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| Life expectancy dipped a bit for white women in U.S. | | Friday, April 22, 2016 6:30 PM | |
| | Life expectancy for white women has fallen a little, according to a new government report. Life expectancy held steady for black women and white men, and increased for black men, Hispanic men and Hispanic women. |
| Ohio Medicaid waiver could cost hospitals $2.5 billion | | Friday, April 22, 2016 5:03 PM | |
| | A provision of the pending Medicaid waiver request submitted by the administration of Republican Gov. John Kasich would eliminate 90-day retroactive coverage. That could cost hospitals as much as $2.5 billion over the course of the five-year waiver,... |
| Does drop in antidepressant use correlate with spike in suicides? | | Friday, April 22, 2016 1:17 PM | |
| | The rise in suicides over the past decade is a stark reversal of the declines seen during the 1980s. Some blame the way the primary-care system approaches depression, which, if left untreated contributes to a vast majority of suicide attempts. |
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