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Will Employers Dump Health Insurance Coverage? Forbes Wed, 30 May 2012 06:50 AM PDT A popular belief I encounter in my travels is that Obamacare will be a government takeover of medicine. During a recent guest spot on talk radio, a caller asked me how all the doctors will like working for the government. Somehow, she was under the impression that the system will be totally government run. Too much talk radio maybe? I set the record straight â€" doctors will still be employed in ... 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. Province alters controversial Animal Health Act Victoria Times Colonist Wed, 30 May 2012 06:44 AM PDT The B.C. government has changed controversial animal disease legislation, clarifying a single term but largely ignoring the recommendations of the province's privacy watchdog. Hundreds undergo tuberculosis tests at Indiana school WTHR Indianapolis Wed, 30 May 2012 06:44 AM PDT Health workers administered tuberculosis skin tests to about 700 students and staff members at a Terre Haute middle school following a suspected case of the disease. The voluntary tests were given Tuesday at Woodrow Wilson Middle School and will be checked Thursday for any positive results. FIU Health CEO Fernando Valverde gears for accreditation at college of medicine, targets "medical city' for the campus Miami Today Wed, 30 May 2012 06:44 AM PDT As head of FIU Health, Florida International University's educational and clinical enterprise, Fernando Valverde is putting his 30 years of experience to work for South Florida health care. Obama's health care aid to small firms disappoints Deseret News Wed, 30 May 2012 06:43 AM PDT It seemed like a good idea at the time. TN health commissioner: fight obesity like addiction The Leaf Chronicle Wed, 30 May 2012 06:42 AM PDT Tennessee's health commissioner says obesity is a relapsing disease that should be fought like a drug addiction.

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