was the topic of discussion at a roundtable this morning at Montana State. Senator Tester and the President of Planned Parenthood hosted the event. Car crashes through door of small Pendleton grocery store Anderson Independent-Mail Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:22 PM PDT A man suffered health problems that caused him to swerve wildly, run off the road, plow through a field and crash through the front door of a small Pendleton grocery store, officials said. Indians need to make lifestyle change to improve heart health The Times of India Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:14 PM PDT Around 79% men in India and 83% women are physically inactive, while 51% men and 48% women have high fat diets. Glaring gender bias ails heart health The Times of India Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:14 PM PDT Three separate studies â€" one of them from India and the other two from China and West Asia â€" presented at the World Congress of Cardiology in Dubai on Friday said that women don’t receive the same treatment as men for heart disease across the world. Warren Buffett Cancer Treatment Shows Challenges In Health Care Cost-Cutting The Huffington Post Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:07 PM PDT Warren Buffett's prostate cancer diagnosis and his decision to undergo radiation therapy underscores the difficulty of cutting back on medical tests and treatments of dubious value. New Westminster and Abbotsford relatively high in drug overdoses Abbotsford Mission Times Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:05 PM PDT A Fraser Health Authority report on injection drug use and harm reduction for the City of Abbotsford is showing relatively high rates of hepatitis C, illicit drug overdoses and deaths for New Westminster and then Abbotsford. Eye exams help service animals continue to safely guide their humans The Oregonian Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:05 PM PDT A service animal’s optical health can be a matter of life for death for the human who relies on it. That’s why veterinary ophthalmologists around the country are donating free eye exams to qualified service animals in May, with a special police dog vision clinic to be held May 2 in Milwaukie. Participants must register online by April 30. Plan gives DHS more oversight in state mental health services Minnesota Public Radio Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:02 PM PDT Top officials at the state Department of Human Services will have greater involvement in the oversight of state-operated mental health services under a restructuring plan announced Friday.

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