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California subpoenas big health insurers’ financial records

February 25, 2010 - Prosecutors are seeking documents from Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, Blue Shield, Kaiser, Health Net and PacifiCare in a probe of whether they raised rates illegally and denied payment of legitimate claims.

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California subpoenas big health insurers’ financial records
 

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Doctors Are Working Fewer Hours

February 23, 2010 - Doctors have steadily cut their work hours over the past decade, a new study appearing Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association finds.



Report compares health county-by-county

17.02.09 - For the first time, a new report reveals how counties across America stack up when it comes to health.



Health-Care Reform Could Create a Litigation Explosion

FEBRUARY 10, 2010 - President Obama wants to convene a bipartisan meeting later this month to discuss health reform—"to go systematically through all the best ideas out there,” as he said to CBS’s Katie Couric in a pre-Super Bowl interview. 



Nurse Whistle-Blower Charged for Reporting Doctor

Feb. 9, 2010 - When veteran nurse Anne Mitchell wrote a confidential letter last year to the Texas Medical Board, complaining about a doctor she thought practiced shoddy medicine, she assumed it would be anonymous. 



Training on “International Standards of Patients’ Rights”

On January 23, 2010, HCA Vanadzor organized training on “International Standards of Patients’ Rights” in “Pyunik” NGO in Gyumri. The goal of the training was to raise public awareness on patients’ rights and on possible mechanisms of their restoration. 



Life Expectancy Continues to Rise for Americans

17.12.09 - Life expectancy is often used as a way to show how effective the overall way of life is within a particular society. Many nations from around the globe will trump various facts and figures to show how people are living longer.



Public Database Is Urged to Monitor Drug Safety

What could be done to prevent another Vioxx? This pain medication for arthritis became a blockbuster after its introduction in 1999, only to be taken off the market in 2004 when a study linked the drug to an increased risk of heart attack and strokes.



STDs remain a major public health challenge in the United States

CDC estimates that there are approximately 19 million new STD infections each year - almost half of them among young people 15 to 24 years of age.



15 Cases of A/H1N1 Recorded in Armenia

There have been 15 cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus recorded in Armenia thus far, said Republic of Armenia Healthcare Minister assistant Shushan Hunyanyan today.



Swine flu cases rise to 11 in Armenia

13/11/2009 - Swine flu cases rise to 11 in Armenia, Assistant to the Healthcare Minister Shushan Hunanyan told. The number has reached 11 from 6 estimated yesterday.



U.S. 30th in Global Infant Mortality

November 3, 2009 - The United States ranks 30th in terms of infant mortality, an important measure of the quality of healthcare, according to a report released on Tuesday.



Medical marijuana policy move sparks cautious optimism

21.10.2009 - Patients in the 13 states where medical marijuana is legal can now light up without fear of federal reprisal, but they may still have to answer to local authorities.



Two Flu Vaccines, Lots of Questions

October 18, 2009 - The annual ritual of fending off the flu is more complicated this fall as Americans weigh getting two vaccines.



Los Angeles Prepares for Clash Over Marijuana

October 17, 2009 LA - There are more marijuana stores here than public schools. Signs emblazoned with cannabis plants or green crosses sit next to dry cleaners, gas stations and restaurants. 



CDC: Most adults hospitalized for H1N1 had other illnesses

As H1N1 influenza cases build nationwide, the majority of adults hospitalized had underlying illnesses, says Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 



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Inhalant Abuse a Deadly Middle-School…

March 11 (HealthDay News) - More 12-year-olds have used inhalants to get high than marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined, a new report finds.

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UNAIDS: Funding cuts could lead…

09.03.10 - JOHANNESBURG -Cuts in donor funding could cause an HIV “nightmare,” the United Nations’ AIDS agency chief warned Monday.

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Upcoming Events

July 18-23, 2003

The International AIDS Conference 2010

The International AIDS Conference is the premier gathering for those working in the field of HIV, as well as policy makers, persons living with HIV and other individuals committed to ending the pandemic.

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April 26-28, 2010

Palliative Medicine Curriculum

The Initiative group of Palliative Medicine/Care are pleased to invite you to apply to participate in seminar on the Palliative Medicine Curriculum, to be held in April from 26th-28th, 2010 at Conference hall of “Muratsan”…

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8 December 2009

“HIV/AIDS actual issues” international conference

The International Conference on “HIV/AIDS actual issues” dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the National Center for AIDS Prevention of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia.…

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Health and Law Resources
 

Laws and Health


Declaration on the Use of Scientific and Technological Progress in the Interests of Peace and for the Benefit of Mankind was Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 3384 (XXX) of 10 November 1975.

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Informed consent is the process by which a fully informed patient can participate in choices about her health care. It originates from the legal and ethical right the patient has to direct what happens to…

Health Care


February 25, 2010 - Prosecutors are seeking documents from Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, Blue Shield, Kaiser, Health Net and PacifiCare in a probe of whether they raised rates illegally and denied payment of legitimate claims.

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