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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:02 PM

American Health

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Name: American Health
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
H1N1 vaccine gets green light
The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK's) pandemic H1N1 adjuvanted vaccine for protection against the H1N1 influenza.This confirmation was made by GSK, which noted that the vaccine 'was shown to be generally ... [Jamaica Gleaner - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)
Report: Obesity, smoking soak up most U.S. healthcare dollars
FURTHER READING Organization Smoking and obesity were rated the most significant risk factors affecting the health of Americans and the rising healthcare costs, according to the 2009 America’s Health Ranking report.The report, a state-by-state assessment ... [HealthImaging - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
New laws can't protect Jamaica's children
NEW legislation will not make Jamaica's children safer if Government does not uphold its own laws and if citizens fail to hold leaders who do not fulfil their obligations accountable.This is the view of Dr Wess Stafford, president of international child ... [Jamaica Observer - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
Guyana's shipment of H1N1 vaccines delayed
A shipment of 240,000 vaccines for H1N1 which was due to arrive in Guyana this week, has been delayed.The arrival date for the vaccine has been shifted to mid-December but the Health Ministry's position on the distribution remains the same.The Ministry ... [Radio Jamaica - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)
Thornberry upset by new mammogram recommendations
Congressman Thornberry said, 'These are very important decisions that should be made by a woman and her doctor. This is a step backward in the fight against breast cancer, and a step toward more government control of your health care. Screening and early ... [KVII - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 4 Documents (in Politics)
Reform Health Care or Die Trying: Only Ordinary Emergency Doctor Can Stop Greedy Politician Who Threatens American Health Care
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In his debut novel, 'The Gene Card' (published by iUniverse), Frank Penater reveals the dying world of the near future, one where the cost of practical medical care has become too high to provide for anyone other ... [Philadelphia Business Journal - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)
Study projects 42 percent Wash. obesity rate by 2018
Slim down, Washington. A new study projects that 41.6 percent of state residents will be obese by 2018.And that's going to cost us.The study, based on research by Emory University health care economist Ken Thorpe of the , projects that health care costs ... [Seattle Post Intelligencer - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
Commentary: Dems' health reforms attack taxpayer wallets
While House Democratic leaders have gloated over their recent approval of a 1,990-page health reform proposal that would cost in excess of $1 trillion, the American people may be less enthused with the results. Congress should be working to make health ... [Detroit News - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 1 Documents
Latin American Journalists Honored for Reporting on Sex Workers' Health
Reports from Chile, Argentina, and Colombia are winners of the Fifth Latin American Health Journalism AwardsWashington, D.C., 12 November 2009 (PAHO) - Three journalists whose reporting humanizes the experiences of sex workers have won the top three prizes ... [Pan American Health Organization - 11/15/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents
Privacy breach rules require practices to report only harm done
Physicians won't have to notify patients of every breach of privacy regarding their records, under a rule finalized by the Dept. of Health and Human Services.A provision in the Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information rule allows ... [American Medical News - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)
H1N1 and the Future of American Health Care
Looking for the perfect metaphor for the ills of the American health care system? Look no further than H1N1. Or so says Dr. Michael Osterholm.If anyone is in a position to draw such a conclusion it is Dr. Osterholm. Dr Osterholm is the director of the ... [Care2 - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
Miles J. Zaremski: Health Care Reform -- The Battle Has Just Begun
The battle for health care reform is going into the home stretch but by no means can a conclusion be drawn that we will see it and thus can rest our wary heads. As evidence of this, a huge rally is scheduled for November 17 in Chicago at meetings ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/16/2009]

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...to become law, recommendations such as the recent guidance on mammography screenings could limit coverage of this important and life-saving test. "With the recent passage of the Pelosi Health Care Bill, I am concerned that this is just the beginning of these types of government panels setting coverage guidelines that will impact every American HealthHealth care decisions should be made by patients and doctors, not by government task forces. This is a prime example of what our health care system will be like in the near future should the Pelosi bill become law" Congressman Thornberry concluded. Click here
Thornberry upset by new mammogram recommendations [KVII - 11/20/2009]
...providers may revisit how they measure health plan's performance based on the updated guidelines, but adds coverage is unlikely to be dropped. "Most of our member companies look at [the task force's guidelines] as the standard. But if you are in your 40s and have a discussion about risk and benefits and your doctor gives you a referral slip, then that generally is going to be covered."
New advice on mammograms [CNN - 11/17/2009]

