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The Star-Ledger 
Sun Jul 13, 2008
With some patients returning hundreds of times, a Camden doctor looks to cure this costly and growing problem.
Sun Jul 13, 2008
With some patients returning hundreds of times, a Camden doctor looks to cure this costly and growing problem.
The Star Ledger
Fri Oct 05, 2007
Sen. Joe Vitale has terrible timing. He wants to make sure everyone in New Jersey has health insurance, and he wants to do it now, even though the state is basically broke. It sounds a bit crazy. But maybe it's not. Because a Rutgers University poll rele
Fri Oct 05, 2007
Sen. Joe Vitale has terrible timing. He wants to make sure everyone in New Jersey has health insurance, and he wants to do it now, even though the state is basically broke. It sounds a bit crazy. But maybe it's not. Because a Rutgers University poll rele
The Star Ledger
Thu Oct 04, 2007
Concern about the availability of health insurance runs so deep that a majority of New Jerseyans would support a tax increase to guarantee benefits, a new survey revealed yesterday. Sen. Joseph Vitale (D-Middlesex), who is preparing legislation to provid
Thu Oct 04, 2007
Concern about the availability of health insurance runs so deep that a majority of New Jerseyans would support a tax increase to guarantee benefits, a new survey revealed yesterday. Sen. Joseph Vitale (D-Middlesex), who is preparing legislation to provid
NewJersey.com
Thu Oct 04, 2007
Two-thirds of New Jersey residents worry about being able to afford health care and nearly half said they'd pay at least $500 more in taxes for universal coverage, a Rutgers University poll released Wednesday found.
Thu Oct 04, 2007
Two-thirds of New Jersey residents worry about being able to afford health care and nearly half said they'd pay at least $500 more in taxes for universal coverage, a Rutgers University poll released Wednesday found.
Federal Register
Fri Sep 21, 2007
Medicare beneficiaries will be able to compare quality and prices among physicians and other providers in the future
Fri Sep 21, 2007
Medicare beneficiaries will be able to compare quality and prices among physicians and other providers in the future
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mon Jul 30, 2007
Consider it the other drug problem: Millions of people don't take their medicine correctly -- or quit taking it altogether -- and the consequences can be deadly.
Mon Jul 30, 2007
Consider it the other drug problem: Millions of people don't take their medicine correctly -- or quit taking it altogether -- and the consequences can be deadly.
USA Today
Sun Jul 29, 2007
USA Today on Monday examined the growing popularity and the risks of medical procedures performed at ambulatory surgical centers.
Sun Jul 29, 2007
USA Today on Monday examined the growing popularity and the risks of medical procedures performed at ambulatory surgical centers.
McClatchy/Kansas City Star
Fri Jul 27, 2007
CHRONIC DISEASES -- such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and obesity -- account for 75% of U.S. health care spending, but patients with such diseases receive only 56% of the preventive care
Fri Jul 27, 2007
CHRONIC DISEASES -- such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and obesity -- account for 75% of U.S. health care spending, but patients with such diseases receive only 56% of the preventive care
Newark Star-Ledger
Fri Jul 27, 2007
Study Shows New Jersey's total health care liabilities for current and future public employees total $69 billion, according to a report by Aon Consulting delivered to the State Health Benefits commission
Fri Jul 27, 2007
Study Shows New Jersey's total health care liabilities for current and future public employees total $69 billion, according to a report by Aon Consulting delivered to the State Health Benefits commission
AP/Long Island Newsday
Thu Jul 26, 2007
Study Finds Obesity is "socially contagious" and can be spread among friends or family members, likely because of altered perceptions of what is an acceptable body weight
Thu Jul 26, 2007
Study Finds Obesity is "socially contagious" and can be spread among friends or family members, likely because of altered perceptions of what is an acceptable body weight
Washington Post opinion piece
Wed Jul 25, 2007
Opinion Piece States Physician "professionalism and incomes have taken a terrible beating recently," and the "American Medical Association, which received $286 million in revenue last year to protect the profession, has served physicians poorly,"
Wed Jul 25, 2007
Opinion Piece States Physician "professionalism and incomes have taken a terrible beating recently," and the "American Medical Association, which received $286 million in revenue last year to protect the profession, has served physicians poorly,"
AP/Boston Herald
Tue Jul 24, 2007
People ages 65 and older who have difficulty comprehending basic health-related material such as prescription bottles and appointment slips are more likely to die within six years than people who can understand the information
Tue Jul 24, 2007
People ages 65 and older who have difficulty comprehending basic health-related material such as prescription bottles and appointment slips are more likely to die within six years than people who can understand the information
New York Times
Sun Jul 08, 2007
Critics of the current labeling standards have "clamored for the FDA to update the rules, saying that the standards have not kept pace" and complaining that FDA has "allowed manufacturers to make vague and improbable-sounding marketing claims, leaving
Sun Jul 08, 2007
Critics of the current labeling standards have "clamored for the FDA to update the rules, saying that the standards have not kept pace" and complaining that FDA has "allowed manufacturers to make vague and improbable-sounding marketing claims, leaving
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