• BRIEF - Moody's raises AMERIGROUP senior debt to Ba2 May 18, 2012
  May 18 (Reuters) - Moody's raises AMERIGROUP Corp senior debt to Ba2 from Ba3
• US STOCKS-Messy Facebook debut marks weak day on Wall Street May 18, 2012
  NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Friday after a sloppy debut by Facebook Inc spoiled hopes that a spectacular open for the most-anticipated stock sale in years would brighten the mood in what has been a gloomy month for equity markets.
• REFILE-US STOCKS-Wall St falls before G8 leaders meet on euro zone May 18, 2012
  NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Friday as investors turned cautious before leaders of the Group of Eight nations met about the euro zone debt crisis and after a shaky market debut by Facebook Inc.
• US health secretary urges contraception compromise May 18, 2012
  * University officials, students back Sebelius invitation
• UPDATE 1-Fresenius says won't raise Rhoen-Klinikum offer May 18, 2012
  * Rhoen-Klinikum shares closed at 21.58 euros (Recasts with detail from offer document)
• Schroders Europe fund sold off financial stocks May 18, 2012
  LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - Schroders has cut the exposure of its European equities fund to the financials and industrials sector by about 25 percent over the last month due to a market downturn caused by renewed worries over the financial health of the euro zone.
• Fresenius delays publishing full Rhoen takeover bid May 18, 2012
  FRANKFURT, May 18 (Reuters) - Fresenius postponed the publication of its full takeover offer for German hospital operator Rhoen-Klinikum until next week, citing prolonged consultations with regulators.
• Tea Partiers yearn for a "truly red" Tennessee May 18, 2012
  NASHVILLE, May 17 - When conservative Tea Party activists helped Republicans extend their majority in Tennessee's legislature in 2010, they expected to get the legislation they wanted.
• BRIEF-Moody's:No immediate rating impact from CR Gas' AEI China deal May 18, 2012
  * Moody's : No immediate rating impact from CR Gas' AEI China deal
• MIDCAP-Adventa lags Malaysia healthcare sector on valuations, earnings metrics May 18, 2012
  Malaysia's Adventa ranks the lowest on valuations and earnings metrics among seven companies in the country's healthcare sector tracked by at least three analysts, data from Thomson Reuters StarMine shows.

• Emergency rooms designed for the older set  April 22, 2012
  Hospitals around the country are creating customized emergency rooms for patients 65 years and older.
• U.S. may speed approval of 'breakthrough' drugs May 9, 2012
  Experimental drugs that show a big effect early in development for treating serious or life-threatening diseases would get a faster and cheaper path to U.S. approval, under a proposal likely to become law this year.
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• UK doc survey: Deny treatment to smokers, obese April 29, 2012
  A majority of doctors in a United Kingdom survey supported measures to deny non-emergency medical services to smokers and the obese, The Observer newspaper reported Sunday.
• FDA focuses on tracking drugs after approval April 22, 2012
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said this weekend it now spends as much effort and resources on surveilling a drug after it is approved as it does in the pre-approval process.
• 1 in 4 Americans without health coverage, study finds April 19, 2012
  As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders the fate of healthcare reform in the current election year, a study released on Thursday shows that one in four working-age Americans went without insurance at some point in 2011, often as a result of unemployment and other job changes.
• VA to add nearly 2,000 to mental health staff April 19, 2012
  The Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday it was increasing its staff of mental health professionals by roughly 1,900 to better serve veterans returning home from war.
• No proof bad gums cause heart trouble, experts say April 18, 2012
  While numerous studies have linked gum disease with and increased risk of heart disease and stroke, there is no proof that bad gums actually cause heart disease or strokes, an American Heart Association committee said after reviewing 500 journal articles and studies.
• Graying boomers get wired to cut healthcare costs April 12, 2012
  Baby boomers wired to their iPads and smart phones are giving U.S. health experts some new ideas about ways to cut the soaring costs of medical care in graying America.
• Young docs see gloomy future, says new survey April 11, 2012
  A majority of young doctors feel pessimistic about the future of the U.S. healthcare system, with the new healthcare law cited as the main reason, according to a survey released to Reuters on Wednesday.
• Teen dies after 'routine' wisdom tooth surgery April 6, 2012
  When 17-year-old Jenny Olenick went in to have her wisdom teeth removed, her parents weren’t worried. After all, wisdom tooth extraction is so common these days that it’s almost become a rite of passage for teens.
• Health care overhaul, year 2: What's coming March 22, 2012
  Friday marks the two-year anniversary of the 2010 health care overhaul law, and despite an upcoming challenge in the Supreme Court, it has already begun to be implemented.
• Fake Avastin shows little protects drug supply March 12, 2012
  As drug counterfeiters step up their sales of bogus medicines, global health regulators have few protections in place to prevent them from reaching patients. Globally, 10 percent of medicines may be fake.
• Changing health care: It's never going to be easy March 5, 2012
  When it comes to the multiple challenges of health care reform, ideas that look good on paper -- such as electronic medical records and hospital safety ratings -- often do not turn out as planned in the real world.
• Bugs in drugs? Behind shortage of critical meds February 29, 2012
  In a move that highlights dilemmas plaguing the U.S. drug supply, federal regulators warned a major manufacturer about problems including bugs in vials of sterile drugs — insects, literally — the same day that officials let the firm to ramp up scarce medications for kids with cancer.
• Is that X-ray necessary or ‘medical gluttony’? February 16, 2012
  A leading group of U.S. doctors is trying to tackle the costly problem of excessive medical testing, hoping to avoid more government intervention in how they practice.
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• Man with locked-in syndrome wants right to die January 23, 2012
  Former rugby player Tony Nicklinson had a high-flying job as a corporate manager in Dubai, where he went skydiving and bridge-climbing in his free time.
• Deadly rabies fear after man shows off bat in box February 2, 2012
  Health officials are warning people who were in downtown Providence last week that they may have been exposed to rabies when a man showed off a bat he had in a box.
• Complication in first triple limb transplant January 22, 2012
  A Turkish doctor whose 25-member team performed the world's first triple limb transplant — two arms and a leg — says the leg has been removed due to tissue incompatibility.

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