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Job insecurity = health insurance insecurity
Jan 5, 2012
The pressure for healthcare reform won't go away -- far from it.
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Herbalife critics call company a pyramid scheme
Jan 2, 2012
The nutrition-supplement giant says the allegations are bogus and is back fighting to save its reputation and its future.
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Plastic surgery peaks during the holidays
Dec 29, 2011
It's the most wonderful time of the year... At least for cosmetic surgeons.
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States snuff out smoking prevention programs
Dec 28, 2011
Faced with big budget gaps, state governments are taking money away from programs that help people quit smoking. Analysts say this will cost more in the long run.
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The war on cancer -- a healthy metaphor?
Dec 23, 2011
President Richard Nixon used the phrase "war on cancer" in signing the National Cancer Act of 1971. Forty years later, scientists say our understanding of cancer has outgrown a military analogy.
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The birth of a new career
Dec 23, 2011
New programs help low-income women train to become doulas and birthing assistants.
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Not-for-profit hospitals?
Dec 20, 2011
The name implies health care for the poor in exchange for tax breaks. But it turns out it's not that simple.
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A compromise on Medicare
Dec 15, 2011
Republican Congressman Paul Ryan and Democratic Senator Ron Wyden have a plan.
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Plan B could go O.T.C.
Dec 7, 2011
Today, the FDA decides whether to sell the morning after pill over-the-counter. Over-the-counter drugs can often make drug makers a lot more money than prescriptions.
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Lipitor makes way for generics
Nov 29, 2011
Pfizer's blockbuster cholesterol drug loses patent protection December 1. It could have happened sooner.
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