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Health Highlights: Nov. 28, 2008   Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

ABQ Health Partners unveils new signs  ABQ Health Partners is replacing its old Lovelace signs in the City Different for its one-year anniversary of becoming an independant physician-owned medical group.

Up, up and away: Health care premiums rising  It's that time of year again. Time to find out how much your health insurance premiums will rise. Not if they're rising, but rather how much more you and your employer will pay next year, because at this point, some increase is almost a given. "If we were back in the Roman days I would have been killed years ago because they always sacrificed the messenger," joked Jim Elrod, president of the ...

Singapore, Sweden sign MOU on regulation of health products  SINGAPORE: Singapore��s Health Sciences Authority HSA and its Swedish regulatory counterpart, the Medical Products Agency MPA, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the regulation of health products.

Innovis Drops Health Plan  Innovis Health in Fargo is notifying 1,500 patients that it will no longer honor Medicare Advantage health insurance plans as of April 1. The health plans for seniors are an alternative to traditional Medicare with supplemental coverage.

Pentagon, VA improve sharing of health info  Dr. Ross Fletcher, chief of staff of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C., asked a recent patient, a war veteran, how many times he had been exposed to the blast of an improvised explosive device. Answer: about 11.

Taking the First Steps toward Better Health   - Taking the first step toward a healthier lifestyle can seem overwhelming. The American Medical Association AMA suggests that one way to start might be with small changes that can lead to big health benefits.

Health Ministry, other agencies frame guidelines for management of obesity  Health ministry along with the Diabetics Foundation of India, All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS, Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR, National Institute of Nutrition and 20 other eminent organizations have released the first consensus Indian guidelines for the prevention and management including drug and surgical treatment of obesity and metabolic syndrome.

Many continue to rely on ERs  The vast majority of Bay State residents have health insurance and a primary-care physician, but many are still relying on hospital emergency rooms for care that could have been handled less expensively by their family doctors, according to a new survey.

Omak schools to seek health clinic  OMAK - After agreeing that a medical clinic at Omak High School will not provide condoms or other birth control, the Omak School Board decided Tuesday to apply for grants to offer students primary-care services at school.

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