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Flu Is Contagious, Is Homicide Too? Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 06:59 PM PST Certain diseases can be contagious - transmitted from person to person. But can homicide be contagious too? Yes, says a study, conducted Michigan State University researchers, which used public health tracking methods to track long-term homicide trends. $100 million MaineCare shortfall a product of missteps, bad estimates, commissioner tells legislators Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 06:58 PM PST Overly optimistic savings initiatives, budgeting based on still-unapproved cuts and a failure to forecast health care claims all are contributing to a projected $100 million shortfall in the state's Medicaid program. Insider trading suspect was model ethics student Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 06:56 PM PST BOSTON (AP) â€" Mathew Martoma knew from an early age he wanted to blend his interests in health care, business and law into a career, and he excelled as a bioethics student. Video shows woman sent to River City from Lake City mental health facility Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 06:54 PM PST A video interview obtained by Channel 4 shows a homeless woman who says she was put on a Greyhound bus to Jacksonville from Lake city because Jacksonville is better equipped to handle the homeless. Ozark Center's Access Crisis Intervention Center Receives Grant Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 06:54 PM PST The Missouri Foundation of Health grants 1.5 million dollars to the Ozark Center.  Ruling forces big tobacco to admit they lied Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 06:54 PM PST U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ruled Tuesday that tobacco companies now have to advertise corrective statements saying they "deliberately deceived the American public about the health effects of smoking." Each ad must also disclose specific adverse health effects caused by cigarette smoke.   11 new West Nile cases, 1 death in La. Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 06:52 PM PST State health officials report 11 new cases of West Nile virus this week, with one additional West Nile-related death.    Conference celebrates a healthier Lake St. Clair Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 06:51 PM PST First in a series of articles on the environmental health of the Lake St. Clair basin. Auditors give Marysville a clean bill of fiscal health Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 06:50 PM PST Marysville’s fiscal house is in order. That’s the conclusion of Stewart, Beauvais & Whipple, the auditing firm that poured over the city’s books for the fiscal year that ended on June 30. Mental Exercises to Help Improve Your Memory Fri, 30 Nov, 2012 06:49 PM PST Research has shown that exercising your the mind helps contributes to your mental health and well being.  While physical activity has been shown to aid in sharpening our minds and recall, simple mental exercises can help us to remain sharp improve memory as we age.

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