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Google health service won’t be ad-supported (USA Today)
Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search company’s first in-depth public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates.

Schmidt: Google Health targets ‘the most important search’ (CNET)
Search giant’s endeavor to serve as Intuit of health information, introduced in CEO’s HIMSS speech, is backed by dozens of industry partners and experts.

Health Insurers to Collect $54 Billion From Medicare, U.S. Says (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Private health insurers, including UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Humana Inc.., will collect $54 billion more from Medicare than the government would spend providing care directly over the next four years, a U.S. auditor said.

Google releases health service details (AP via Yahoo! News)
Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday in the search company’s first detailed public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates.

Elderly mental health beds moving (BBC News)
Services for older patients with mental health problems will improve as 26 beds move to new premises.

Google releases health service details (MSNBC)
ORLANDO, Fla. - Google Inc. will not use advertising to support its new Internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt announced in the search company’s first detailed public comments about a venture raising concerns among privacy advocates.

Quest and Health Grades Team With Google (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Quest Diagnostics Inc. and Health Grades Inc. said Thursday they will collaborate with Google Inc. to give patients online access to their diagnostic laboratory records, as well as detailed ratings of physicians and hospitals.

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UA Senior Wins Second Place inHealthCare Essay Competition

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UA Senior Wins Second Place inHealthCare Essay Competition

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Health Canada clears AstraZeneca stomach drugs (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Health Canada clears AstraZeneca stomach drugs (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Health Canada lifted its warning on Wednesday on two AstraZeneca drugs used to treat acid-related stomach disorders after it determined there was no obvious link between the treatments and heart attacks and cardiac deaths.

Get ready to Google-ize your health records (CNET)
CEO Eric Schmidt to reveal Google’s plans for digitizing the medical industry at health care trade show, but privacy and competition concerns abound.

Google to Offer Health Records On the Web (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
Google plans to announce an online repository where consumers can store their health information — a move that could boost the nation’s fledgling efforts to adopt electronic medical records.

Time for states to protect health care of self-employed (USA Today)
Time for states to protect health care of self-employed Jim Rogers - Gainesville, Ga. I am self-employed, so I read with interest USA TODAY’s story on states trying to protect individual health care policyholders. About 10 years ago, I found…

Congestion charge ‘boosts health’ (BBC News)
London’s congestion charge may have delivered a small, unexpected health bonus to the capital, say researchers.

Obama and Clinton clash on health care in debate (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton clashed sharply over health care in a presidential debate on Tuesday, accusing each other of misrepresenting their plans to offer coverage for 47 million uninsured Americans.

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February 27, 2008

Health Highlights: Feb. 26, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

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Health Highlights: Feb. 26, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Health Spending to Rise Sharply (Time Magazine)
By 2017, total health care spending will double to more than $4 trillion a year, accounting for one of every $5 the nation spends, the federal government projects

DHS: U.S. health care records are the target of foreign hackers (CNET)
U.S. health care records come under attack just as HIPAA compliance rules are announced.

THE TRUTH ABOUT NATIONALIZED HEALTH CARE (Maggie Gallagher via Yahoo! News)
Hillary Clinton opened fire on Barack Obama across an array of issues, but saved the really big guns for health care: "Of all our differences," said Hillary in Rhode Island (the forgotten primary state), "the one that is just inexplicable to me is his refusal to put forth a plan on universal health care and his continuing attacks on my plan to do so."

Moody’s Affirms Nationwide Health Rating (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday affirmed the investment-grade ratings of Nationwide Health Properties Inc., a health care real estate investment trust, and revised its outlook to positive from stable.

U.S. Health Care Spending to Double by 2017, Report Predicts (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) — Spending on health care in the United States could double by 2017, reaching $4.3 trillion and accounting for 19.5 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product, a new government report shows.

Senate OKs Bill to Improve Health Care on Reservations (Fox News)
Senate approves legislation to boost programs at the federally funded Indian Health Service, prompt new construction and modernization of health clinics on reservations and attempt to recruit more American Indians into health professions.

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