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HEALTH MINISTRY SEIZES TAINTED CANDY WORTH RM1.18 MILLION (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (Bernama) — The Pharmacy Enforcement Division of the Health Ministry on July 17 seized RM1.18 million worth of ‘Hotton Vitality Candy’ a type of health confectionary which was detected to contain aminotadalafil (tadalafil analogue) which can cause heart failure and shortness of breath.

Chinese market falls on worries about health of U.S. financial sector (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - The Chinese market closed lower Tuesday, amid renewed worries over the health of the U.S. financial sector, reversing Monday’s gains.

Camps push health careers (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Chanel Carter, 11, hadn’t thought much about it before, but being a doctor might be cool. She decided that after spending a week at a health careers camp at Richmond Community Hospital.

Same-sex area couple wins health care benefits fight (The Buffalo News)
The day the New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit seeking spousal health care benefits for a legally married Buffalo lesbian couple, the organization’s director claimed the case seemed like a slam-dunk.

Crusaders for Quality, a Health-Care Intangible (New York Times)
From what has been called a perfect storm of disgruntled patients, legislators and medical professionals, the quality movement in health care has been born.

Coventry, Health Net shares rise after upgrade (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of Coventry Health Care Inc. and Health Net Inc. rose Monday after a UBS analyst upgraded the managed-care providers’ stock from a "Neutral" rating to "Buy."

Woman who started fatal Wrigleyville fire sent to mental health facility (Chicago Tribune)
Victims’ families asked court she be held indefinitely A mentally ill woman who started a fire that killed four people in a Wrigleyville apartment building last year was ordered held indefinitely in a state mental health facility on Monday.

Health Highlights: July 28, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
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8 area organizations get health equity grants (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Louisville’s Center for Health Equity has awarded a total of $40,000 to eight local organizations for initiatives aimed in part at reducing health inequities among minority and poor residents.

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Crusaders for Quality, a Health-Care Intangible (New York Times)

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GOP budget leaders criticize Nixon’s health care plan (The Kansas City Star)
JEFFERSON CITY | Attorney General Jay Nixon’s health care expansion proposal would either force difficult budget cuts or require a tax increase, Republican budget leaders argued Monday.

Health Highlights: July 28, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
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Faces Of The Health-care Crisis (CBS News)
The National Federation of Independent Business is on the Hill today, distributing a new booklet to congressional offices titled, The Faces of the Healthcare Crisis: Small Business in America. The compendium details the difficulties small business owners face in getting health care. The effort is designed to send a message to Congress and the next president that small businesses are …

Report ranks county health concerns (The Globe Gazette)
MASON CITY Heart disease and stroke, substance abuse, physical activity and nutrition, overweight, radon and diabetes have been identified as the most pressing health problems affecting Cerro Gordo County, according to a report released Monday by the County Department of Public Health.

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July 27, 2008

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X-rays: Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ the picture of health (Miami Herald)

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X-rays: Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ the picture of health (Miami Herald)
. Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica depicts intense suffering, but its health is not in danger. That’s the diagnosis after the first X-ray of Pablo Picasso’s 20th century anti-war painting carried out by the Reina Sofia art museum.

Apple CEO Jobs replies to health rumors - off the record (San Jose Mercury News)
The lingering questions about the health of Steve Jobs appear to have been answered by an unusual source: Jobs himself, whose passion for secrecy is legend. More Apple news

Foreclosures raise health concerns (Boston Globe)
Half-full with water turned green by algae and surrounded by knee-high grass, the kiddie pool behind the foreclosed house on Bank Street provides the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes. Such properties are a growing concern for health agent Michelle Roberts. "It’s starting to become a real problem," Roberts said last week of the town’s 10 or so foreclosed and …

Health Highlights: July 27, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
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CBCP heads expect health bills, agrarian reform in Sona (Sun Star)
MANILA — Two committee heads of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) expected President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to announce the controversial reproductive health bills and agrarian reform in her State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday.

Obesity causes health problems for youths (UPI)
NEW YORK, July 26 (UPI) — Hundreds of thousands of U.S. youths have prescriptions for medications used to treat chronic health problems linked to childhood obesity, pharmacy data shows.

Grant will aid mobile health center (Edwardsville Intelligencer)
Lewis and Clark Community College recently received a $227,500 grant from Alton Memorial Hospital to expand their mobile health center.

McHenry County health department reducing water test fees in August (Northwest Herald)
The McHenry County Department of Health is offering reduced-fee water well testing in August.

Extending Health Insurance (Washington Post)
Children are generally dropped from their parents’ health insurance when they turn 18 or 19 or graduate from college. But 16 states now require insurers to cover dependent children on their parents’ policies until the children are in their mid-twenties — and sometimes up to age 30.

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