Medicare Roundup: Changes From Health Reform, Payments For HIV Patients
USA Today: “Perhaps the biggest factor in whether your Medicare costs will rise or fall depends on your Medicare plan. There are two: a traditional Medicare plan run by the federal government and Medicare Advantage, which is run by private insurance companies. Medicare Advantage costs more than the traditional plan, but provides more generous benefits. There are 10.2 million seniors who have …

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Health Calendar
A fitness program for veterans is accepting new applicants. The program is offered free-of-charge to qualifying veterans returning from active duty with a disability.

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Health Buzz: Use of Medical Scans in the ER Soaring
Gardasil protects older women and gay men; Michelle Kwan talks about post-Olympics life (and health).

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Marengo ranks 10th-worst in health in Alabama
Six Black Belt counties among bottom 10

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Health Chat
The Truth About High-Protein Diets

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Health Highlights: Jan. 29, 2010
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

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Health chiefs ration expensive weight-loss surgery
WEIGHT-LOSS surgery which it is claimed could benefit 10,000 people in Oxfordshire is being rationed by county health chiefs to save money.

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