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Health Highlights: Sept. 21, 2008   Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Allegiance Health aiming to improve ER experience  By Chris Gautz | Allegiance Health has hired a new contractor to take over the medical direction and physician staffing of its emergency room in an effort to improve patient satisfaction and cut patient waiting time.

BMC/Drexel Report Finds Food Prices In Boston And Philadelphia 50 Percent Higher  Researchers from the Children's Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program C-SNAP at Boston Medical Center and Drexel University School of Public Health, have reported that low-income families in Boston and Philadelphia using food stamp benefits do not have the financial resources to buy the Thrifty Food Plan, the standardized food plan used as the basis for calculating food stamp benefits by the U.

Emergency Health Centre at Willowbrook remains open during recovery period  Emergency Health Centre at Willowbrook, the northwest Houston, full-service emergency care facility, remains open 24 hours a day during the storm recovery period for those in need of medical attention.

Health insurance options after losing a job  If you've just lost your job, what are the best options for preserving some form of health insurance? First, don't confuse ��best�� with ��affordable.�� One of the first lessons many unemployed people learn is how expensive health insurance can be.

Farm, Ranch Families Struggle With Rising Health Care Costs  WASHINGTON �� America��s farm and ranch families are paying top dollar for health insurance that inadequately covers their needs and causes them significant financial risk, according to a report released today from The Access Project and sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Scheme base rates too low, say doctors  The issue of how to determine guideline tariffs for healthcare providers is once again proving contentious. Medical practitioners are up in arms over a general 8.7-percent increase put forward by the Department of Health.

Vallejo Chamber offers health insurance help  The Vallejo Chamber of Commerce has joined other local chambers in offering a new small business health insurance option. Ben-E-Lect can save small businesses money by offering a relatively low-cost, high-deductible plan, an especially important thing in the present

Weigh options when deciding on health insurance if unemployed  If you��ve recently lost your job, or are soon to be unemployed, you��re going to want to know what your health insurance options are.

Strong association found between prevalence of low white blood count and women of African descent  Researchers from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center, have found a strong association between women of African descent from the U.S. and Caribbean, who are otherwise healthy, and the prevalence of neutropenia, or low white blood count. Neutropenia, which is associated with race and ethnicity, ...

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