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Spending Rise for Health Care and Prescription Drugs Slows (New York Times)
National health spending grew in 2007 at the lowest rate in nine years, mainly because prescription drug spending increased at the slowest pace since 1963. Health Highlights: Jan. 6, 2009 (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Health Care Spending in U.S. Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Due to slower spending on prescription drugs, health-care spending in the United States grew at the lowest rate in a decade in 2007, a new federal report found. Homeopathy patients often say health improved (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Many people who opt for homeopathic therapy for their chronic ills report lasting improvements in their health, a new study finds. Nation's health spending rises, but not so much (AP via Yahoo! News)
Health care continued to take up a greater share of the economy in 2007, as spending on hospitals, doctors and other services increased 6.1 percent to $2.2 trillion. UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News (UPI)
Bush names three marine national monuments ... New poisonous spider species found ... Mayo Clinic violated U.S. regs on research ... Early trauma, chronic fatigue link found ... Health/Science news from UPI. Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Becton Dickinson fell $.73 or 1.1 percent, to $68.38. Jobs's Health Still Concerns Some Apple Shareholders (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Steve Jobs 's efforts to reassure Apple Inc. 's followers about his health left some investors with more questions than answers.
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