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HCG: weight-loss boon or a risk to health? Everett Herald Tue, 29 May 2012 14:38 PM PDT Personal trainer Catherine Bongiorno, who teaches a body-conditioning class at Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo, is a critic of hCG. She recommends her clients eat sensibly and exercise for healthy weight loss. Fla. prison health care privatization challenged The News-Press Tue, 29 May 2012 14:36 PM PDT Public employee unions are challenging a state budget provision calling for the privatization of health care in Florida's prisons. WHA wraps up with IHR, virus-sharing updates Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy Tue, 29 May 2012 14:36 PM PDT May 29, 2012 (CIDRAP News) â€" The World Health Assembly (WHA) wrapped up its annual meeting May 26 in Geneva, with attendees turning their attention to several infectious diseaseâ€"related topics, including implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHRs) and pandemic flu preparedness. Integrative Medicine Part IV â€" Preventive Aging MedCity News Tue, 29 May 2012 14:35 PM PDT Does old age necessarily mean declining health and cognition or can one age gracefully with a high quality of life? This was another topic discussed at the recent Health and Wellness conference organized by the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine. Steven Gambert, MD, Professor of Medicine and Surgery and Director of Geriatric Medicine at [...] Mike Ruiz: Responsible Sexual Behavior: Kissing and Telling (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post Tue, 29 May 2012 14:33 PM PDT Countless times I have spoken publicly about my struggles being a gay teen in the early '80s. So when I was approached by the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) to shoot Kiss & Tell, not only was I compelled to do it but I was ecstatic at the prospect of being a part of such an important project. NanoString Establishes Dx Unit as Breast Cancer Test Moves Closer to FDA Submission GenomeWeb News Tue, 29 May 2012 14:33 PM PDT Full-text access for premium subscribers only. Existing premium subscribers login here . New to GenomeWeb? Register quickly here . BioArray News editor Justin Petrone caught up with David Ledbetter, CSO of Geisinger Health System, at the recent Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting held in Charlotte, NC, to discuss the future of CMA as a first-tier test, classifying findings of uncertain significance ... The American Pizza Community (TAPC): Rival Companies Join Forces To Tackle Menu Labeling Laws The Huffington Post Tue, 29 May 2012 14:33 PM PDT American pizza companies are banding together and heading to D.C. in late June to address their concerns about mandatory menu-labeling legislation passed in 2010 as part of Obama's health care package. Chattanooga Kiwanis Club Gets Lesson in How "Obamacare" Will Impact Tennessee WDEF Chattanooga Tue, 29 May 2012 14:29 PM PDT We're still waiting for a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether or not "Obamacare" is constitutional. At issue is the mandate that everyone gets health insurance...and the expansion of Medicaid. Today, the local Kiwanis club got a lesson in how the law will impact Tennessee. Dr. Steven Coulter, Health Care Expert, "People like a lot of the stuff that's in this bill, I promise you. I've ... Pedaling for Parkinson's Canandaigua Daily Messenger Tue, 29 May 2012 14:22 PM PDT A Thompson Health doctor’s involvement in a benefit bike ride in Colorado this weekend is  personal: He has the disease as well Senator Grassley Questions New Federal Grant To Research Physician WOWT Omaha Tue, 29 May 2012 14:19 PM PDT Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the National Institutes of Health to explain why it has awarded a $400,000 medical research grant to a physician who it banned from NIH funding in recent years for failing to disclose a $1.2 million financial relationship with a major pharmaceutical company while leading a $9 million federal study involving that drug company’s blockbuster depression drug Paxil.

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