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30 min ago | WINK-TV Fort Myers

Drug use among Fla. youth drops

Child welfare officials say the number of Florida middle and high school students experimenting with marijuana, alcohol and prescription drugs has dropped.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Education Etc., Drug Addiction (Substance Abuse)

4 hrs ago | WTAE-TV Pittsburgh

Most Ukraine Cold Deaths Alcohol-Related

Alcohol has been involved in most of the deaths blamed on the extreme cold in Ukraine, the country worst affected by the icy temperatures gripping Eastern Europe, a government minister said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Alcoholism, Weather

4 hrs ago | KTRE-TV Lufkin

White House eyes compromise on birth control coverage

The Obama administration is attempting to reach a compromise in the new birth control law that will require employers to cover it under their health care plans.

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Related Topix: Women's Health, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

8 hrs ago | WAPT-TV Jackson

Could Brain Stimulation Treat Alzheimer's?

In a very small group of patients, sending electrical impulses to a memory-center in the brain -- via tiny implanted electrodes -- may have improved their memory.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Disease

Wed Feb 08, 2012

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Mexico party rally ends with 650 food-poison cases

But the leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in Guerrero state also says that blame goes to the candidate who held the event.

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Related Topix: Food Poisoning, Health, Institutional Revolutionary Party (Mexico)

The Wichita Eagle

Study: Tai chi helps ease symptoms of Parkinson's

In this undated photo provided by the Oregon Research Institute, people participate in a tai chi class at the institute in Eugene, Ore.

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Related Topix: Parkinson's Disease, Eugene, OR

York Dispatch

Study finds MDs not always honest with patients

More than half admitted describing someone's prognosis in a way they knew was too rosy.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health Care Policy

The Daily Caller

CVS Caremark 4Q profit climbs nearly 4 percent

CVS Caremark Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings climbed nearly 4 percent as the drugstore operator's pharmacy services revenue swelled because of a long-term contract and new business.

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Related Topix: CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, Medicare, US News, Conservative Political News

KKCO-TV Grand Junction

Pa. woman gets probation for fake cancer claims

A Pennsylvania woman who submitted nearly $100,000 worth of fake cancer treatment insurance claims for herself and her husband must repay the money while she serves nearly nine years on probation.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Washington, PA, Washington County, PA, Prostate Cancer

EDGE

Dangerous Exercise Moves

It is essential that all exercises you engage in be "correct to form." Exercises performed incorrectly can result in strained muscles and tendons, stress on the knees and other joints, and hernias from improper handling of weights.

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Related Topix: Back Pain

WESH-TV

Battle Escalates Over Obama Contraception Coverage Rule

The battle over a new White House policy compelling Catholic institutions to cover contraception in health insurance plans continued to escalate Tuesday, with the Catholic Church threatening to sue, liberal groups spotlighting Catholic support for contraception, and the Obama administration vowing to confront religious concerns.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, US News, Health Insurance, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, Mitt Romney

Tue Feb 07, 2012

KAUZ

School immunization requirements from preschool to college

Each year, millions of children receive immunization shots in order to prepare for school, whether it's preschool, kindergarten, first grade, high school or college.

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Related Topix: Vaccinations, Toddlers, Family

The Post-Standard

Talks on extending the payroll tax cut are adrift -- again -- on Capitol Hill

The prospects for an extension of President Barack Obama's signature payroll tax cut, once considered a slam dunk on Capitol Hill, now seem far less certain as House-Senate talks have deadlocked over finding ways to pay for it.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, Dave Camp

NorthJersey.com

Komen breast-cancer charity exec quits after funding flap with Planned Parenthood

A high-ranking official resigned Tuesday from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity after a dispute over whether the group should give funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

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Related Topix: Women's Health, Abortion

KCAU

Appeals court: Seniors can't reject Medicare right

A federal appeals court says American seniors who receive Social Security cannot reject their legal right to Medicare benefits in a rare case of someone suing to get out of a government entitlement.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Social Security, Personal Finance

Local TV Station KTVZ

Government Assistance Expands

More than one in three Americans lived in households that received Medicaid, food stamps or other means-based government assistance, according to a new report.

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Related Topix: Medicaid, Social Security, Personal Finance, George Mason University, US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich

WRAL.com

Obama to seek more Alzheimer's research money

The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Dementia

Mon Feb 06, 2012

KXTV

Feds reject Brown's plan of Medi-Cal copayments

Federal health officials say California cannot force Medi-Cal recipients to make a co-pay for doctor visits and prescription drugs, a decision that brings relief to low-income patients but complicates the state's effort to close a $9.2 billion budget deficit.

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Related Topix: California, California Government, Medicaid, Jerry Brown, US Governors

WDBO-AM Orlando

A push for family input to detect dementia earlier

Dementia can sneak up on families because its sufferers are pretty adept at covering lapses early on.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Fewer teens exposed to tobacco smoke in cars

Although fewer kids are being exposed to smoking while riding in cars, more than 20 percent of nonsmoking teens still are, U.S. health officials report.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Family, Kids, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

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