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February 2, 2010
Blood drives scheduled in February

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services is holding a dozen blood drives in February to keep the Colorado Springs blood supply well-stocked.

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By Bea Karnes, News First 5
February 1, 2010
Local Health Group Meets with White House

Top brass at the White House is calling on Pikes Peak Behavrioal Health Group for ideas on how to better serve returning troops.

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By Lindsay Watts, News Channel 13 - KRDO
January 20, 2010
Less Salt... Less Coronary Heart Disease

From The New England Journal of Medicine:  A new study projects that a population-wide reduction in dietary salt of 3 g per day (1200 mg of sodium per day) would reduce the annual number of new cases of Coronary Heart Disease by 60,000 to 120,000, stroke by 32,000 to 66,000, and myocardial infarction by 54,000 to 99,000 and to reduce the annual number of deaths from any cause by 44,000 to 92,000. 

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January 14, 2010
'Give us our damned data'

From the Empowered Patient special coverage series on the CNN website.

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By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent
January 14, 2010
U.S. obesity rates reaching a resting point, studies show

The assessments from the CDC indicate that Americans may have turned a corner in fighting weight problems. But health experts say there's more to be done to reverse the trend.

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By Jeannine Stein, Los Angeles Times
Empowered Patient

A special coverage section on the CNN website.  Areas of interest include, "you and your doctor", "health at home", "affording health care".

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