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Intrathoracic Impedance Predicts Heart-Failure Events in PARTNERS-HF
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Fluid indices crossing a predefined threshold significantly increased the risk of subsequent heart-failure decompensation, shortness of breath, peripheral edema, and fatigue, suggesting impedance data can help stratify patients at risk for worsening heart failure, report investigators. Heartwire
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Health Net Cuts Outlook Again, Shares Fall
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Health insurer Health Net Inc cut its full-year forecast significantly on Tuesday for the second time since April, blaming higher patient costs and enrollment losses due to the weakening U.S. economy, and its shares fell 16 percent. Reuters Health Information
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Less Medicare Pain Seen for U.S. Nursing Homes
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Nursing home stocks could get a bounce next week if feared cuts worth billions of dollars to their reimbursement rates under the U.S. Medicare insurance program for the elderly are softened. Reuters Health Information
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