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Health care company offers bike-sharing program   -- Some companies provide car service. Humana Inc. does bike share. The health care provider started a free bike-sharing program for its employees at its Louisville, Kentucky, headquarters about a year and a half ago.

Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies   Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Baxter fell $.02 or percent, to $68.26.

Lawmakers, executives discuss health care reform  In an effort to show they are part of the health-care crisis solution, not the problem, a contingent of medical insurance executives spent Wednesday in Salt Lake talking with a contingent of small business executives and state lawmakers.

Economy may stall push for health care  A drop in the number of people who lacked health insurance last year reflects a push by states to cover more lower-income adults and children, but the gains might unravel during the economic slowdown, economists and health experts say.

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Health officials brace for back-to-school mumps outbreak  B.C.'s top health officer says health-care workers are ready if the number of cases of mumps jumps dramatically once school resumes next month.

Bartow Saves Money With New Health Insurance  BARTOW | A new health insurance plan for city employees will save the city an estimated $232,000 annually, commissioners learned Wednesday.At a special meeting, city commissioners approved the plan, which will cost the city about $1.62 million annually with Blue Cross/Blue Shield beginning Oct. 1, when the 2008-09 fiscal year starts.

Surplus prompts health funding row  A political row broke out over health funding on Wednesday as the National Health Service forecast a £1.75bn surplus for the current financial year.

NASA Security Badges are a Health and Safety Risk  Of all the things that could possibly go wrong for the US space agency, you wouldn't expect the security ID badge holder of NASA employees to rank very high on the list of "risks." Unfortunately, the new high-tech security badge holders recently issued to NASA employees have been identified as having a fairly problematic health [...]

Baptist Health Buys Former Southwest Regional Facilities  Baptist Health System has purchased the buildings and land that housed the former Southwest Regional Medical Center in Little Rock.

Pakistan takes up issue of Aafia’s deteriorating health with US  WASHINGTON, Aug 27: The Pakistani Embassy in Washington has conveyed its concern to the United States on the media reports about detained Pakistani neuroscientist Ms. Aafia Siddiqui’s worsening health condition in the detention centre and provision of inadequate medical care.

Number Of Americans Lacking Health Coverage Falls   The number of people in the U.S. without health coverage fell for the first time in seven years in 2007, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, but there was no change in the partisan divide over reform.

B.C. health agency may ban deli meat in its facilities  The Vancouver coastal health authority will consider banning deli meats in its hospitals, seniors' homes and care facilities because of the deadly listeria outbreak across the country, a spokesman said Wednesday.