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GAO: IHS Muddles Revenue Collections
Health & Wellness  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, IHO, culture, society, ethics, government )

Kat
- 15 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
WASHINGTON - A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office confirms some costly concerns regarding the collection of third-party payments owed to the IHS by insurers. Some tribal affairs experts say IHS' laxity has ended up shortchanging ...
'I Felt So Alone I Tried to Hang Myself'
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, mental health, depression, suicide, anti-depressants, psychiatric help, prevention, treatment )

Dee
- 15 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
When Ruby Holmes was 12 she started to binge eat and purge her food - she was being bullied. Ruby did not know who to ask for help..
Chocolate Milk: Better Than No Milk?
Health & Wellness  (tags: Chocolate Milk, Moo )

Kristi
- 22 days ago - latimes.com
School administrators debate whether the vitamins are worth the added sugar. In Illinois, students organize to overturn a ban.
Titanium Rib Plates Save Life of Blackfoot Woman
Health & Wellness  (tags: titanium plates, women, ribs, interesting, healthcare )

Lone
- 28 days ago - localnews8.com
POCATELLO & BLACKFOOT - A woman in Blackfoot is saying a surgeon at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, along with some help from up above, saved her life. It's all thanks to a new procedure
As Donors Focus on AIDS, Child Illnesses Languish
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, AIDS, children, disease, illness, death, prevention, protection, treatment )

Dee
- 41 days ago - nytimes.com
JOHANNESBURG- Diarrhea kills 1.5 million young children a year in developing countries - more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined -- but only 4 in 10 of those who need the oral rehydration solution that can prevent death for pennies get it.
'Dirty Dancing' Star Patrick Swayze Dies at 57
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, cancer, Patrick Swayze, death, sadness )

Dee
- 91 days ago - news.yahoo.com
LOS ANGELES - Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers' hearts with "Dirty Dancing" and then broke them with "Ghost," died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
Critical Link In Cell Death Pathway Revealed
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, disease, health, medicine )

Knowcance
- 132 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The role of a protein called XIAP in the regulation of cell death has been identified by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers and has led them to recommend caution when drugs called IAP inhibitors are used to treat cancer patients ....
Millions of Children In U.S. Found to Be Lacking Vitamin D
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, health, vitamin d, prevention, nutrition )

Lone
- 133 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Millions of U.S. children have disturbingly low Vitamin D levels, possibly increasing their risk for bone problems, heart disease, diabetes and other ailments, according to two new studies that provide the first national assessment of the crucial nutrien
Product Recalled Due to Possible Salmonella Risk
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, warning, illness, death, children, risks )

Lone
- 145 days ago - news.yahoo.com
The following recall has been announced because the product may be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, the elderly and those
Sony Bids $50 Million for Jackson Rehearsal Film
Health & Wellness  (tags: sadness, death, humans, healthcare, corruption, drugs, family )

Lone
- 146 days ago - mail.com
Sony Corp.'s movie studio has bid $50 million to acquire the worldwide distribution rights to a film based on rehearsal footage for Michael Jackson's "This Is It" comeback concert series, according to a person familiar with the bid.
 
 
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