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HAZELWOOD SCHOOLS: Lunch, breakfast prices will increase this year (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Hazelwood School District lunch and breakfast prices will go up this year, due to rising food costs, salary and benefit increases and fuel costs. The request, which came from the district’s child nutrition services, got the board’s unanimous approval Tuesday night.

Grocery Costs Spur Consumers to Seek More Nutrition for their Dollars (Beaches Leader)
Comments ( No comments posted. ) (ARA) - Skyrocketing gas prices and escalating grocery costs have put getting more for a dollar top-of-mind for many consumers. Many Americans are tailoring their grocery shopping lists to ensure they get more bang for their buck.

re: Chris & Kara Mohr nutrition & fitness (Louisville Courier-Journal)
At Penn State University, Chris earned his Bachelor of Science in nutrition and Kara her Bachelor of Science in psychology. Chris has a master’s in nutrition from the University of Massachusetts. At the University of Pittsburgh, Kara got her master’s in exercise physiology, and both Chris and Kara earned doctorates in exercise physiology. Chris is also a registered dietitian.

Nutrition Notes: Even After Cancer, Habit Change Is Hard (Kansas City InfoZine)
By Karen Collins, MS, RD, CDN - A recent study made headlines when it announced that among more than 114,000 adults, cancer survivors were less likely than others to have adopted a physically active lifestyle. It’s a shocking finding since regular activity is recommended to lower risk of both cancer development and recurrence.

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Australia’s ‘Doctor Death’ returns to face trial: prosecutors (TODAYonline)

superdiv — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:29:03 +0000

Australia’s ‘Doctor Death’ returns to face trial: prosecutors (TODAYonline)
Jayant Patel, dubbed ‘Doctor Death’, seen here in a March 11 US police mugshot. A surgeon linked to the deaths of more than a dozen patients returned to Australia on Monday to face trial on charges including manslaughter, prosecutors said.

Online doctor visits, paperwork can lessen office wait time for patients (BizJournals)
The waiting room at the doctor’s office may not be as filled as it has been in times past.

U.S. doctor faces Australian manslaughter charges (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A U.S. surgeon faced an Australian court on Monday on 14 charges of manslaughter, negligence and fraud after arriving back in Australia from the United States.

Health Bills Can Lead To Debt Woes For Insured, Too (NPR)

superdiv — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:29:03 +0000

Health Bills Can Lead To Debt Woes For Insured, Too (NPR)
Even though Jamie Drzewicki had health insurance, her bills piled up to $62,000 after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is among the 28 percent of Floridians polled who say they’re having trouble paying their medical bills.

Fuel’s surge a headache for home health providers (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Stethoscope? Check. Bandages and medications? Check. Money for fuel? Uh-oh. U.S. home health care workers, particularly those in rural areas, are suffering from financial headaches caused by the escalating cost of transportation, forcing some to borrow cash from co-workers in between paychecks and others to consider leaving the industry altogether.

Sanofi to Buy Primary Health’s Consumer Unit for A$560 Million (Bloomberg.com)
July 21 (Bloomberg) — Sanofi-Aventis SA , France’s largest drugmaker, agreed to pay A$560 million ($544 million) cash for the consumer products unit of Primary Health Care Ltd.

Health Highlights: July 20, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Gas prices squeeze home health care sector (Detroit News)
U.S. home health care workers, particularly those in rural areas, are suffering from financial headaches caused by the escalating cost of transportation, forcing some to borrow cash from co-workers in between paychecks and others to consider leaving the industry altogether.

Sanofi to Buy Primary Health Care’s Consumer Unit, Review Says (Bloomberg.com)
July 21 (Bloomberg) — Sanofi-Aventis SA , France’s largest drugmaker, agreed to pay A$560 million ($544 million) for the consumer products unit of Primary Health Care Ltd.

Mental health poll reveals stigma (BBC News)
Nine out of ten people with mental health problems say they frequently face stigma - most often from those closest to them, says a survey.

Managing modestly: Robert McIntire remains humble as a key executive for health insurer WellPoint Inc. (BizJournals)
Robert T. McIntire, senior vice president of health care management for Indianapolis-based health insurer WellPoint Inc., is known to many as simply Bob.

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superdiv — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:29:07 +0000

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Funeral pyres ‘no risk to health’ (BBC News)

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Funeral pyres ‘no risk to health’ (BBC News)
Campaigners for tradition Hindu open air funeral pyres say they do not pose a public health risk.

2 Calif. health insurers to pay $13M for dropping clients (USA Today)
Two of California’s biggest health insurers have agreed to collectively pay $13 million and reinstate more than 2,000 insurance policies to settle claims with the state that they illegally dropped policyholders from coverage.

Health Interests (HealthCentral.com)
Suzan has not shared any health interests. Suzan has not shared any drug information.

Madagascar: Unicef Provides Health Services to Cyclone-Hit Areas (AllAfrica.com)
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the European Commission’s humanitarian wing are working together in Madagascar to provide medicines and other vital health services to a series of villages, five months after they were devastated by Cyclone Ivan in February.

Ex-health chief urge lawmakers to be firm on population bill (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines — Former Health Secretary Alberto Romualdez on Saturday asked the lawmakers not to compromise with the Catholic bishops on the reproductive health bill.