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Area schoolchildren participate in annual Children’s Health Fair (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)
EFFINGHAM More than 500 students from kindergarten through second grade from 13 area schools attended St. Anthony s ninth annual Children s Health Fair held April 16-18 at the Effingham Knights of Columbus building.
Decatur mayor to resign, citing job conflicts, health concerns (The Pantagraph)
DECATUR — Mayor Paul Osborne will resign as mayor Sunday, citing a desire to focus on his role as editor of the weekly Decatur Tribune newspaper and recent health problems with kidney stones.
Butler: Health care on corporate agenda (Contra Costa Times)
The Securities and Exchange Commission just decided to let corporate shareholders vote on proposals to have their corporations endorse national health care.
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Mental health joining family medicine (Deseret Morning News)
Intermountain Healthcare Bryner Clinic incorporated mental health screening into primary care practice a decade ago as a test project.
HEALTH MINISTRY DRAWING BETTER SCHEME OF SERVICE FOR DOCTORS, SAYS LIOW (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SANTUBONG, May 31 (Bernama) — The Health Ministry is drawing up a better scheme of service and remuneration to retain doctors in the government service and to check the "brain drain" to the private sector.
Braxton’s Vegas show canceled amid health issues (AP via Yahoo! News)
A Las Vegas hotel has announced that the rest of Toni Braxton’s scheduled shows have been canceled so the singer can focus on her health.
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Obama’s Doctor Says Senator in Excellent Health, Fit for Duty (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
May 29 (Bloomberg) –Barack Obama’s doctor said the Democratic presidential frontrunner is in excellent health and fit for office.
Emory to break ground on new public health building (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Emory University officials are scheduled to break ground Friday on a new building for the Rollins School of Public Health. The Claudia Nance Rollins Building will provide the school with additional space to accelerate teaching and collaborative research in key areas, including global health, predictive health, infectious disease, cancer, diabetes and other chronic diseases. When the building …
Obama’s Doctor: Democrat Is In ‘excellent Health’ (CBS News)
Barack Obama’s doctor says he’s "in excellent health," in a one-page letter released by the campaign Thursday.
Opening Glance: Health stocks rise (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Health care stocks rallied in Thursday morning trading, with insurers making some of the largest gains. Early results for shares of health care providers and service companies included:
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States’ Scorecard Finds Big Differences in Kids’ Health Care (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
WEDNESDAY, May 28 (HealthDay News) — The quality of children’s health care in America varies widely from state to state, as does their access to insurance and care and the likelihood of living long and healthy lives.
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Health Highlights: May 26, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Prison health ‘needs cash boost’ (BBC News)
Mental health services in prisons need major investment if they are to provide good care to inmates, experts say.
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