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Health insurer reenters R.I. market  Tufts Health Plan, a Massachusetts-based health insurer, announced yesterday that it is returning to Rhode Island to challenge the two insurers dominating the market.

Health insurer reenters R.I. market  Tufts Health Plan, which left the state in 1999 following a price war, has gained approval to begin offering medical insurance to Rhode Island residents.

Nitrate Concentrations of Ground Water Increasing in Many Areas of the United States  Nitrate is the most common chemical contaminant in the world's ground water, including in aquifers used for drinking-water supply. Nitrate in drinking water of the United States is regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency USEPA because of concerns related to infant health and possible cancer risks.

Men's Health Fair Educates Central Georgians  The American Cancer Society estimates that during 2008 doctors will diagnose more than 186,000 new cases of prostate cancer in the United States. Central Georgia Technical College held a Men's Health Fair Saturday to try to reduce those statistics.

Most Americans Want to Change Health Care  Angus Reid Global Monitor - Adults in the United States believe their medical services are due for a transformation, according to a poll by CBS News and the New York Times. 50 per cent of respondents think the health care system requires fundamental changes, and 35 per cent want to completely rebuild it.

Health Highlights: Sept. 20, 2008   Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

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.

University theme urges 'Health and Wellness'  There are 23.6 million children and adults in the United States, or 7.8 percent of the population, who have diabetes. This is one of the leading medical treatment expenditures on healthcare plans today. Western Illinois University has taken notice and is doing everything in its power to spark a change, making the campus aware of health and wellness by promoting it as the university theme.

Hospital Group Says Doc Operated On Wrong Knee  State health officials in Rhode Island were investigating how a surgeon operated on the wrong knee of a patient Friday at the Miriam Hospital, part of a medical network that was reprimanded and fined $50,000 last year for three mistaken surgeries at another of its facilities.

Health care charges cloaked in confusion  It began with a dizzy spell. Before long, though, what really had my head spinning was the inscrutable way that health-care providers and insurers put a dollar value on medical services -- and how that leaves patients unable to determine a fair price for any treatment.

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