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Birth Control Risks
Each method of birth control comes with risks to your health. What are the general problems you could encounter?
Symptoms of Labor
Signs of labor occur after 36 weeks of pregnancy. Learn about the difference between real and false contractions. Plus, we outline signs of delivery complications.
Spleen Disorders Treatment
If your doctor confirms an enlarged spleen, your treatment options will vary. When will your spleen need to be removed? What else can be done?
Blood Pressure Symptoms
High blood pressure and low blood pressure manifest physical symptoms. Learn the signs of hypertension and hypotension here.
HIV Diagnosis
How do doctors diagnose HIV? How accurate are HIV tests? We answer these questions and more.
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2011 Market Facts
There have been many predictions about a strong future for the health-care workforce and new statistics appear to support those claims. Figures from a September U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report show national health-care employment rose by 30,000 job
Spain's Socialists woo voters with healthcare pledge
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's ruling Socialists promised to guarantee funding for public health care if they win November 20 elections by hiking taxes on alcohol and tobacco while cutting tax breaks for companies that offer employees private health cover.
Aarogyasri lays thrust on govt hospitals
The Aarogyasri Health Care Trust, set up by the Andhra Pradesh government four years ago to facilitate implementation of health insurance to the poor, is planning to focus more on government hospitals over private hospitals.
Showdown coming in Minn. over health exchanges
Health insurance exchanges are one of the pillars of the federal health care overhaul. Under the law, Minnesota, like all states, will eventually have an exchange -- an online marketplace where consumers and small businesses can compare and buy health pla
Supreme Court facing some of nation's hottest issues
The Supreme Court on Monday opens one of its most anticipated terms, in which the justices could strike down President Obama's health-care law, empower local police to arrest illegal immigrants and declare an end to affirmative action in colleges and univ