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UnitedHealth, Aetna and Cigna opt out of California insurance exchange
Some prominent health insurers, including industry giant UnitedHealth Group Inc., are not participating in California's new state-run health insurance market, possibly limiting the number of choices for millions of consumers. UnitedHealth, the nation'...
Tags: Aetna Inc., Healthcare Policies, Companies and Corporations, Government Health Care, Citigroup Incorporated
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Schools should make exercise 'core' subject, U.S. panel urges
Reuters* Few students get recommended daily hour of exercise * 44 percent of schools cut exercise for more reading, math By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. schools need to boost efforts to get students moving, and make gym class as critical...Tags: Arne Duncan, Dwayne Johnson, Students, Weight, Nike, Inc.
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Bipartisan Senate bill would give EPA power to ban dangerous chemicals
In a rare display of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, a group of key senators unveiled legislation Wednesday that would require chemical companies to provide more health and safety information about their products and give regulators more power to force...Tags: U.S. Congress, Dick Durbin, Chemical Industry, Laws, Environmental Defense Fund
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UC healthcare workers enter second day of two-day strike
A strike across the state by thousands of University of California healthcare workers in a labor dispute began its second and final day Wednesday. The first day of the strike prompted the cancellation of hundreds of surgeries, the closure of laboratory...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Disasters and Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace
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U.S. government taps GlaxoSmithKline for new antibiotics
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has signed an antibiotics development deal worth up to $200 million with GlaxoSmithKline to tackle the dual threats of drug resistance and bioterrorism. The collaboration, the first of its kind between Washington...Tags: Medical Specialization, Vaccines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Chemical Industry
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Cigna Sets Aside $77 Million In Long-Term-Disability Settlement With Regulators In Five States
The Hartford CourantCigna Corp. set aside $77 million to cover potential claim payments as part of a settlement with insurance regulators in five states over the company's practices in handling long-term disability claims, the Connecticut Insurance Department said Wednesday....Tags: Insurance, Cigna Corporation
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St. Charles, Batavia police blotter: May 21
The following items were compiled from police reports. Batavia •A 21-year-old Batavia woman was charged with retail theft after she was observed taking an item of clothing, two cosmetics and two perfumes valued at $148 at Kohl's, 251 N. Randall...
Tags: St. Charles (Kane, Illinois), Kohl's, Batavia, Homewood, Menards
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Health officials probe deadly respiratory illness in Alabama
ReutersBy Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. and state health authorities are investigating an unidentified respiratory illness that has killed two of 10 people hospitalized with it in Alabama since last week. Preliminary tests do not...Tags: Flu, Bird Flu, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, MRSA
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Local Voices: Orland Park and Palos Park
Letters to the editor from Orland Park and Palos Park residents. Dealing with bullying I am a freshman in college, and I think bullying has become an epidemic. Between school and online, there are many opportunities to become a victim or the...
Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Health Treatments, Health and Safety at School, Crime, Law and Justice
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Medical company declines to answer Senate questions on Medicare billing
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The president and chief executive officer of a medical equipment company invoked the Fifth Amendment at a Senate hearing Wednesday, declining to answer questions about aggressive marketing tactics used to sell scooters, sleep apnea machines and...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Healthcare Industry, Diabetes, Companies and Corporations, Claire McCaskill
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Pharmacy graduates urged to put family first
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.When Lacey Sweeney was a senior in high school, she underwent treatment for a torn rotator cuff and tendonitis in her shoulder -- an injury her doctors attributed to sports. But even after several visits, she failed to improve. And then her mom saw a...Tags: Rotator Cuff Tear, Health and Medical Professionals, Health Treatments, Chemotherapy, Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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HISTORIC HALF: Fernandez puts hill behind him
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.Patrick Fernandez embarked on a tour of the Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon course Friday. The Coast Guard operations officer from Alexandria wanted to especially scout Hospital Hill �the dreaded 0.53-mile stretch that tests the mental and...Tags: United States Coast Guard Academy, Florida Gators, Road Running, Running, Southeastern Conference
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