 SmartAboutHealth | Health Care Spending in US Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade Washington Post, United States - 6 (HealthDay News) -- Due to slower spending on prescription drugs, health-care spending in the United States grew at the lowest rate in a decade in 2007, ... Health Spending Slows, but Will It Last? Spending Rise for Health Care and Prescription Drugs Slows Growth in health care spending slows |
 The Canadian Press | CNN’s Sanjay Gupta Is Approached for Surgeon General Job New York Times, United States - By GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon and CNN health reporter, is the leading contender to become the next surgeon general, ... Video: CNN Correspondent Approached for Surgeon General Obama Wants Journalist for Surgeon General Obama considering CNN's Gupta as surgeon general |
 ABC News | Health Buzz: Teens Using MySpace and Other Health News U.S. News & World Report, DC - About 54 percent of adolescents who use the social networking website MySpace often discuss sexual behavior, substance abuse, or violence on the site, ... The Things Teens Post Online A Note to the Wise on MySpace Helps Risky behavior on social networking sites |
 Canada.com | Chronic Illness Accounts for 75 Percent of Health Spending U.S. News & World Report, DC - The closely watched annual health spending figures released today by the federal government were published, fittingly enough, in the January/February issue ... Out-of-Pocket Medical Spending Up More Americans getting multiple chronic illnesses Chronic illnesses leading to steep medical bills |
 ABC News | Jobs’s Health Still Concerns Some Apple Shareholders Bloomberg - 6 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Jobs’s efforts to reassure Apple Inc.’s followers about his health left some investors with more questions than answers. ... Video: Steve Jobs Weight Loss Due to Hormone Imbalance Steve Jobs disclosure won't quiet health worries Apple CEO's Health Update Raises Stock, More Questions |
 UMM News, Sports & Events | Patrick intensifies state's push to curb soaring health premiums Boston Globe, United States - Patrick's secretary of health and human services, Dr. JudyAnn Bigby, previously worked at Partners affiliate Brigham and Women's Hospital, and attended ... Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Completes Acquisition of ... Blue Cross completes Florida health acquisition Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Introduces SmartSense, Price ... |