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Pierce County judge outlaws ‘parking’ mentally ill	22.5.2013	Seattle Times: Health
A Pierce County judge’s ruling could affect how mentally ill patients are treated across the state.
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The Scramble At Moore Medical Center As The Tornado Hit	22.5.2013	NPR News
Nick Stremble, a registered nurse and manager at the hospital, described what he saw Monday. As winds ripped through the facility, people started "to tumble and roll and be pushed down the hall," he said.
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Politifact checks Bachmann on IRS- Obamacare connection and it's not good	22.5.2013	MinnPost
In a recent Fox News interview, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann attempted a triple play, making three assertions about the scary nexus between the IRS and the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. They are all contained in this Bachmann statement: "So now we find out these people [the IRS] are making decisions based on our politics and beliefs, and they're going to be in charge of our health care. There's a huge national database that's being created right now. Your health care, my health care, all the Fox viewers health care, their personal, intimate, most close to the vest secrets will be in that database, and the IRS is in charge of that database? So the IRS will have the ability potentially -- will they? -- to deny health care, to deny access, to delay health care? This is serious! Based upon our political beliefs? That's why we have to repeal Obamacare. And I still think it's possible." Politifact checked all three separately. On the assertion that the IRS "is going to be in charge of our ...
Doctors, consumers advised to use caution in consulting psychiatry's new diagnostic 'bible'	21.5.2013	MinnPost
This week marks the long-awaited publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) of the highly controversial latest version of the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ,” or DSM-5. Some psychiatrists seem to be falling over themselves to reassure the public that they treat the manual only as a guide rather than a “bible” of diagnostic symptoms for mental illnesses. But those protests seem disingenuous, given the enormous power the DSM exerts over who becomes diagnosed with a mental illness in the United States and how they are treated for it. Psychiatrists are not the only health professionals who rely on the manual. It’s also heavily used by general practitioners, and they’re the ones who do most of the prescribing of psychiatric drugs in the United States. Loose DSM definitions In a scathing editorial published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine , Dr. Allen Frances — the psychiatrist who spent the last few years in charge of the effort to ...
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Consumer-driven health care vs. Obamacare	21.5.2013	Seattle Times: Opinion
Patients are capable of making decisions Froma Harrop not only gets her facts wrong on consumer-driven health care; she also does not understand the limitations of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare [“Consumers are not the best health-care drivers,” Opinion, May 19]. The ACA doe
What Services Should Immigrants Get?	21.5.2013	Yahoo: Politics
What are immigrants in the United States entitled to? Tax breaks? Health care? Disability insurance? Food stamps? As the Senate Judiciary Committee wades through a major immigration bill, it is clear that there is no consensus, even among the bill’s sponsors, about how to treat the immigrants who would become legal residents under the legislation.
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Retirement is going to cost you	21.5.2013	Philly.com News
WHEN IT COMES to how much money we all need to retire comfortably, it gives us a headache. I just need to say that up front, before telling you about the latest news that is sure to scare you even more about retirement.
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California: Treatments for prostate and breast cancer vary widely, depending on where people live, new study shows	21.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: Breaking News
Variation in surgery rates may indicate patients don't participate enough in decision-making, researchers say.
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Texas Medicaid Debate Complicated By Politics And Poverty	21.5.2013	NPR News
In Texas, it may be politically unwise to cross the governor, but some politicians and advocates in the poor Rio Grande Valley are starting to speak out in support of expanding Medicaid. Governor Perry opposes all parts of Obamacare.
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Dem Gov Signs Landmark Bill Into Law	21.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- After years of debate, Vermont became the fourth state in the country Monday to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medicine...
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Overruns Forcing Lower Payments to Some Providers in Stopgap Health Program	21.5.2013	IHT: Health/Science
Overruns Forcing Lower Payments to Some Providers in Stopgap Health Program
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Op-Ed Contributor: The Outrageous Cost of a Gene Test	21.5.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Op-Ed Contributor: The Outrageous Cost of a Gene Test
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Editorial: New Efforts to Undercut Health Reforms	21.5.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Editorial: New Efforts to Undercut Health Reforms
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May 21 Readers' letters: Dental health care and Willow Glen's Three Creeks trestle	21.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: Letters
Letters from Mercury News readers.
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Half of Hospital Admissions From Emergency Rooms	21.5.2013	NY Times: Business
Half of Hospital Admissions From Emergency Rooms
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Alison Block: Doctoring in a family way	21.5.2013	Twincities.com: Opinion
Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy. A single mom to a rambunctious 5-year-old girl, Jennifer was struggling economically and battling depression. We talked about the options available to her: continuing the pregnancy and preparing to parent another child, offering the baby for adoption or having an abortion. She chose to continue with the pregnancy, and I worked with her over the following months as she struggled with the discomforts of pregnancy, excessive weight gain and the anxiety of having to raise two small children on her own.
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Latest Health Hurdle: Buying Insurance Without A Bank Account	21.5.2013	NPR: Healthcare
Most health plans accept a credit card for the first month's premium and then require customers to pay monthly with a check or an electronic transfer from a bank account. For people without a banking relationship, these transactions can be tricky.
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Minnesota gas prices highest in lower 48	21.5.2013	MinnPost
We’re No. 1! In the Strib, Tim Harlow tells us: “ Minnesota drivers are paying the highest gas prices in the 48 contiguous states , with the average price statewide running at $4.27 per gallon, according to AAA’s daily survey of gas prices. Average prices are even higher in the Twin Cities metro area at $4.31 for a gallon of unleaded gas, the report said. Drivers in Hawaii were paying the highest, at $4.35 per gallon, while those in Tennessee were paying the lowest, at $3.26. The national average is $3.63.” Nothing to see here, folks. It’s simply the free market at work . Sued, or is it blackmailed, for downloading porn … ? Martin Moylan of MPR reports: “Imagine you're accused of illegally downloading a pornographic video and violating the owner's copyright. Whether you actually did or not, you now face a demand to pay several thousand dollars to settle the matter. Or you could pay the legal costs of a court battle and have the allegations made public. That's a quandary thousands of people in ...
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City of San Francisco, worker unions protest Kaiser premium hike	20.5.2013	LA Times: Health
In an unusual show of unity, they're demanding that the healthcare provider come up with an alternate proposal and explain the reasons for rate increases. It's a trend many public employees can relate to: Health insurance premiums climb year after year, while at the bargaining table workers have agreed to kick in more for pensions, take salary cuts and sign on to furlough days.
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Study: Fever-reducing drugs don’t affect speed of children’s recovery	20.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Trevor Stokes Reuters Published May 20, 2013 10:29AM MDT A review of past research finds that fever-reducing drugs have no effect on the speed of children’s recovery from an infection, contrary to the fears of some doctors and parents. Researchers have debated for decades whether lowering a sick child’s fever helps the recovery process or interferes with the body’s ability to fight the infection. Some previous research has shown that giving children fever-reducing “antipyretic” medications, such as acetaminophen, after vaccinations interfered with the... ...
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