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Liberia health service hampered by staff shortages (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Liberia’s health services are chronically understaffed with only 51 native doctors in the war-ravaged west African nation, Health Minister Walter Gwanigale said Thursday.

Health Highlights: Feb. 28, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Google Health service won’t be ad-supported (USA Today)
Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search company’s first in-depth public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates.

Health Insurers to Collect $54 Billion From Medicare, U.S. Says (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Private health insurers, including UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Humana Inc.., will collect $54 billion more from Medicare than the government would spend providing care directly over the next four years, a U.S. auditor said.

Google releases health service details (AP via Yahoo! News)
Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search company’s first detailed public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates.

Google Health to include Quest, Health Grades (CNN Money)
Quest Diagnostics, Health Grades to provide patient and physician data through new service provided by the Online search and advertising company.

Universal Health 4Q Profit Rises (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Hospital operator Universal Health Services Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit rose 17 percent on higher revenue from both its acute care and behavioral health facilities.

Google health service won’t be ad-supported (USA Today)
Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search company’s first in-depth public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates.

Google releases health service details (AP via Yahoo! News)
Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search company’s first detailed public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates.

Quest and Health Grades Team With Google (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Quest Diagnostics Inc. and Health Grades Inc. said Thursday they will collaborate with Google Inc. to give patients online access to their diagnostic laboratory records, as well as detailed ratings of physicians and hospitals.

Schmidt: Google Health targets ‘the most important search’ (CNET)
Search giant’s endeavor to serve as Intuit of health information, introduced in CEO’s HIMSS speech, is backed by dozens of industry partners and experts.

Elderly mental health beds moving (BBC News)
Services for older patients with mental health problems will improve as 26 beds move to new premises.

Health Highlights: Feb. 28, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Health Insurers to Collect $54 Billion From Medicare, U.S. Says (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Private health insurers, including UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Humana Inc.., will collect $54 billion more from Medicare than the government would spend providing care directly over the next four years, a U.S. auditor said.

Google releases health service details (MSNBC)
ORLANDO, Fla. - Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt announced in the search company’s first detailed public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates.

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U.S. Health Care Spending to Double by 2017, Report Predicts (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) — Spending on health care in the United States could double by 2017, reaching $4.3 trillion and accounting for 19.5 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product, a new government report shows.

Health Spending to Rise Sharply (Time Magazine)
By 2017, total health care spending will double to more than $4 trillion a year, accounting for one of every $5 the nation spends, the federal government projects

THE TRUTH ABOUT NATIONALIZED HEALTH CARE (Maggie Gallagher via Yahoo! News)
Hillary Clinton opened fire on Barack Obama across an array of issues, but saved the really big guns for health care: "Of all our differences," said Hillary in Rhode Island (the forgotten primary state), "the one that is just inexplicable to me is his refusal to put forth a plan on universal health care and his continuing attacks on my plan to do so."

Health Care REIT 4Q Results Improve (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Health Care REIT Inc., a real estate investment trust focusing on senior housing and health care real estate, said Tuesday fourth-quarter results improved, matching Wall Street estimates.

Moody’s Affirms Nationwide Health Rating (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday affirmed the investment-grade ratings of Nationwide Health Properties Inc., a health care real estate investment trust, and revised its outlook to positive from stable.

Health Care REIT Offers 2008 Outlook (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Health Care REIT Inc., a real estate investment trust focusing on senior housing and health care real estate, on Tuesday offered 2008 guidance that could either fall below or exceed analyst expectations.

DHS: U.S. health care records are the target of foreign hackers (CNET)
U.S. health care records come under attack just as HIPAA compliance rules are announced.

Senate OKs Bill to Improve Health Care on Reservations (Fox News)
Senate approves legislation to boost programs at the federally funded Indian Health Service, prompt new construction and modernization of health clinics on reservations and attempt to recruit more American Indians into health professions.

Senate passes bill on Indian health care (AP via Yahoo! News)
American Indians would have better access to health care services, including screening and mental health programs, under legislation the Senate passed Tuesday.

Health Highlights: Feb. 26, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

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Health Tip: Counting Baby’s Kicks (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
(HealthDay News) - Since movement in the uterus is a sign of fetal health, pregnant women should monitor the baby’s kicking and activity.

Health care spending surge seen in next decade (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. health-care spending will devour an expanding share of the U.S. economy during the next decade, almost doubling to about $4.3 trillion in 2017, government officials forecast on Tuesday.

Tennessee, AT&T team up on development of statewide health-record network (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
AT&T Inc. has been selected for a major initiative backed by the State of Tennessee that will serve as the country’s first statewide health information exchange.

Health Highlights: Feb. 25, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Magellan Health Services Names New CEO (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Magellan Health Services Inc., a diversified specialty health care management company, said Monday it has named Rene Lerer as president and chief executive, effective immediately.

Health Care Will Cost $4 Trillion by 2017 (CBS News)
By 2017, total health care spending will double to more than $4 trillion a year, accounting for 20% of the nation’s gross domestic product, or one out of every five dollars Americans spend, the federal government projects.

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