 February 25, 2009
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Obama Reiterates Commitment to Accessible Health Care
In a joint session of the U.S. Congress on February 24, President Barack Obama said his budget plan for the 2010 fiscal year to be released this week would include a “down payment on the principle that we must have quality, affordable health care for every American,” Reuters reports.
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February 17, 2009
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Smoking Cessation: Hispanics, Nicotine Patch Users Do Best
An addiction to cigarette smoking is truly difficult for HIV-positive people to break, according to a study comparing two smoking cessation strategies reported Wednesday, February 11, at the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Montreal. While no more than 10 percent of individuals participating in either strategy abstained from smoking for six months, study presenters Karen Tashima, MD, of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and her colleagues found much higher success rates among Hispanics compared with other racial or ethnic groups
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February 03, 2009
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Tom Daschle Withdraws HHS Secretary Nomination
Tom Daschle, who was tapped by President Barack Obama to become secretary of Health and Human Services, withdrew his nomination for the post earlier today, citing his widely publicized failure to pay $146,000 in back taxes, The Washington Post reports.
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