December 02, 2008

• CMS Chooses Porter Novelli for 2009 Medicare Outreach
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  WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Washington, D.C. office of Porter Novelli announced last week that it has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for outreach and awareness activities for the 2009 Medicare Open Enrollment season.
• General Motors to trim contract employee staff (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
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  General Motors Corp. says it has notified several employment agencies that it intends to cut contract jobs as it continues to shrink its work force to match lower U.S. sales.
• Lighten Up 4 Life: Program aims to help community lose weight (Asheville Citizen-Times)
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  Diane Crowe was simply tired of being overweight when she signed up to compete in Mission Hospitals’ Lighten Up 4 Life weight loss challenge in January.
• NCPA Statement Supporting H.R. 6353
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• Smoking parents can hook kids on nicotine - Calgary Herald
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  You know smoking sets a bad example for the kids and second-hand smoke is harmful. As if that wasn't warning enough, a strongly worded Montreal study shows someone else's smoke can lead to nicotine addiction in children.
  
• Healthcare Organization's Name Change Effective Today
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  COLUMBIA, S.C., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- With its recent growth outside the borders of South Carolina and an expanded mission to provide more of the nation's uninsured with its prescription drug program, CommuniCare has announced a name change to Welvista, effective today.
• Morehead Announces Client Awards at Inaugural Users' Conference
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  Inaugural conference was forum for sharing best practices, strategies for managing talent.
• Robert G. Miller Named Managing Director of Underwriting Services
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  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Examination Management Services, Inc. (EMSI), a leading provider of comprehensive underwriting solutions to the life insurance and life settlement industries, is pleased to appoint Robert G. Miller as managing director of the Underwriting Services division. In this position, Miller will focus on expanding the company's solid growth in the life insurance market and the rapidly developing life settlement market. He will be based in Chicago, IL and will report to Robert Brook, EMSI's executive vice president and chief development officer.
• Horny Goat Weed may offer Viagra alternative: study (Reuters)
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  Reuters - A Chinese herbal remedy called horny goat weed is a promising alternative to Viagra for impotent men, Italian researchers said on Monday.

  
  
• Study links birth size and breast cancer (Reuters)
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  Reuters - Women who were bigger and longer babies may be more likely to develop breast cancer, researchers reported on Tuesday.

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