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Scrubs in the City support urgent care at SickKids East York Mirror Wed, 30 May 2012 07:06 AM PDT HEALTH - The SickKids Foundation is inviting party-goers to a special evening of mystery and intrigue when it opens its annual Scrubs in the City event to a wider audience. Eastern Region Nurses Week launched in Koforidua Ghanaweb.com Wed, 30 May 2012 07:04 AM PDT Mr. Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, the Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, on Wednesday appealed to the media to dedicate more time to support the health development agenda of the country. New Personalized Medicine for ALK-positive Advanced or Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer PR Newswire Wed, 30 May 2012 07:04 AM PDT XALKORI NOW AVAILABLE IN CANADA KIRKLAND, QC, May 30, 2012 /CNW/ - Pfizer Canada is pleased to announce that XALKORI® (crizotinib) is now available in Canada. Recently approved with conditions by Health Canada, XALKORI is an oral monotherapy for patients with anaplastic... Will Employers Dump Health Insurance Coverage? Forbes Wed, 30 May 2012 07:02 AM PDT Will we really continue to purchase insurance through our employers under health care reform in 2014? Note: Health-e Wed, 30 May 2012 06:52 AM PDT SECTION27 released a statement detailing the financial crisis in the Eastern Cape health department which is threatening to collapse. It calls on the national health department to urgently intervene, reminding it that it has a duty to do so. Tenofovir shortages continue Health-e Wed, 30 May 2012 06:51 AM PDT The continued stock out of the antiretroviral tenofovir and the failure to advise health workers on how to deal with it is a looming disaster, HIV Clinicians and activists are warning. Company says tech upgrades could save Medicaid millions Small Business Times Wed, 30 May 2012 06:49 AM PDT For nearly 10 years, Menomonee Falls-based Vestica Healthcare has been managing the complex needs of the health insurance industry using innovative technology to drive down the cost of health care. Food as medicine, Farm focuses on health Small Business Times Wed, 30 May 2012 06:49 AM PDT Kathy Bero founded Pewaukee-based NuGenesis Farm Inc. two years ago after surviving cancer diagnoses three times. Bero founded the non-profit organization, which is dedicated to working to prevent disease through education, sustainable organic agriculture and research. Judge: Health Claims About Pomegranate Juice Not So 'Wonderful' PR Newswire Wed, 30 May 2012 06:48 AM PDT NEW YORK, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A judge's ruling that POM Wonderful lacked the science to back up bold claims about its pomegranate productsâ€"including that its juice could fight heart disease, cancer and even erectile dysfunctionâ€"points to the risks of aggressively... Medicine is an elitist profession that should do more to encourage poorer students, says former health secretary Daily Mail Wed, 30 May 2012 06:45 AM PDT Alan Milburn wants medical schools to make greater efforts to encourage more young people from poorer backgrounds to study medicine.

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