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Health Highlights: Sept. 20, 2008   Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

AMA head raps lack of health insurance  Dr. Nancy Nielsen, the Buffalo physician and University at Buffalo Medical School senior associate dean who became the president of the American Medical Association in June, told UB medical students and alumni Friday that it was “unconscionable” that 47 million Americans do not have health insurance.

Most Americans Want to Change Health Care  Angus Reid Global Monitor - Adults in the United States believe their medical services are due for a transformation, according to a poll by CBS News and the New York Times. 50 per cent of respondents think the health care system requires fundamental changes, and 35 per cent want to completely rebuild it.

Minnesota Medical Trends / Companies launching on-site health clinics  Wilson Tool in White Bear Lake has joined a growing list of companies trying to control health care costs by building their own medical clinics.

Providence Health to drop lawsuit against Empire   Providence Health Care will drop its lawsuit against Empire Health Services involving some shared operations amid worries that the litigation could stop the sale of Deaconess Medical Center to a for-profit company.

Community Health Network plans Noblesville campus  NOBLESVILLE » Community Health Network will be the first tenant of a $20 million medical office campus at 146th Street and Cumberland Road. The 111/2- acre Hamilton Healthcare Campus will consist of two buildings offering primary care services, physician specialists, urgent care, occupational health care, imaging services and a pharmacy, according to a news release from developer Jackson ...

Ike creating public health disaster   HOUSTON, Sept. 19 UPI -- Medical officials in Texas treating patients for Hurricane Ike-related maladies or other ailments say the storm also created a near health disaster.

Free health screenings available today in Gary  GARY | The Wellmobile will offer free health screenings from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today next to Fifth Third Bank, 4511 W. Fifth St. Screenings will check blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, HIV and prostate cancer.

Emergency Health Centre at Willowbrook remains open during recovery period  Emergency Health Centre at Willowbrook, the northwest Houston, full-service emergency care facility, remains open 24 hours a day during the storm recovery period for those in need of medical attention.

Health Insurers Are Not AIG  Health insurers get hammered this week.

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