News tagged with bill
Massachusetts' health care reform didn't raise hospital use, costs
Massachusetts' healthcare reform didn't result in substantially more hospital use or higher costs, according to data presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions ...
Health
May 16, 2013 |
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Vermont House passes aid-in-dying bill
The Vermont House has approved a measure that would allow doctors to provide lethal medication to terminally ill patients seeking to end their own lives.
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May 14, 2013 |
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Ireland publishes bill on life-saving abortions (Update)
Ireland unveiled a long-awaited bill Wednesday that lays down new rules governing when life-saving abortions can be performed, a point of potentially lethal confusion for women in a country that outlaws terminations.
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May 01, 2013 |
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Gates' foundation to fund $1.8bn to eradicate polio
Bill Gates announced in Abu Dhabi on Thursday his foundation will contribute $1.8 billion to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a third of the total funds needed.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 25, 2013 |
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White House threatens veto on GOP health bill
(AP)—The White House is threatening to veto a Republican bill that would shore up one part of President Barack Obama's health care law by siphoning funds from another part.
Health
Apr 24, 2013 |
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Interview: UN puts spotlight on 'stunted' kids
(AP)—The United Nations Children's Fund says more than a quarter of children under the age of 5 worldwide are permanently "stunted" from malnutrition, leaving them physically and intellectually weak and ...
Health
Apr 16, 2013 |
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Experts seek ramped up action to save newborn lives
More and more newborn babies are dying annually despite greater knowledge about what kills them, and cheap and simple measures to save them, a global conference in Johannesburg heard Monday.
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Apr 15, 2013 |
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'Endgame' strategy aims to end polio outbreaks in 2014 (Update)
A new strategy for ending polio worldwide aims to boost security for violence-plagued vaccine workers and halt polio outbreaks by the end of next year, global health authorities said Tuesday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 02, 2013 |
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Gates says world must push to finally eradicate polio
Bill Gates said Tuesday that the world must commit to wiping out the remaining cases of polio and finally eradicate the disease despite squeezed aid budgets and violence plaguing vaccination efforts.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 27, 2013 |
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Grieving husband pushes bill for unproven remedies
(AP)—After the best-selling Irish novelist Josephine Hart died from ovarian cancer in 2011, her husband was so devastated he often went to her grave to have breakfast.
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Mar 13, 2013 |
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Global burden of disease study shows mixed picture for UK health
(Medical Xpress)—Life expectancy in the UK has improved over the last 20 years, but levels of ill health have not and the UK is now below average compared with 18 other countries on many important indicators.
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Mar 11, 2013 |
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Md. health official backs medical marijuana bill
(AP)—Maryland's health secretary is expressing support for a measure to allow medical marijuana in the state.
Medications
Mar 09, 2013 |
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Nigeria polio attacks revive conspiracy theory worries
Walking with wooden crutches because polio robbed him of the use of his legs, Aminu Ahmed Tudun-Wada is determined to prevent superstition and misinformation crippling efforts to vaccinate against the disease.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 26, 2013 |
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Exercise, calcium and sunlight: All three needed to reduce osteoporosis risks
Osteoporosis experts have urged the public to ensure they get adequate calcium, weight-bearing exercise and vitamin D to prevent bone problems, warning that children who swap milk drinks for soft drink may ...
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Feb 04, 2013 |
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Homemade ventilator reveals China medical woes
Her coarse hands gripping a blue plastic ventilator she pumped by hand for years to keep her injured son alive, Wang Lanqin sits by her child's bed.
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Jan 31, 2013 |
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Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday. A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard on Thursday. Each chart is dated with the "week-ending" date of the Saturday after.
The first number one song of the Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson on August 4, 1958. As of the issue dated August 1, 2009, the Hot 100 has had 974 different number-one hits. Its current number-one is "I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas.
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