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New rules could save billions in prescription drug costs - Boston Herald
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:19:14 GMT

New rules could save billions in prescription drug costs
Boston Herald
Called for in the 2010 federal health law, the new rules for prescription drug pricing are based in part on an innovation pioneered in Alabama. Instead of paying for drugs based on drug company price lists, which are often inflated, Alabama decided a ...

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Gail Devers to speak in Mobile for American Heart Association's second annual ... - al.com
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:11:49 GMT

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Gail Devers to speak in Mobile for American Heart Association's second annual ...
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(Associated Press) MOBILE, Alabama - Three-time Olympic track champion Gail Devers will be the keynote speaker at the American Heart Association's second annual Go Red For Women luncheon and free health screening Feb. 14 at Mobile's Renaissance ...
'No. 1 killer of women is preventable'Jerusalem Post
Heart disease deadlier for women than cancerNewstrack India
American Heart MonthCBS42
Press-Register - al.com (blog)
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Lack of Sunlight, Vitamin D Tied to Stroke Risk - MedPage Today
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:20:22 GMT

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Lack of Sunlight, Vitamin D Tied to Stroke Risk
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Of the more than 16000 black and white patients followed, those who lived in areas that had shorter exposure to sunlight had a 56% increased risk of stroke, Leslie McClure, PhD, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ala., and colleagues found.
Sunny Skies Linked to Lower Stroke RiskWebMD
Lack of Sunlight May Raise Stroke RiskU.S. News & World Report
Stroke conference in New Orleans unveils study resultsNOLA.com
ThirdAge -al.com (blog) -KOCO Oklahoma City
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Alabama Gives Day deemed successful - Anniston Star
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:04:10 GMT

Alabama Gives Day deemed successful
Anniston Star
Attracting money from 8464 individual donors, the first Alabama Gives Day was organized by the Alabama Association of Nonprofits. The event allowed Alabamians to sift through hundreds of charities on a single website and donate to the ones of their ...
State gives $743K to nonprofits on ThursdayMontgomery Advertiser

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Business Buzz - Tuscaloosa News
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:37:37 GMT

Business Buzz
Tuscaloosa News
In October, he was named Pharmacist of the Year by the Alabama Society of Health System Pharmacists. Martin practiced at East Alabama Medical Center from 1978-1981, and was a staff pharmacist and assistant director of pharmacy at Mobile Infirmary ...

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Huntsville first-responders, HEMSI honored at Huntsville Havoc hockey game - al.com (blog)
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:12:58 GMT

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Huntsville first-responders, HEMSI honored at Huntsville Havoc hockey game
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(The Huntsville Times/Dave Dieter) HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Have you ever wanted to attend a Huntsville Havoc hockey game but aren't sure you're up for the excitement, health-wise? Well, tonight might be the best time to go, when the Havoc plays the ...

He ain't heavy, he's my governor: Bentley, others form Scale Back team - al.com (blog)
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:24:11 GMT

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He ain't heavy, he's my governor: Bentley, others form Scale Back team
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By al.com staff View full sizeGov. Robert Bentley during his official weigh-in for Scale Back Alabama, with, left to right, Miriam Gaines and Whitney Pinkston of the Alabama Department of Public Health, Revenue Commissioner Julie Magee and Lt. Gov.
Phillip Tutor: Fried chicken? Yes, Bentley likes itAnniston Star

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James Gordon running for Baldwin County probate judge - al.com (blog)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:32:49 GMT

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James Gordon running for Baldwin County probate judge
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Gordon said he would also like to work with legislators to get a version of Florida's Baker Law passed in Alabama. That law allows law enforcement officers and emergency room doctors to send someone to a mental health facility without requiring that ...

Alabama Supreme Court likely to settle retirement community issue of dementia beds - The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:49:12 GMT

Alabama Supreme Court likely to settle retirement community issue of dementia beds
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By Stan Diel -- The Birmingham News BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A dispute over whether the Hoover retirement community Somerby at St. Vincent's One Nineteen will be allowed to keep 24 new beds for patients with dementia likely will go before the Alabama ...

Alabama Arise announces Citizen's Policy Project's 2012 legislative priorities - al.com
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:46:06 GMT

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Alabama Arise announces Citizen's Policy Project's 2012 legislative priorities
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Arise also will be offering practical help and seminars around the state in the next two years as uninsured families begin sorting their health insurance options. Although Alabama is one of 26 states suing to have the federal Affordable Care Act of ...

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