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Statement By Kathleen Sebelius Secretary Of Health And Human Services On The Great American Smokeout
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AHIP Statement On The Letter Regarding Health Care Costs

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A Look At How Key Provisions Compare In The House And Senate Bills
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A Selection Of Today's Opinions And Editorials
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The Reid Proposal Makes Health Insurance Premiums More Affordable For The Middle Class
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Multidisciplinary Meeting On Urological Cancers
American Nurses Association Backs New Report Describing Effects Of Coal Pollution On Health
Terrence Higgins Trust Gets Oxford Involved In World AIDS Day

Terrence Higgins Trust Gets Bristol Involved In World AIDS Day
Mathematical Abilities Examined In Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Statement By Medicare Rights Center President Joe Baker On The House Vote To Repeal Medicare Pay Cuts For Doctors
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Why Can't Some People Give Up Cocaine?
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HHS Sec. Sebelius Says New Mammogram Guidelines Will Not Change Federal Policies
Antiabortion-Rights Advocates Protest 'Bubble Zone' Ordinance Outside Chicago Clinics
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PSA Reconfirms Commitment To Government's Health Reforms, Australia
Patients Win With Immediate Avastin Payment Reversal
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Senate Bill Draws Immediate Reactions From GOP, Interest Groups
White House Backing Medicare 'Doc Fix' Bill
Kansas Pilot Program To Use Electronic Medical Records To Coordinate Care
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UNFPA Report Highlights Relationship Between Family Planning, Women's Health And Climate Change
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NICE Appraisal Of Sorafenib For Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Islet Cell Transplantation In Scotland

Military Study Shows Prevention Of Novel A/H1N1 Virus Infection Is Vaccine-Type And Age-Dependent
Results Presented From First Study Reviewing Convergent Approach To Treating Atrial Fibrillation At American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
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VerifyNow(R) System Highlighted In POPular Study Comparing Platelet Reactivity Tests
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Echo Therapeutics Announces Positive Results Of A Clinical Study Testing Symphony(TM) TCGM System In Patients With Type 1 And Type 2 Diabetes
AFFiRiS AG: Interim Analysis Of Clinical Phase I Data Triggered Decision To Move Alzheimer's Vaccine Candidate AD02 Into Clinical Phase II Testing
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Reid Unveils Senate Health Reform Bill With Less Restrictive Abortion Provision Than Final House Measure
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EFA Highlights The Urgent Need For Change And A Comprehensive European Strategy To Fight Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Prevalence Of High LDL, Or 'Bad' Cholesterol Levels Decreases In U.S.
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U-M Opens New Research Studies For Emphysema & Other COPD
Alnylam Presents New Pre-clinical Data On ALN-VSP, An RNAi Therapeutic For The Treatment Of Liver Cancer
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Dermatologists Now Offer Non Invasive Skin Tightening
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