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Cindy Mann To Lead Center For Medicaid And State Operations
CQ HealthBeat reports on reactions to Cindy Mann"s appointment as Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations, noting that liberals are hailing her appointment and "saying she"ll counter steps taken by the Bush administration to tighten eligibility and alter benefits."
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NIH Res Grant Extended For The National Re For Aplysia
The National Re for Aplysia at the University of Miami"s Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science has had its res grant with the National Institute for Health (NIH) extended for an additional five years. The National Re for Aplysia is the only facility in the world that cultures and raises Aplysia californica, commonly known as sea hares or sea slugs. Over the course of the next five years, the facility will receive $2.7 million from the NIH to raise these animals, which are used to study the basic mechanisms of memory and learning while providing insight into diseases such as Alzheimer"s and Parkinson"s.
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What Are Warts? What Causes Warts?
Warts are skin growths which are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) - they are non-cancerous. The virus causes keratin, a hard protein in the epidermis (the top layer of the skin) to grow too fast. Warts are different from moles. While moles are dark and can be quite large, warts tend to be small, skin-colored rough lumps. Warts most commonly appear on a person"s hands and feet.
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A Selection Of Recent Opinion Pieces

How Safeway Is Cutting Health Care Costs - Wall Street Journal At Safeway we believe that well-designed health-care reform, utilizing market-based solutions, can ultimately reduce our nation"s health-care bill by 40 percent (Steven A. Burd, 6/12). Potshots At Public Health Plan - Boston Globe With all the talk about bipartisanship and pragmatism from the White House, there has been concern that President Obama might settle for a low-voltage health reform bill that would only tinker with the system"s runaway costs and remove just a few million from the roster of 47 million uninsured (6/12). Health Care IT"s Diagnosis: Excellent - Forbes Entrepreneurs are seizing opportunities in this burgeoning sector (Sramana Mitra, 6/12). Democrats And The Health Tax Taboo - Wall Street Journal What is clear is that it is only now - as details finally start to leak out - that the health-care debate begins (Kimberley A. Strassel, 6/12). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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