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House Republicans seeking IRS response on health law subsidies

Prominent GOP committee chairmen are looking for documents that could affect the Internal Revenue Service rule about subsidies on the federal health insurance exchanges.

20 Dec 2012

Fiscal talks continue with new round of proposals, finger-pointing

With the deadline looming, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boener, R-Ohio, traded new fiscal offers but appeared no closer to a deal. Boehner is pushing for more specifics on how Obama would cut safety net programs, while the White House continues to press for tax increases for the wealthy.

13 Dec 2012

Bry-Air and Bhartiya Jagriti Manch organize free eye camp

A free eye camp was organized by Bry-Air and Bhartiya Jagriti Manch, Moga. Patients from Moga and its surrounding villages, viz. Chande Wala, Charik, Bhadai, Chugawan, Rauli, Dala, etc. came to the camp for free eye check-up.

3 Dec 2012

USAID urges world to address humanitarian crisis in Syria

"The world must address the humanitarian crisis in Syria and meet the basic needs of people affected by 20 months of deadly conflict, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development said on Tuesday," Agence France-Presse reports.

30 Nov 2012

Hillenbrand fourth quarter net income increases 6% to $25 million

Hillenbrand revenue for the fourth quarter of 2012 grew 10% to $254 million compared to the same quarter last year. This represents 11% revenue growth on a constant currency basis.

26 Nov 2012

U.N. has 'moral responsibility' to address cholera outbreak in Haiti

Sometimes "[w]hen the international aid community descends on a vulnerable place ... good intentions make a bad situation even worse," a Boston Globe editorial states, adding that is "what happened two years ago, when United Nations peacekeepers arrived in Haiti in the wake of a devastating earthquake, bringing the deadly disease cholera with them."

14 Nov 2012

Republicans threaten to subpoena Obama administration over $23M health law PR campaign

House Ways and Means Committee members are seeking details on efforts to promote programs in the 2010 health law.

26 Oct 2012

Study: Premium support plan could raise seniors' costs in many areas of country

A Kaiser Family Foundation study released Monday found that almost six in 10 Medicare beneficiaries would pay higher premiums under a hypothetical privatized system similar to that proposed by GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

17 Oct 2012

Debate previews: What to watch for in style and substance on health care questions

News outlets predict that health issues -- including GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's plan for pre-existing condition coverage -- will play a role in tonight's debate.

17 Oct 2012

Hillenbrand enters definitive agreement to acquire Coperion

Hillenbrand, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Coperion Capital, a portfolio company of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, for an estimated purchase price of €408 million ($530 million at current exchange rates), which includes the assumption of an estimated €76 million of net debt and €100 million pension liability.

16 Oct 2012

Political, community support critical to improving maternal mortality in Afghanistan

"Ten years ago, I took my first role as a midwife in a refugee camp in Iran. ... The situation for women and children was terrible -- the maternal mortality rate was among the worst in the world," Sabera Turkmani, president of Afghan Midwives Association, writes in this Al Jazeera opinion piece.

16 Oct 2012

Romney campaign defends abortion policies

Much of the weekend health care political news coverage centered around women's health.

15 Oct 2012

Using public health approach to address unsafe abortion

"The global maternal mortality has dropped dramatically during the last decade," but "too many women continue to die from pregnancy-related causes," Sharon Camp, president and CEO of the Guttmacher Institute, writes in the BMJ Group Blogs.

15 Oct 2012

Romney takes moderate position on abortion, causes stir on both sides of issue

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has shifted to more moderate policy positions on a number of issues, including health care and abortion.

12 Oct 2012

TSRI scientists identify new gene variants closely associated with bipolar disorder

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified small variations in a number of genes that are closely linked to an increased risk of bipolar disorder, a mental illness that affects nearly six million Americans, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

11 Oct 2012

Combination of healing touch and guided imagery reduces depression, cynicism among US Marines

Healing touch combined with guided imagery (HT+GI) provides significant clinical reductions in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms for combat-exposed active duty military, according to a study released in the September issue of Military Medicine.

25 Sep 2012

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House Republicans seeking IRS response on health law subsidies

Fiscal talks continue with new round of proposals, finger-pointing

Bry-Air and Bhartiya Jagriti Manch organize free eye camp

USAID urges world to address humanitarian crisis in Syria

Hillenbrand fourth quarter net income increases 6% to $25 million

U.N. has 'moral responsibility' to address cholera outbreak in Haiti

Republicans threaten to subpoena Obama administration over $23M health law PR campaign

Study: Premium support plan could raise seniors' costs in many areas of country

Debate previews: What to watch for in style and substance on health care questions

Hillenbrand enters definitive agreement to acquire Coperion

Political, community support critical to improving maternal mortality in Afghanistan

Romney campaign defends abortion policies

Using public health approach to address unsafe abortion

Romney takes moderate position on abortion, causes stir on both sides of issue

TSRI scientists identify new gene variants closely associated with bipolar disorder

Combination of healing touch and guided imagery reduces depression, cynicism among US Marines

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Drinking water fails to meet state quality standards at North Carolina migrant farmworker camps

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