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Utah second worst at enrolling kids in Medicaid, CHIP - Salt Lake Tribune
3 Sep 2010 at 7:23pm

All247News (blog)
Utah second worst at enrolling kids in Medicaid, CHIP
Salt Lake Tribune
Utah has the country's second-lowest participation rate in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, a persistent problem propelling the state's uninsured rate, shows a new report. An estimated 7 million children in ...
Programs help children get health insuranceThe State
Utah ranks 50th in having kids insuredDeseret News
US medical programs missing millions of kids -reportReuters
Detroit Free Press...
Workers Paying 14% More For Family Health Coverage This Year, USA - Medical N...
3 Sep 2010 at 6:08pm

New York Daily News
Workers Paying 14% More For Family Health Coverage This Year, USA
Medical News Today
The US worker is paying an average of $482 extra this year for family health coverage, 14% more than last year, even though total premiums - including what employers contribute - only rose 3% to an average of $13770 in 2010, according to a survey ...
Employees Pay More and Get Less from Medical CoverageMedPage Today
Companies pile bigger share of health-care costs onto workersWashington Post
Emp...
Anti-osteoporosis drugs bisphosphonates boost esophageal cancer risk - Food C...
3 Sep 2010 at 4:53pm

Telegraph.co.uk
Anti-osteoporosis drugs bisphosphonates boost esophageal cancer risk
Food Consumer
Taking anti-osteoporosis drugs known as oral bisphosphonates may double the risk of esophageal cancer, according to a new UK case-control study released in British Medical Journal. Dr. Jane Green and colleagues from the University of Oxford's Cancer ...
Common bone drugs linked to esophageal cancer riskReuters
Osteoporosis Drugs Tied to Esophageal CancerABC News
Osteoporosis Drugs May Be Linked to Can...
West Nile virus kills 15 in Greece - CNN
3 Sep 2010 at 3:35pm

Novinite.com
West Nile virus kills 15 in Greece
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- West Nile Virus has killed 15 people in northern Greece and sickened 158 others, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday. Thirty-nine people were hospitalized Friday, nine of them in ...
West Nile Virus found in TurlockThe Turlock Journal
First human case of West Nile virus confirmed in Los AngelesXinhua
Burlington man, 46, has West Nile virusChicago Daily Herald
Stamford Times -27east.c...
Catherina Zeta-Jones Angry at Doctors Over Husband's Cancer Diagnosis - CBS News
3 Sep 2010 at 9:55am

U.S. News & World Report
Catherina Zeta-Jones Angry at Doctors Over Husband's Cancer Diagnosis
CBS News
Actors Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones attend the The 2009 Women of the Year hosted by Glamour Magazine at Carnegie Hall on Nov. 9, 2009, in New York. NEW YORK (CBS) Catherine Zeta-Jones says she's angry that doctor's didn't discover husband ...
31 Days in the Life of a Throat Cancer PatientABC News
Michael Douglas 'optimistic' about Stage 4 throat cancer diagnosisPalm Beach Post
Michael...