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Health Highlights: Oct. 26, 2008 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:
Mental Health Doctors Protest Israeli Blockade Of Gaza (Nasdaq)
EREZ CROSSING, Israel (AFP)--Dozens of mental health specialists on Sunday protested Israel's closure of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip after they were prevented from entering to attend a conference there.
Health-care plans Which will work best for you? (The Capital)
Forget Joe the plumber. Many Americans are wondering what the presidential candidates' health-care plans would mean for them. Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama have each offered sweeping, and contrasting, prescriptions for how to reform the health-care system.
Sumog-oy: GenSan crafts own health code (Sun Star)
THE emergence of a bizarre situation feared in theory did happen in actual practice. With its ownership, control and management of the GSCH, the City Government is forced by circumstances (or by estoppels) to respond to the need for health services by people from other LGUs, using its own resources.
Mental health suffers with crisis (American Psychological Association)
October 26, 2008 Oct. 26--In the midst of a mounting national economic crisis, more Chattanoogans are feeling overwhelmed, anxious and depressed by their financial situations, some local mental health care providers and counselors say.
Parity for mental health treatment part of nation's bailout plan (American Psychological Association)
October 24, 2008 Oct. 24--OLYMPIA -- Local mental health care advocates said Thursday that they're pleased Congress added a law requiring insurance companies to cover mental health treatment to the $700 billion financial bill passed three weeks ago.
Big Issue: Voters look for answers on health care (Washington Post)
SENECAVILLE, Ohio -- Even if the issue doesn't often get star billing on the campaign trail, health care remains a huge issue for voters. It seems like everyone's got a story to tell about their medical challenges and how they do _ or don't _ get insurance coverage.
Arizona's chance to be a health care leader (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
On Election Day, Arizonans can give the nation the gift of a good example. They can enact a measure that could shape the health care debate that will arrest or accelerate the nation's slide into statism. Proposition 101, "The Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act," would put the following language into Arizona's Constitution: "Because all people...
Vegies, fruits from China safe: Health Ministry (The Star)
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry had never placed vegetables from China on Level 5 of the Food Safety Information System of Malaysia until there was a decrease in supply in the country.
Health Insurance Costs Spiral (KELO Sioux Falls)
Health insurance costs spiral