Board approves adding deductibles to employee health plans
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ A state insurance board has voted to add deductibles and increase out-of-pocket payments in state employees’ health care plans, a measure …
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Health workers violated privacy of Iowa athlete, girlfriend
By RYAN J. FOLEY IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) _ The University of Iowa fired one student health clinic worker and disciplined another for breaching the …
Tampa cancer hospital opens teen lounge for patients
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) _ A Tampa cancer hospital is opening a teen lounge to encourage patients to meet and hang out during treatment. Moffitt Cancer …
EPA says Ohio incinerator released dangerous toxins into air
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (AP) _ The Environmental Protection Agency says a hazardous-waste incinerator in eastern Ohio released dangerous toxins into the air over the past …
Suicides rare in young children; rate edged up in black boys
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ Suicides by young children are rare and the low rate has held mostly stable except for …
Doctor group seeks to clear confusion in cancer screening
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Mammograms at 40 or 50? Every year or every other year? What’s the best colon check? …
NC health mandates get rosier views at General Assembly
By GARY D. ROBERTSON RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ Though their party complains often about health insurance coverage mandates from Washington, Republicans in North Carolina’s legislature …
Report says schools can do more to prevent teen pregnancy
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) _ New Mexico has no clear strategy on how to keep decreasing what is currently the second-highest rate of teens giving …
States help get heroin antidote into hands of regular folks
By CAROLYN THOMPSON BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) _ At the front of a classroom, health worker Cheryll Moore demonstrates “the nod” _ a jerk of the …
Man accuses health care system of losing piece of his brain
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ A man has filed a lawsuit against Norton Healthcare, claiming employees lost a piece of his brain after surgery. The Courier-Journal …