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Congregation to mourn destruction of temple and loss of a hospital
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen the sun sets Saturday, members of the Aitz Hayim congregation in Highland Park will sit shiva on the floor of Marc Slutsky's home to mourn the destruction of a temple and a hospital and lament attempts to destroy their spirit. They will turn to...Tags: Health Treatments, Religious Festivals, Medicaid, Medical Services, Medicine
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Broadway Notes
Groff, Schreiber, Fogler cast in Woodstock film A bevy of theater actors including Jonathan Groff, Liev Schreiber, Dan Fogler and Mammie Gummer have been cast in Ang Lee's upcoming film "Taking Woodstock," a new look at the famed 1969 rock concert. Due to...Tags: Health Treatments, Private Health Care, Tribeca, Theater, Broadway
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State investigates after breach of guv's records
Associated Press WriterThe Michigan Department of Community Health said Thursday it was investigating after Sparrow Hospital disciplined an unspecified number of employees for looking at Gov. Jennifer Granholm's medical records. The 49-year-old Democratic governor underwent...Tags: Health Treatments, Emergency Incidents, Regional Authority, Medical Services, Michigan
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Obama Rejects Talk of Trouble from Clinton Backers
Associated PressCHICAGO -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday dismissed suggestions that the nominating convention could be marred by tensions between his supporters and the die-hard backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Obama told reporters that...Tags: New York, Elections, Health Treatments, New Mexico, Small Businesses
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Miami-Dade County: 62 sought on warrants in OxyContin scheme
Police on Wednesday issued arrest warrants for 62 people, including a Hialeah police officer and several county and city employees, in what prosecutors said was a major health insurance scheme used to obtain OxyContin tablets for illegal street sales....Tags: Health Treatments, Police, Police Arrests, Private Health Care, Health Insurance
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3 Southern California hospitals accused of using homeless for fraud
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersOn a Sunday afternoon two years ago, five homeless people being dropped off on Los Angeles' skid row by an ambulance caught the attention of police officers. The officers videotaped what they thought was a case of hospitals dumping patients in a...Tags: Justice System, Health Treatments, Fraud, Corporate Crime, Healthcare Policies
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More care, options
Sun reporterGertrude Noel was homeless and bipolar, suffering from a complex set of health problems that helped keep her on the street. Seventeen years ago, she came to a new Baltimore clinic, Health Care for the Homeless, where she got counseling, treatment for...Tags: Health Treatments, Homelessness, Epidemics and Plagues, Medical Services, Martin O'Malley
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Obama goes after the military family vote
247-4765Michelle Obama brought her husband's message to Hampton Roads Wednesday in an effort to woo military families and get the inside track on big time local donors. Early in the afternoon, the wife of presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack...Tags: Elections, Hampton Roads, Old Dominion University, Lyndon B. Johnson, Election Day
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Governor lobs criticism at Daley and Madigan
Chicago Tribune reportersGov. Rod Blagojevich lashed out at two of his fellow Democrats on Wednesday, accusing House Speaker Michael Madigan of blocking his progressive social agenda for the state and contending that Mayor Richard Daley is complicit by failing to intervene....Tags: Elections, Health Treatments, Richard M. Daley, Multi-Sport Events, Regional Authority
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Tax on fatty food: A taste of the future?
The Associated PressCheese, pastries, foie gras — France's culinary delights are full of dietary sins. Now child obesity is rising and the myth is fading that French people can eat anything and stay thin. So the government is fighting back. The latest anti-fat idea...Tags: Real Estate Sales, Obesity, Illnesses, State Budgets, Medicaid
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Old-fashioned paternalism is back
One of the hot new ideas in the academy is "libertarian paternalism." Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, authors of the book "Nudge," say the goal is "enlisting the science of choice to make life easier for people" and "gently nudging them in directions...Tags: New York, Food and Dining Culture, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Health Organizations, Medicaid
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Md. infant deaths high
Sun reporterInfant mortality remains very high in Maryland, especially for African-American infants, who are three times as likely to die as white infants, state health figures show. According to statistics released by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental...Tags: Howard County, Health Treatments, People, Population, Private Health Care
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