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Darling paves way for health service cutsALISTAIR Darling yesterday gave the clearest sign yet that the NHS will not be immune to public spending cuts when he said "hard choices" would have to be made to tac
Scotsman Wednesday, September 09, 2009Fury as doctors call for ban on booze ads and sponsorsDOCTORS have called for a total ban on alcohol advertising and sponsorship of sport and music events to tackle the UK's serious drink problems.
Scotsman Wednesday, September 09, 2009SNP claims EU accepts minimum alcohol priceTHE European Commission has made it "perfectly plain" that plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol are within EU laws, the SNP has said.
Scotsman Wednesday, September 09, 2009Small businesses would see lower costs, more comprehensive coverage from health reform(Commonwealth Fund) Small business owners and employees are among those who stand to benefit the most from provisions in some of the current health reform proposals under consideration by Congress
according to a Commonwealth Fund report released today. Provisions to extend health care coverage to everyone and repair the small group insurance market would alleviate high premium costs, high broker fees, underwriting, and a lack of transparency about benefit packages that small business owners currently face.
Eurekalert.org Wednesday, September 09, 2009Work conditions impact parents' food choices(Elsevier Health Sciences) How working parents cope with competing demands on their time that can compromise food choices for the family and how work conditions are related to food choice coping strategies are the subjects of a study in the September/October issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. Findings suggest that better work conditions may be associated with more positive strategies such as more home-prepared meals, eating with the family, keeping healthful food at work, and less meal skipping.
Eurekalert.org Wednesday, September 09, 2009Light at the speed of a bicycle and much more(Institute of Physics) The Institute of Physics and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council are launching a new report today, Wednesday, Sept. 9, entitled "Optics and photonics: Physics enhancing our lives," to highlight the most recent advances in the field of optics and photonics and demonstrate the potentially lucrative ends a range of researchers have in sight.
Eurekalert.org Wednesday, September 09, 2009Congress seeks healthcare deal before Obama speechWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate negotiators made a last stab at a bipartisan healthcare compromise as the U.S. Congress returned to work Tuesday, with House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling a government-run insurance option "essential" to the bill.
Reuters Wednesday, September 09, 2009CDC Issues Guidelines for Swine Flu MedicinesWith pandemic influenza cases on the rise across the country, federal public health authorities on Tuesday urged physicians to prescribe antiviral medicines to high-risk patients promptly but reminded the public that most people won't need, and shouldn't expect to get, the drugs if they come down...
Washington Post Wednesday, September 09, 2009Proposal: Fine Uninsured Americans After OverhaulAmericans would be fined up to $3,800 for failing to buy health insurance under a plan that circulated in Congress on Tuesday as divisions among Democrats undercut President Obama's effort to regain traction on his health care overhaul.
cbs2chicago.com Wednesday, September 09, 2009Q&A: The Future of Human EnhancementTIME talks to scientist Nick Bostrom about how medicine and technology arecombining to improve our physical and mental abilities and even dramaticallyextend human life
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