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A federal report on trans fats in pre-packaged foods has pleased the health minister but prompted the Heart and Stroke Foundation to call for mandatory rules cutting the use of the product, especially in bakeries. RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
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The head of Taiwans ruling Kuomintang is upbeat over the island gaining observer status in the World Health Assembly in May. There should be progress in May and talks through a certain channel have been going on, Wu Poh-hsiung said yesterday. Mr …
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Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Becton Dickinson rose $.38 or .5 percent, to $71.27.
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The public health clinic at the Nanjemoy Community Center, which serves many of Charles County’s most impoverished residents, will close within a few months unless the center can find sufficient funding, officials said.
Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Becton Dickinson rose $.38 or .5 percent, to $71.27.
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If your small business had anything to do with the housing market, 2008 probably wasn’t your best year. Housing-related businesses reported the greatest decreases in sales while those in technology and health care reported the biggest increases, according to a new report.
Health Department investigating dust problem near U.S. Pipe in Hueytown, Alabama (Birmingham News)
The Jefferson County Health Department hopes to have answers about the dust early next week.
Cost cutting measure will comprise health care: AMA (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
Doctors say patient care will be compromised if the West Australian Government introduces cost cutting measures outlined in a Health Department report.