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Thornberry upset by new mammogram recommendations [KVII - 11/20/2009]
Guyana's shipment of H1N1 vaccines delayed [Radio Jamaica - 11/20/2009]
New laws can't protect Jamaica's children [Jamaica Observer - 11/19/2009]
H1N1 vaccine gets green light [Jamaica Gleaner - 11/19/2009]
Report: Obesity, smoking soak up most U.S. heal... [HealthImaging - 11/19/2009]
BURR & FORMAN LLP COUNSEL MARIA SHEFFIELD S... [dBusinessNews.com - 11/18/2009]
Commentary: Dems' health reforms attack taxpaye... [Detroit News - 11/18/2009]
Study projects 42 percent Wash. obesity rate by... [Seattle Post Intelligencer - 11/17/2009]
Is Affordable Health Care Possible In A Free Ma... [Forbes.com - 11/17/2009]
New advice on mammograms [CNN - 11/17/2009]
Task Force Rejects Mammograms Before Age 50; Ob... [CNN - 11/17/2009]
WI: State group launches databas... [Stateline - 11/17/2009]
Reform Health Care or Die Trying: Only Ordinary... [Philadelphia Business Journal - 11/17/2009]
Reform Health Care or Die Trying: Only Ordinary... [Earthtimes.org - 11/17/2009]
Reform Health Care or Die Trying: Only Ordinary... [Street Insider - 11/17/2009]
Reform Health Care or Die Trying: Only Ordinary... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/17/2009]
A simple and radical solution to health care [Kansas City Star - 11/17/2009]
Agency: Women should wait until 50 for mammograms [CNN - 11/17/2009]
Group alters mammogram guidelines [CNN - 11/17/2009]
Task force opposes routine mammograms... [CNN - 11/17/2009]
Task force opposes routine mammograms for women... [CNN - 11/16/2009]
Task force opposes mammograms for women age 40-49 [CNN - 11/16/2009]
Mammogram guidelines change for women in 40s [CNN - 11/16/2009]
H1N1 and the Future of American Health Care [Care2 - 11/16/2009]
NBTY To Webcast Presentation at Citigroup's 6th... [PR Newswire via MSN Money - 11/16/2009]
Privacy breach rules require practices to repor... [American Medical News - 11/16/2009]
Latin American Journalists Honored for Reportin... [Pan American Health Organization - 11/15/2009]
Press Ganey Study Assess Hospital Patient Satis... [Inside INdiana Business - 11/13/2009]
Authoritative Report on Patient Perspectives of... [Red Orbit - 11/13/2009]
Authoritative Report on Patient Perspectives of... [Red Orbit - 11/13/2009]
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John Kline, Peter Kelly, Saint Joseph, [more]
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Health Care, Mammography, Influenza A H1N1 Virus, [more]
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Miles J. Zaremski: Health Care Reform -- The Ba... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/16/2009]
The battle for health care reform is going into the home stretch but by no means can a conclusion be drawn that we will see it and thus can rest our wary ...
Francine Hardaway: A Shocking Blow to Women's H... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/12/2009]
My source on HR 3962, Timothy Jost of Health Affairs Blog, says this about Saturday night’s big change in the House health care reform bill, the Stupak ...
Barbara Ehrenreich on the swine flu supply prob... [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 11/07/2009]
I first read Barbara Ehrenreich in 1971 when she wrote The American Health Empire: Power, Profits, and Politics with her (then) husband John Ehrenreich (Health PAC, ...
RNC Distributes 'Obama Agenda' Push Poll To Rai... [TPM Election Central - 11/06/2009]
The RNC recently sent out a fundraising letter that includes a "survey" about President Obama's "agenda" that the Washington Post is calling a dishonest push poll. "Are ...
Pelosi Version of Obamacare Bill Creates 111 Ne... [YID With LID - 11/02/2009]
"Once it is fully established, bureaucracy is among those social structures which are the hardest to destroy. "  Max Weber A parasite; an organism that lives ...
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American Health Care Solutions [Rep. Jeff Fortenberry - YouTube Channel - 11/04/2009]
NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS' HEALTH CARE: GOVERNMEN... [Rep. Ted Poe - YouTube Channel - 10/15/2009]
Kline Statement on Democrats' Proposed Governme... [Education and Labor Republicans - YouTube Channel - 07/15/2009]
Rep. Jim Langevin speaks on health care reform [Rep. Jim Langevin - YouTube Channel - 06/18/2009]
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