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Risk Assessment Defined

Anticipating the cost of providing health care to groups of enrollees. Actuarial assessments examine utilization history, demographics, health characteristics, environmental attributes, and other sociological, economic and market characteristics.

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AstraZeneca Knew of Seroquel Risks in 2000, According to Filing

Published December 4, 2008, 4:00 pm, Bloomberg

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- AstraZeneca Plc ., which faces more than 15,000 claims filed by consumers who alleged the antipsychotic drug Seroquel causes diabetes, knew of the risk as far back as 2000, according to company documents shown in court.

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New tool to fight domestic violence

Published December 4, 2008, 3:10 pm, Inverell Times

A RISK-ASSESSMENT tool soon to be introduced will help frontline workers better evaluate women and children's risk of domestic violence, allowing experts to intervene earlier to prevent deaths and injuries.

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Health Canada makes it official: BPA is health hazard

Published December 4, 2008, 2:49 pm, Canada.com

Canada on Saturday will become the first country to formally declare bisphenol A hazardous to human health and officially inform the baby-product industry it will no longer be able to use the chemical in baby bottles.

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Cutting The Cord To Determine Babies' Health Risk From Toxic Exposure

Published December 4, 2008, 2:28 pm, Science Daily

Despite the well-known dangers of first- and secondhand smoke, an estimated ten percent of pregnant women in the US are smokers. Now, in the first study of its kind, a team of researchers has completed a global assessment of newborns' umbilical cord blood to provide the first assessment of proteins detectable in infant blood and to identify possible molecular predictors, or biomarkers, of fetal ...

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Arab Republic of Egypt"”2008 Article IV Consultation, Preliminary Conclusions of the IMF Mission

Published December 4, 2008, 2:02 pm, IMF

1. Economic performance since 2004 has been impressive, underpinned by the structural reform program that has included tax reform and fiscal consolidation, the liberalization of foreign trade, investment, and the exchange market, the privatization of state entities, and measures to strengthen bank balance sheets and banking supervision.

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River's out of sight, not out of mind

Published December 4, 2008, 1:47 pm, Montreal Gazette

Hydro-Québec is preparing to dam yet another huge, wild river in Quebec's hinterland and as a second round of public hearings on the environmental impacts of the project begin this evening, some Montrealers may well be wondering if and why they should care.

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Will Recent Contracts Help Lockheed Martin Weather the Storm?

Published December 4, 2008, 1:16 pm, Schaeffers Research

This article notes the potential %241.1 billion in contracts that Lockheed Martin (LMT: sentiment, chart, options) recently scored, with the aerospace issue slated to build weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...( Read More )

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Children do well 5 years after liver transplant

Published December 4, 2008, 12:39 pm, Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research indicates that most children who are 5-year survivors of liver transplantation have good graft function; however, chronic medical conditions and complications affecting other organs are common in this patient population.

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More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer

Published December 4, 2008, 12:26 pm, MedicineNet.com

Title: More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer Category: Health News Created: 12/4/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/4/2008

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Demand Prompts WakeMed To Host Second Stand By Your Man

Published December 4, 2008, 12:11 pm, MyNC.com

WakeMed Health & Hospitals is hosting its second Stand By Your Man in 2008 on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at WakeMed North Healthplex from 5 to 8 pm. 

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