‘Heart’ campaign targets student health
The Sacagawea school-based health clinic’s 10-year anniversary coincides this year with a proclamation by Gov. Kulongoski naming February 2010 School-Based Health Care Awareness Month. Supporters of the St. Helens clinic staffers will celebrate the proclamation with a Thursday luncheon. And …
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UniSIM offers new degree on workplace safety and health
SINGAPORE: A new degree programme is being offered by UniSIM to increase the pool of workplace safety and health professionals in Singapore.
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Moraga Jack in the Box closed: health code violations
County health inspector says problem center on drain near food-preparation areas
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Health chief: Tritium likely in river
MONTPELIER — The state’s top health official said Tuesday it’s reasonable to assume a radioactive substance leaking from the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant is reaching the Connecticut River.
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Obama would OK health bill minus items he pursued
Signaling he’d meet critics part way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he’s willing to sign a bill even if it doesn’t deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.
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Health care under microscope
How health care is delivered in Norfolk is under review and “tough decisions” lie ahead, the government body responsible for health services in the area has warned.[...]
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Flashing candy hazardous to health
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has told importers and food agents not to import China-made “Flashing Candies” that are dangerous to health.
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Obama willing to settle for less in health care bill
WASHINGTON — Signaling he’d meet critics part-way on health care, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he’s willing to sign a bill even if it doesn’t deliver everything he pursued through a year of grinding effort at risk of going down as a dismal failure.
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Keeping sexuality a secret ‘a health risk’
BEING forced to keep your sexual orientation a secret to save your job is unfair and potentially damaging to your mental and physical health, retired High Court justice Michael Kirby says.
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IMS Health 4Q profit shrinks
IMS Health Inc., which provides market data to pharmaceutical and health care companies, said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit shrank 27 percent as rising expenses and restructuring charges failed to offset higher revenue.
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