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NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
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Weekly Health Policy Digest
Monday, September 22, 2003
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| Women would benefit from expanding tax-preferred health
accounts, says Celeste Colgan and Michael F.
Cannon....
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| NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
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| Some older drugs are as effective as new drugs
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patients and doctors should make those calls, not
government....
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| PHARMA/USA TODAY
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| Canadian pharmacies sent counterfeit drugs to purchasers
over the Internet, says the Food & Drug
Administration....
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| ASSOCIATED PRESS/NEW YORK TIMES
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| Teen tanning associated with risky behaviors such as
drinking and smoking, according to a new study....
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| ARCHIVES
OF PEDIATRICS AND ADOLESCENT MEDICINE/WALL STREET JOURNAL
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| Nonprescription drugs save $30 billion in other health
care spending, roughly equal to their cost to
consumers....
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| BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS JOURNAL
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| Surgical infections affect 780,000 patients, increasing
the chance of dying and requiring costly treatment....
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| WALL
STREET JOURNAL
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| Medical cost of diabetics is 2.4 times higher than for
nondiabetics, and is largely preventable, says a new
report....
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| U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
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| Reducing pesticide use will not prevent diet-related
cancer, say researchers....
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