Health
India sharply hikes 'sin tax' on cigarettes
India's finance minister introduced a double-digit hike in "sin tax" on cigarettes Thursday in his budget as the country seeks to reduce a massive death toll from tobacco use.
Jul 10, 2014
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Health
Health secretary: 7.5 million now signed up
Enrollment for the president's health care law has grown to 7.5 million Americans, the Obama administration announced Thursday, handing the president and his Democrats better numbers to tout in the face of election-year attacks.
Apr 10, 2014
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Health
Chronic care overhaul proposed for Medicare
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing a new approach to health care aimed at avoiding hospitalizations for older people, when possible.
Jan 15, 2014
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Health
US health chief sees low early 'Obamacare' enrollment
US senators unloaded fresh attacks on the Obama administration's handling of the new health care law Wednesday, as the official overseeing the debut predicted "very low" early enrollment due to online sign-up troubles.
Nov 6, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Better financing for mental healthcare
In 2008, the EU officially recognised mental health is a human right, while describing the overall level of mental health and well-being in Europe as a key resource for its success as a knowledge-based society and economy.
Aug 30, 2013
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Health
Groundbreaking study sheds light on child sex trafficking
A study from Portland State University (PSU) unveiled Monday by U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall showed that than 469 children in the Portland metro area received social services for commercial sexual exploitation over the last ...
Aug 7, 2013
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Health
Internists respond to SFC with ideas on how to make improvements following repeal of SGR
The American College of Physicians (ACP) today provided 19 specific recommendations, supporting evidence and implementation details on how to improve the Medicare physician fee schedule and the fee-for-service (FFS) system ...
May 31, 2013
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Health
Warning issued on doctors' stakes in device firms
(AP)—Federal health officials have issued a rare warning about doctors' ownership of shares in medical device companies that allow them to profit from performing surgeries with those products.
Mar 26, 2013
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Health
Large donors are forcing the World Health Organization to reform
The current practice of large donors is forcing the World Health Organization and the World Bank to reflect on how to reform to remain more appealing to the wider set of stakeholders and interests at play, according to Devi ...
Sep 25, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Mugabe says census will reveal AIDS toll on Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe launched the national census Wednesday, saying he hoped the once-a-decade count would measure the extent to which AIDS was affecting the population.
Aug 15, 2012
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