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ATLANTA firms' health costs up sharply, survey finds Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
Health costs for 35 large Atlanta-based employers soared 12.2 percent this year, a bigger increase than the national average, according to a survey released ...
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/business/1104/23healthcosts.html

HEALTH Insurance Scheme for Saudis in the Private Sector Arab News - Saudi Arabia ... 2004 -- Saudi Arabia's insurance market will get a big boost in  February when the government intends to apply the cooperative health insurance scheme to ...
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=54940&d=23&m=11&y=2004

CODEY announces picks to lead health, labor, personnel Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA Dr. Fred M. Jacobs, senior consultant for medical affairs at St. Barnabas Health System in West Orange, would replace Dr. Clifton Lacy as health
commissioner. ...
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--governorappointme1122nov22,0, 3112709.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

HEALTH Canada fast tracks review of multiple sclerosis drug CBC News - Canada .. Both the US Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada found the results impressive enough to give the drug priority for review. ...
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2004/11/22/Antegren041122.html

YET another blow to Ngilu health scheme East African Standard - Nairobi,Kenya Public Service head Francis Muthaura will chair a stakeholders committee to look afresh at Charity Ngilu's shelved health insurance Bill. ...
ttp://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=6495
 

EARLY alert plan for dangerous new drugs The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia ... state and territory governments were considering a national alert  system under which selected health professionals could be warned about new drugs
and their ...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Early-alert-plan-for-dangerous-new-drugs/2004/11/23/1100972392516.html

ADVANCES unraveling mystery of psoriasis bring new drugs, new hope The Grand Rapids Press - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
... rejection following transplants. A new class of drugs called biologics, or biologicals, is showing dramatic promise. Made from living ...
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grpress/index.ssf?/base/features-0/1101224714238020.xml

WELCOME U-turn on health care The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK THE virtual dismissal of Malcolm Chisholm as health minister, and his  replacement with the pugnacious Andy Kerr, at first seemed like an ad hoc solution to the ...
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1350332004

HEALTH minister opens new wounds in the Cabinet east African Standard - Nairobi,Kenya The Cabinet was yesterday rocked by the most furious of public fights  yesterday, with Health minister Charity Ngilu accusing colleagues of sabotaging the ...
http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=6581

HEALTH board deficits jump to $15.3 million New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand New Zealand's 21 district health boards (DHBs) had a combined $15.3 million deficit for the September 2004 quarter, a big jump on the $500,000 deficit
recorded ...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3613460&thesection=news&thesubsection=general

HEALTH Highlights: Nov. 23, 2004Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
The National Center for Health Statistics report, released Tuesday, also found that the birth rate for women aged 40 to 44 increased by five percent in 2003 ...
http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/prss/522513.html

HEALTH officials warn chewing tobacco popular with high school ... Canada.com - Canada ... athletes are using chewing tobacco, a highly addictive and potentially deadly habit that appears rooted in team culture, a public health
conference heard ...
http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=6dc84cfe-81cb-4207-be43-c632eb34df1b