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Cost-Effective Method of Lowering Heart Disease Risks

As U.S. policy experts continue to search for ways to re-engineer the country's healthcare system, a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine shows that a case-management approach helped a diverse group of patients reduce their overall risk of heart disease by roughly 10 percent, and did so in a cost-effective way.

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VA Announces New Nursing Academy Sites

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is launching a new initiative that partners the Department's world-class health care system with four of the country's finest nursing schools.

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Africa AIDS war undercut by health worker crisis: MSF

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A critical shortage of healthcare workers and restrictions on prescribing life-saving drugs are crippling the war on HIV/AIDS in southern Africa, medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday.

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Minimum-Wage Increase to Become Reality

America's lowest-paid workers won a $2.10 raise Thursday, with Congress approving the first increase in the federal minimum wage in almost a decade.

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Emory University Partners with realhealth.TV for Internet Videos

NEW YORK & ATLANTA, BUSINESS WIRE, an Internet TV channel dedicated to a new form of consumer health education by showcasing real people sharing their health stories, has teamed with Emory University to provide Internet videos of Emory medical experts dispensing health information and commentary.

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The Snowball Effect of Obesity

Being overweight in early childhood increases chances a person's chance for obesity at age 12.

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Mandatory AIDS Testing Proposal in Public Health Facilities

Based on a newly published report, some doctors are now calling for the nationwide, mandatory testing of all adults for AIDS.

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The politics of sugar

Find out the lies behind this disease-promoting ingredient.

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