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Inter-State Physician Licensure System to Be Recommended
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A special committee under the National Governors Association is set to tell US governors that states must create a physician licensure system that works across state lines "in a uniform manner," permitting open interaction of physicians with other physicians and patients across boundaries. Medscape Medical News
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WellPoint Warning May Long Haunt HMO Stocks
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WellPoint Inc may have just shot down any investor hopes that U.S. health insurers could be a safe place to put their money in a troubled economy. Reuters Health Information
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Intensive-Glycemic-Control Arm of ACCORD Stopped
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The blood-glucose-lowering part of the ACCORD trial in patients with type 2 diabetes at especially high risk of heart disease has been stopped prematurely because of a higher rate of mortality in the patients in the intensive arm vs that in the standard arm. Heartwire
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