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Tests have confirmed that peanut butter made from peanuts processed at a Texas plant contains the same strain of salmonella blamed for sickening hundreds in a national outbreak, federal officials said Tuesday. The test results offer new evidence that …
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Feb 22nd, 2009 Delphi Corp. currently provides medical and insurance benefits to about 15,000 retired salaried workers and surviving spouses under age 65. Delphi says eliminating those benefits would save it more than $70 million a year and …
Royal Bank faces radical surgery to restore its health – Herald
Stephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, will on Thursday unveil plans for a dramatic restructuring of the bank, including a raft of disposals and hefty cost-cutting to help the troubled giant return to health. Hester is expected to …
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Hope, solidarity, better health care, and a new place for America in the world. These are some of the aspirations America has for the Obama presidency, but if you turn to the personal finance gurus, you’ll find another aspiration — making a quick buck.
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FDA OKs Medtronic brain device for OCD
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. health officials have approved Medtronic Inc’s implantable deep brain stimulator to help treat patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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ENVIRONMENT: Ministers Say Yes to Mercury Treaty
NAIROBI, Feb 21 (IPS) – Six thousand tonnes of mercury enter the
environment every year, posing a threat to human and animal
health. Environment ministers meeting in Kenya have agreed to
negotiate a treaty to reduce the supply and use of mercury
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President Barack Obama may or may not devise the perfect universal health care plan, one which would trump Hillary Clinton’s ill-fated attempt at the same goal. Everyone agrees, however, the $2 trillion health care industry is ripe for reform.
Obama wants to overhaul health care; can he do it? (AP via Yahoo! News)
Now for the hard part. Even if the national credit card is maxed out and partisanship remains the rule for Washington’s political tribes, President Barack Obama and Congress are plunging ahead with a health care overhaul.
Swelling ranks of US jobless yearn for health insurance (AFP via Yahoo! News)
For many among the growing ranks of unemployed workers in the United States, the scariest part of losing their job is losing their health insurance.
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Since last fall, many of the leading figures in the nation?s
long-running health care debate have been meeting secretly in a Senate
hearing room. Now, with the blessing of the Senate?s leading proponent
of universal health insurance, Edward M. Kennedy, they appear to be inching toward a consensus that could reshape the debate. RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com
Study shows increased health emergencies on aircraft
Inflight medical emergencies are becoming more common according to a new paper published this week. RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Hollywood health report
Strong on the surface, but hurting inside
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The nationwide salmonella outbreak got increasingly complicated Thursday after Texas health authorities ordered the Peanut Corporation of America’s Plainview plant closed after finding filthy conditions. The FDA has also widened its recall of peanut products. RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com