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MONDAY METER The Times Record Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:05 AM PDT Improved prognosis Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the Affordable Care Act passes constitutional muster doesn’t cure what ails America’s health care woes. It’s more like a national fever breaking. read more Drug maker agrees to largest-ever fraud settlement The Washington Times Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:05 AM PDT GlaxoSmithKline LLC, a global health care company, agreed to plead guilty and pay $3 billion, the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history, after illegally marketing certain prescription drugs, Department of Justice officials announced Monday. GSK agreed to pay $3 billion to resolve criminal and civil charges for promoting ... County: Don’t be bugged by West Nile virus Marple Newtown County Press Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:04 AM PDT Delaware County Intercommunity Health said virus-carrying mosquitoes have been detected. Nationwide decline in psychiatrists not seen in Peoria WEEK News 25 Central Illinois Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:04 AM PDT PEORIA, Ill. -- Psychiatrists aren't as common as you think. In fact, a decline in the number of medical students entering psychiatry and rising demand for mental health services has led to a nationwide shortage, according to a release from the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. Patient dies on waiting list after fax mistake The New Zealand Herald Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:04 AM PDT A man died while waiting on Auckland City Hospital's semi-urgent heart waiting list after a faxed test result was too faint to read and no request was made for a legible copy.The case, reported yesterday by Health and Disability... Saladin Ambar: "Mr. Corleone, Meet John Marshall": Obama, Roberts, and Health Care in Context The Huffington Post Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:02 AM PDT I clearly got Thursday's ruling wrong. How could I not? I am a political scientist. But getting Roberts wrong is another matter. In all likelihood, what we witnessed in his majority opinion was not the rebirth of Justice Souter, but rather the rebirth of John Marshall, albeit an inverted one. Bobby Womack: 'Doctors branded me a miracle for surviving health battle' OK! Magazine Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:01 AM PDT Soul legend BOBBY WOMACK has been hailed a "miracle" by his doctors after recovering from a coma and two bouts of pneumonia following his cancer diagnosis. Tacio: Smoking is dangerous to your health WN Philippines Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:01 AM PDT CIGARETTE smoking causes lung cancer. This fact has been recognized in the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 1950s yet. Subsequent studies have confirmed this claim. "Scientific data shows that smoking is associated with 30-40 percent of all cancer deaths," says Dr. Tanquilino Elicano Jr., one of the country's cancer experts. "Cancer risk increases with intensity of the habit ... NIH Director announces appointment of David M. Murray as Associate Director for Disease Prevention and Director of the ... National Institutes of Health Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:01 AM PDT National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announced today the appointment of David M. Murray, Ph.D., as Associate Director for Disease Prevention and Director of the Office of Disease Prevention (ODP). Dr. Murray is expected to join the NIH on September 23, 2012. Rural Aussies sick of health inequalities North Queensland Register Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:59 AM PDT THE most recent report-card on the health of Australians has again shown that the further people live away from major cities, the less healthy they are likely to be.

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