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States call for Medicaid, SCHIP help  U.S. states, facing dwindling resources, are asking the federal government for help to prevent cuts in Medicaid and children's health benefits, analysts say.Officials from such states as Utah, Nevada and California say that if federal help doesn't arrive soon, poor people who depend on Medicaid and the state children's health insurance program, or SCHIP, will see significant benefit cuts, ...

Scientists doubt utility of CT scan as heart test  BOSTON Reuters - The U.S. health insurance program for the elderly, Medicare, is spending money on state-of-the-art CT scanners without clear evidence showing their usefulness in combating heart problems, commentators in the New England Journal of Medicine said on Wednesday.

Scientists doubt CT scan as heart test  The US health insurance program for the elderly, Medicare, is spending money on state-of-the-art CT scanners without clear evidence showing their usefulness in combating heart problems, commentators in the New England Journal of Medicine said.

Progress in cancer fight, but Congress, States must step up efforts to reduce smoking, lung cancer  Delivering good news for our nation's health, a new report released by the nation's leading cancer organizations finds that, for the first time, both the incidence and death rates for all cancers combined are decreasing for both men and women, driven in part by declines in smoking and lung cancer.

California high court defines caregiver' narrowly in medpot law  CalNORML calls it a blow' to growers The Daily Journal The California Supreme Court on Monday for the first time defined "caregiver" as it relates to medical marijuana growing and struck down a line of defense that many marijuana growers have used when faced with prosecution.

Patent For Improved Cancer Therapy Device Received: New Design Would Deliver More Precise Radiation Doses At Lower Cost  Four physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's DOE Brookhaven National Laboratory have been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,432,516 B2 for the design of a "medical synchrotron" capable of delivering precision doses of proton radiation to cancerous tumors with minimal damage to surrounding healthy tissue.

Array of health care choices for Sonoma County workers  Thousands of Sonoma County workers are facing decisions about their health insurance, with many employer-sponsored insurance plans entering their annual open enrollment period.

Encouraging dip in rate of new cancers, deaths  WASHINGTON -- The rate of new cancer cases finally may be inching down -- cautiously optimistic news but a gain that specialists worry could be derailed by economic turmoil.

Watch for our HOLIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE coming November 26th in the CNA!  Michael ��Mickey�� Finn, 64, of Creston died Aug. 9, 2008, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Marion Havens, 81, of Greenfield died Nov. 19, 2008, at his home.

U.S. Cancer Deaths, New Cancers Decline  Title: U.S. Cancer Deaths, New Cancers Decline Category: Health News Created: 11/26/2008 Last Editorial Review: 11/26/2008

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