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    Nov 29, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Cook County fails to curb overtime costs

    As Cook County officials scramble to find ways to raise money — taxing guns, gambling machines and cigarettes — they have been unable to bring burdensome overtime costs under control. County officials for years have promised to rein in...

    Tags: Toni Preckwinkle, Twitter, Inc., Local Government, Todd H. Stroger, Health Insurance

    2. Nov 29, 2012 |Story| Hartford Courant

  2. Young People Shopping For Individual Health Plans Face Higher Prices In 2013

    The Hartford Courant
    Some young people are likely to experience sticker shock when shopping for health insurance next year, as new regulations take hold to reduce price variation based on age. A limit on pricing by age is among the many new federal regulations that will...

    Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Prices, Lyme Disease, Lawyers, Judges

    3. Nov 27, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  3. Mortgage lender uses fear as a sales pitch

    State and federal authorities may have cracked down on unscrupulous mortgage lenders to avoid a repeat of the housing market meltdown, but there are still plenty of companies that are eager to dupe people into taking out bad loans.
    State and federal authorities may have cracked down on unscrupulous mortgage lenders to avoid a repeat of the housing market meltdown, but there are still plenty of companies that are eager to dupe people into taking out bad loans. Exhibit A:...

    Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Fines, Mortgages, Rite Aid Corp., U.S. Department of Justice

    4. Nov 23, 2012 |Story| Hartford Courant

  4. Why Everyone Should Get Tested For HIV

    The Hartford Courant
    "Your HIV test is positive, " I tell a 22-year-old man, confirming that he has the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. I reassure him that HIV is a treatable disease. If he takes antiviral medications daily, he can have a normal life...

    Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry, Diseases and Illnesses, HIV

    5. Nov 24, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Hopkins program aims to keep elderly at home

    When an occupational therapist walked through the home of 70-year-old Carol Glover two years ago, she immediately noticed safety hazards.
    When an occupational therapist walked through the home of 70-year-old Carol Glover two years ago, she immediately noticed safety hazards. Scatter rugs throughout the single-family home in Ednor Gardens left Glover, who has balance problems, vulnerable to...

    Tags: Nursing, Medicaid, Nursing Homes, Medical Specialization, Long Term Care

    6. Jan 15, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  6. No exercise, more than couch, tied to fat in kids

    Reuters
    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For kids, time spent inactive seems less of a factor in higher body fat than does a lack of exercise, according to a new study. Researchers found that the more minutes kids spent exercising at the pace of a fast walk each day,...

    Tags: Health and Safety at School, Science and Technology, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Overweight, Family

    7. Jan 10, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Md. schools aren't doing enough about bullying

    Courtney Watson's commentary regarding cyberbullying ("Cyberbullying requires a stronger response," Jan. 3) makes some excellent points about the intense need to develop mechanisms to address the dramatically increasing problem of cyberbullying. However,...

    Tags: Health and Safety at School, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Department of Education

    8. Sep 13, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Hantavirus in Yosemite: 230,000 more visitors notified

    L.A. NOW
    Yosemite National Park has again broadened its outreach regarding a recent outbreak of hantavirus, sending notifications to an additional 230,000 people who stayed in the park since early June....
    9. Sep 13, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Hantavirus in Yosemite: Ninth case reported in another visitor

    L.A. NOW
    Another person was sickened by hantavirus traced to Yosemite National Park, the latest in a now nine-case outbreak that has killed three visitors since mid-June....
    10. Aug 8, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  10. Why do kids bully?

    Lehigh Valley Parenting
    This is something I struggle with. I just don't understand why some kids bully other kids. I taught my son to always be kind to other people and I've always assumed other parents would do the same. When my son was a preschooler, another mom described...
    11. Sep 7, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  11. Health Safety

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    Tags: Human Interest, Aventura, Broward County, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Lakes and Ponds

    12. Sep 5, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Yosemite hantavirus warning expands to 39 countries

    L.A. NOW
    U.S. health officials have notified 39 other countries whose citizens they say may be at risk for hantavirus after recently traveling to Yosemite National Park, where a deadly outbreak of the rare, rodent-borne disease has been traced....
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