 Chicago Tribune | Lesbian federal worker wins health benefits case CBS News A federal judge in San Francisco says the US government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of a lesbian court employee by relying on the 1996 law that bars government recognition of same-sex unions. US District Judge Jeffrey White ruled Wednesday ... Federal judge rules government cannot deny health benefits to same-sex spouses Gay spouse given health benefits in US court case |
 Los Angeles Times | California health insurers to raise average rates 8% to 14% Los Angeles Times Anthem is California's largest for-profit health insurer. (David McNew / Getty Images / February 22, 2012) By Chad Terhune, Los Angeles Times California's largest health insurers are raising average rates by about 8% to 14% for hundreds of thousands of ... |
 USA TODAY | Health Care's Coming Price Revolution Wall Street Journal Two years on, the major achievement of President Obama's new entitlement and its regulatory apparatus has been to heighten the contradictions and dysfunctions of the health-care status quo even as it creates multiple new problems. Feds loan $638M for health co-ops in 8 states Health care co-ops in 8 states get federal loans Health Care Costs: The Art Of The Practical |
 The Guardian | Health workers linked to CIA's Osama bin Laden assassination plot are sacked The Guardian Seventeen local health workers have been fired in Abbottabad for their part in a CIA scheme to try to confirm the presence of Osama bin Laden in the northern Pakistani town. The low-ranking health department employees were punished for helping Dr ... Pakistani health workers punished for helping US find bin Laden Pakistan health workers linked to CIA scheme fired |
 Fox News | 5 killed in possible murder-suicide at Georgia health spa Fox News A gunman shot four people to death inside a Korean health spa in Atlanta's suburbs and then killed himself in what police said may have been a case of domestic violence. Surveillance video showed a man walking into the Su Jung Health Sauna on Tuesday ... Police: Victims in Korean spa shooting near Atlanta were 2 married couples ... Police: Ga. victims related in Korean spa shooting Atlanta health club shooting stemmed from domestic dispute - police |
 AFP | Chávez Health Struggle Stokes Political Uncertainties Wall Street Journal By KEJAL VYAS and José de Córdoba CARACAS—New uncertainties about Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's health are threatening to spur a power struggle to succeed him among the factions that make up his political movement, and boosting the hopes of a ... Chávez's health will impact Venezuelan elections Chavez health setback creates uncertainty in Venezuela Renewed health scare for Venezuela's Chavez casts cloud on election campaign |
 BigPond News | Mental-Health Cuts by US States Risk Boosting Health Costs BusinessWeek 22 (Bloomberg) -- US states looking to balance budgets by cutting mental-health facilities and Medicaid payments risk increasing health-care costs by pushing psychiatric patients into emergency rooms. States trimmed 9.5 percent, or more than $1.6 ... 47% of youth hide mental ill health New website to help mental health patients |
 Fox News | Balancing women's health and religious beliefs U-T San Diego By Nora Vargas As a Catholic woman, I applaud the Obama administration for its commitment to providing health care for all Americans while respecting the views of those who have religious objections to birth control. Last year, President Obama ... University addresses birth control controversy Should religion stand in the way of common sense when it comes to birth control? Guest commentary: Reclaiming religious freedom |
 USA TODAY | Health officials warn of mercury in skin cream USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO – California health officials sent out a medical alert earlier this month after tracing the mercury poisoning of a 39-year-old Alameda County woman to an illegal skin-lightening cream smuggled in from Mexico. Calif medical officials go undercover to find skin-lightening creams with ... Mercury In Lightening Cream: California Health Officials Search For Risky Products |
Telome Health Co-Founder And Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn Awarded ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Telome Health, Inc.™, a privately held biotechnology company focused on the role of telomere biology in human health, has announced that co-founder and Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn has been awarded Innovator of the Year by Silicon Valley ... |
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