USA TODAY

Health officials warn of mercury in skin cream
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO – California health officials sent out a medical alert earlier this month after tracing the mercury poisoning of a 39-year-old Alameda County woman to an illegal skin-lightening cream smuggled in from Mexico.
Mercury In Lightening Cream: California Health Officials Search For Risky ProductsHuffington Post
Medical officials find mercury in lightening creamThe Associated Press

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Bad news budget: Quinn to call for prison, health care cuts
Chicago Tribune
Pat Quinn will deliver a bad-news budget today, suggesting that Illinois close numerous prisons, mental health centers and social service offices, cut health care for the poor and shut down popular tourist sites for two days a week at times during the ...

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Boston.com

Gunman kills 4 and himself at Korean health spa in murder-suicide in Atlanta ...
Washington Post
A gunman shot four people to death inside a Korean health spa in Atlanta's suburbs and then killed himself in what police said may have been a case of domestic violence. Surveillance video showed a man walking into the Su Jung Health Sauna on Tuesday ...
5 dead in shooting at health spa outside Atlantamsnbc.com
Police: Victims related in Korean spa shootingBoston.com
5 killed in Korean spa murder-suicide in Ga.CBS News

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Los Angeles Times

Health plans get mixed reviews in annual California report card
Los Angeles Times
By Chad Terhune California's annual report card on many of the state's HMOs and other health insurance plans gave most of those rated high marks for customer satisfaction but said they need to improve treatment for lung disease, attention-deficit ...
California rates health plans on quality measuresSan Jose Mercury News
California Health Plans Improve on Quality Measures for Diabetes Care, Exceed ...MarketWatch (press release)

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USA TODAY

Feds loan $638M for health co-ops in 8 states
CBS News
Health care cooperatives that are being launched in eight states announced Tuesday they will receive a total of $638 million in loans from the Obama administration under the federal health insurance law. The administration said the new nonprofit health ...
Health care co-ops in 8 states get federal loansSan Francisco Chronicle
Put Up or Shut Up Time -- For or Against the ACABoston.com
Health Care Costs: The Art Of The PracticalForbes

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CBC.ca

Eastern Health responds to mastectomy lawsuit
CBC.ca
Nine women are suing Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority because their breasts were removed by mistake following inaccurate cancer tests. St. John's lawyer Ches Crosbie wants access to tissue samples for the patients he represents.

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Mental-Health Cuts by US States Risk Boosting Health Costs
BusinessWeek
22 (Bloomberg) -- US states looking to balance budgets by cutting mental-health facilities and Medicaid payments risk increasing health-care costs by pushing psychiatric patients into emergency rooms. States trimmed 9.5 percent, or more than $1.6 ...
Illinois Mental-Health Cuts Seen Reducing Doctor Access for All PatientsBloomberg

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Bloomberg

Community Health Systems Shares Increase Most in 10 Months: Atlanta Mover
Bloomberg
Enlarge image Community Health Systems Rises Most in 10 Months Community Health Systems Rises Most in 10 Months Bradley C. Bower/Bloomberg An ambulance drives up to Community Health's Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia. Community Health Systems ...
Community Health Systems Rises Most in 10 Months: Atlanta MoverBusinessWeek
Community Health profit tops analyst viewReuters
Community Health Systems, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter 2011 Results with Net ...MarketWatch (press release)

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Washington Post

Why women's health issues are in the political spotlight
Washington Post
From the controversy surrounding President Obama's decision on contraceptives to Rick Santorum's comments on women in combat and in the home, McDonnell's decision is just another example of how women's health issues are currently in the political ...

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ABC News

Wardrobe Woes: Hidden Health Hazards of Clothing
ABC News
They're victims of fashion's hidden health hazards. Even some favorite accessories, like waist-cinching belts, can compress delicate nerves in the abdomen or constrain breathing and deprive heart and brain of needed oxygen.

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