News tagged with federal government
Less than half of deaths after angioplasty result of procedure, study shows
Only 42 percent of the deaths occurring within 30 days of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) were attributable to complications from the procedure, according to a Cleveland Clinic study published online in the Journal of ...
Cardiology
May 07, 2013 |
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Utah to be first to use dual-model health exchange
(AP)—The federal government has approved Utah to become the first state to have a dual-model health insurance exchange in which the state and the federal government divide responsibilities.
Health
May 10, 2013 |
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Obesity accounts for 21 percent of medical care costs
(Medical Xpress) -- Obesity now accounts for almost 21 percent of U.S. health care costs -- more than twice the previous estimates, reports a new Cornell study.
Health
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Federal food program pays $2 billion annually for sugar-sweetened beverages
(Medical Xpress)—The federal government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) pays at least $2 billion annually for sugar-sweetened beverages purchased in grocery stores alone, according to ...
Health
Sep 17, 2012 |
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Two die of A(H1N1) swine flu in Mexico: official
An outbreak of A(H1N1) swine flu claimed the lives of two people -- 19 and 21 years old -- in Mexico's capital in the first weeks of the year, health authorities said Saturday.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 22, 2012 |
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Drunk driving not the only way alcohol leads to teen deaths, study says
(HealthDay)—Less than one-third of the 4,700 annual underage drinking-related deaths in the United States result from road crashes, according to a new study.
Health
Apr 17, 2013 |
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Even small increases in copays affect children's healthcare use
(Medical Xpress) -- Increases in copayments of only a few dollars for ALL Kids, Alabama's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), led to declines in the use of several healthcare services for the children ...
Health
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Earned Income Tax Credit makes for healthier newborns, study finds
The Earned Income Tax Credit is known to reduce poverty, but according to a new University of California, Davis, study it also is linked to reduced rates of low birth weight and increased average birth weight—key factors ...
Health
Feb 22, 2013 |
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Court upholds block on graphic cigarette warnings
(AP)—An appeals court on Friday upheld a decision barring the U.S. government from requiring tobacco companies to put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages to show that smoking can disfigure and even kill.
Addiction
Aug 24, 2012 |
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No butts: Reebok slapped in US on rear-toning claims
US government regulators have clamped down on sportswear maker Reebok for claims that its buttock-toning footwear would lead to a more shapely butt for its wearers.
Other
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Study examines federal government payments to separate managed care programs for same patients
An analysis that included 1.2 million veterans enrolled in the Veterans Affairs health care system and Medicare Advantage plan finds that the federal government spends a substantial and increasing amount of potentially duplicative ...
Health
Jun 26, 2012 |
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The morality of human subject research
(Medical Xpress) -- The federal government is in the process of revising the regulations that govern most human subject research in the United States.
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Aug 03, 2012 |
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Federal government says marijuana has no accepted medical use
Marijuana has been approved by many states and the nation's capital to treat a range of illnesses, but the federal government has ruled that it has no accepted medical use and should remain classified as a dangerous drug ...
Health
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Under pressure from Medicare, hospitals hold more seniors for observation
Nobody wins when patients stay in the hospital unnecessarily, so the federal government in recent years has pushed hospitals to be careful about admitting Medicare recipients as inpatients. The apparent result ...
Health
Jun 04, 2012 |
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Many states say 'no' to health insurance exchanges
(HealthDay)—Half of the states in the nation have rebuffed a key provision of the Obama administration's health reform law: the creation of state-based health insurance exchanges, according to data compiled ...
Health
Dec 18, 2012 |
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Federal government
A federal government is the common government of a federation.
The structure of federal governments vary from institution to institution based on a broad definition of a basic federal political system, there are two or more levels of government that exist within an established territory and govern through common institutions with overlapping or shared powers as prescribed by a constitution.
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