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The Sunday Conversation: Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse (pronounced SIR-sha, "like inertia") Ronan plays an alien and a human in the same body in the new romantic sci-fi film "The Host," based on a book by "Twilight" series author Stephenie Meyer. Ronan, who turns 19 in April, is already a seasoned...
Tags: Wes Anderson, The Lovely Bones (movie), Stephenie Meyer, Radio Industry, The Host (movie)
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Do companies that refuse to hire smokers help them or harm them?
The Cleveland Clinic is a world-famous medical center that is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the country. It goes without saying that the health professionals who work there don’t condone smoking. In fact, since 2007, the clinic...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Health Insurance, HIV, University of Pennsylvania, Employment Opportunities
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Syria's healthcare system in tatters, aid group warns
BEIRUT -- Almost two years of violence have devastated Syria’s once-extensive healthcare system and left many Syrians unable to access even basic services, representatives of the international aid group Doctors Without Borders said Thursday....Tags: General Practitioners, Injuries and Wounds, Blood Transfusion, United Nations, Diabetes
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Insurers eager to maintain authority over healthcare premiums
While most of us face uncertainty with the rollout of healthcare reform, some insurance companies in California have been feeling their oats lately. Here's how they're responding to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' warnings that their latest rate...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Elections, Health Insurance, Andrew Cuomo, Insurance
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Empowering Egyptians, one woman at a time
International Women's Day will be celebrated on Friday and is an occasion to celebrate women's economic, social and political achievements. Women have made great strides over the past century, but in many parts of the world, they still face oppression and...Tags: Egypt, Feminism, Southern Methodist University, International Women's Day, Laura Bush
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Dr. Ben Carson, new right-wing hero
Whenever somebody says something like, "Now, I know this isn't PC, but ... ," watch out. It probably means they're about to say something rude. In the case of Dr. Ben Carson, the world-famous neurosurgeon and director of pediatric neurosurgery at...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Parties and Movements, The Wall Street Journal, Same-Sex Marriage, Personal Finance
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Cancer center, McDowell hospital align services
Beginning April 1, Commonwealth Cancer Center on the Danville bypass will transition to Ephraim McDowell Commonwealth Cancer Center. The great care that patients have come to expect is now backed by a hospital nationally rated as one of the best for...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Linda Randlett Kollar
Linda Randlett Kollar is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc., a firm dedicated to the representation of health care providers. With more than 25 years of legal experience, she is recognized by her clients and peers as an...
Tags: Healthcare Contract Issues, Trials, Litigation, Justice System, Collective Contract
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Anthem Blue Cross customers pursue case over changing deductibles
Some Anthem Blue Cross policyholders are pressing a court fight over the company's midyear changes in annual deductibles and other limits on out-of-pocket medical costs. Dave Jacobson, a film production supervisor in Santa Monica, is one of the...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Breach of Contract, Insurance
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Millions in upgrades under way at Delnor Hospital
Nearly $100 million in improvements to Delnor Hospital in Geneva are under way — almost two years after a partnership was formed with another area hospital, a collaboration officials say will make healthcare more accessible to Tri-Cities residents....
Tags: Oncology, Hospitals and Clinics, Cleveland Clinic
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CHOC Follies raising serious money
There are a few plays John Vaughan will probably never direct for Children's Hospital of Orange County's annual fundraiser. Something like "Waiting for Godot," for example, unless he found a way to write Godot into the script, plus 60 or 70 other...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Weird Al Yankovic, Frank Capra Jr., Celebrities
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Healthcare reform and the incentive to keep spending
Reforming the healthcare system is largely about fixing the incentives it provides for doctors, hospitals and patients to overspend. For example, the "fee for service" payment model that Medicare relies on encourages physicians to do as many things for...
Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Long Term Care, Justice System, Medicaid
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