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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. wholesale prices shot up in July at the fastest annual rate in 27 years, while home builders cut back on construction as they worked through a glut of unsold homes, government data showed on Tuesday.

South Carolina in 2010 will join seven other states whose government workers pay more for their state health insurance if they or their spouse uses tobacco.

South Carolina in 2010 will join seven other states whose government workers pay more for their state health insurance if they or their spouse uses tobacco.

AP - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research necessary. And public water systems were on their way to meeting tougher U.S. arsenic standards as the data were collected.

0 posts The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of health announced that the Government's funding commitment to the Canadian Mental Health Commission is now confirmed at $130 million over its 10-year ma...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wholesale prices shot up in July at the fastest year-on-year rate since 1981, while home builders cut back on construction as they worked through a glut of unsold homes, government data showed on Tuesday.

The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of health announced today that the government's funding commitment to the Canadian Mental Health Commission is now confirmed at $130 million over its 10-year mandate.'This funding commitment underscores the government of Canada's belief in this important initiative to improve the quality of life of Canadians and their families dealing with mental illness,' said Minister Clement. 'Some of the best experts in the mental health field in Canada are working with the Commission.'read more

A conference in Melbourne has called on governments to move young people with acquired brain injuries out of aged-care nursing homes and into rehabilitation programs.

The Queensland government says a health clinic building program for Cape York and Torres Strait, in the far north, will be finished in the next few years.

The State government says it will step up smoking bans throughout Western Australia if it wins the election.