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Reid Sets Markers For Historic Health Care Debate
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Last Updated: 3:11 AM 11/19/09 - Setting up a historic year-end health care debate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled long-awaited legislation Wednesday night to extend coverage to all but 6 percent of eligible Americans and bar private industry from denying insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions. (Full Story) |
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Local Concern Over Mammogram Recommendations
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Last Updated: 4:47 AM 11/19/09 - New guidelines on when women should get mammograms have sparked nationwide debate, including right here in eastern Carolina. (Full Story) |
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Pacifier Recall
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Last Updated: 4:26 AM 11/19/09 - More than half-a-million Bobby Chupete pacifiers are under a recall. (Full Story) |
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Another Revision: Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines
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Last Updated: 7:05 AM 11/20/09 - Women may be able to delay cervical cancer exams and get them less frequently. That's according to new recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (Full Story) |
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Buying Meds In Bulk May Save You Money
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Last Updated: 3:01 AM 11/20/09 - Buying prescription drugs in a 3 month supply instead of one month at a time could cut your medication costs by 18 to 30 percent. (Full Story) |
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NC Health Official Says Swine Flu Killed Student
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Last Updated: 4:58 PM 11/18/09 - Health officials say a North Carolina high school student's death earlier this month was the result of the swine flu. (Full Story) |
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AP Poll: Public Favors Gov't Health Plan
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Last Updated: 3:25 PM 11/18/09 - More Americans support creation of a new government-run health insurance plan to compete with the private insurance market, a new Associated Press poll finds, but the level of enthusiasm depends on how the question is asked. (Full Story) |
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Price Gouging With Tamiflu Investigated
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Last Updated: 8:08 AM 11/18/09 - A USA Today investigation found prices of the drug to treat H1N1 flu vary widely from pharmacy to pharmacy. (Full Story) |
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Ex-Kiss Drummer: Breast Cancer Not Just For Women
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Last Updated: 6:56 AM 11/18/09 - Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast. (Full Story) |
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Small Firms Scrapping, Scaling Back Health Plans
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Last Updated: 6:49 AM 11/18/09 - Faced with high health insurance costs, a North Carolina brokerage passed the buck on to its employees, a Texas public relations firm switched from group insurance to stipends, and a Missouri travel agency let its workers walk away instead paying for insurance. (Full Story) |
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Toxic Toys
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Last Updated: 4:12 AM 11/18/09 - Planning to buy your children's Christmas gifts soon? Read this story to find out which toys tested positive for high levels of lead. (Full Story) |
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Tax The Rich To Pay For Health Bill?
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Last Updated: 8:21 AM 11/17/09 - A new Associated Press poll finds that Americans favor taxing the rich to pay for covering those without health insurance. (Full Story) |
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New Advice: Skip Mammograms In 40's, Start At 50
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Last Updated: 9:02 PM 11/16/09 - A government task force is offering breast examination advice that runs contrary to the long-standing position of the American Cancer Society. (Full Story) |
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