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40 attorneys general urge tight regulation of e-cigarettes
By Mark Pratt / Associated Press | September 24, 2013
Forty attorneys general sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday urging the agency to meet its own deadline and regulate electronic cigarettes in the same way it regulates tobacco products.
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Contest seeks ideas for durable medical equipment systems
By Jessica Zigmond | September 23, 2013
HHS is searching for the best idea for a system that captures essential data from durable medical equipment, such as loss of power, GPS location and privacy-protected user information during emergencies.
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Sparking controversy | Rise in e-cigarette use has public health experts questioning their safety, effectiveness as harm-reduction device
By Steven Ross Johnson | September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The rise of electronic cigarettes has triggered a sharp debate over whether the devices can play a role in helping the nation's estimated 44 million adult smokers kick their habit.
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2013 Up and Comers: Beth Feldpush
By Jessica Zigmond | September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Maybe Beth Feldpush's training in ballet is where she developed the poise that people say is one of her best traits as a healthcare leader.
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Managing population health | Docs look at why it's such a struggle to prevent disease
By Modern Healthcare | September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Population health is more than a buzzword. The nation is experiencing an obesity epidemic, the continued ill effects of smoking and environmental pollution, and the social stresses of a lingering economic downturn. The nation's public health authorities...
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2013 Up and Comers: Henry Thompson
By Jaimy Lee | September 21, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Henry Thompson faced a wide range of challenges when he first took over as CEO of the Community Health Center of Richmond, a federally qualified health center on New York's Staten Island.
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Reform Update: Focus shifts to Senate after House passes spending bill that defunds ACA
By Jessica Zigmond | September 20, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
All eyes now shift to the U.S. Senate after the House of Representatives on Friday approved a short-term spending bill that would keep the government operating after Sept. 30 and also includes an amendment to defund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Gonorrhea strain makes CDC issue warning of 'urgent threat'
By CNBC.com | September 19, 2013
For the first time in its history, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is categorizing drug-resistant superbugs by threat level. On Monday, the CDC issued its highest level of warning for a drug-resistant strain of gonorrhea—saying the sexually transmitted disease is an "urgent...
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N.Y. hospital staffs must get flu shot or wear mask
By Michael Virtanen / Associated Press | September 17, 2013
New York is requiring anyone who might come in contact with patients at hospitals and other healthcare facilities to get a vaccine or wear masks during the upcoming flu season, an ambitious effort to control the flu in the places it is known to spread.
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Woman featured in stark CDC anti-smoking ads dies
By Associated Press | September 17, 2013
A North Carolina woman featured prominently in a graphic government ad campaign to get people to stop smoking died Monday of cancer.
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