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Survey: Employers shift more insurance costs to workers Kansas City Star By TONY PUGH An annual survey released Thursday finds that workers are paying, on average, about $482 more for job-based family health insurance this year as companies force employees to shoulder more of the burden of health care costs. ... See all stories on this topic »

Rapid TB Test Shows High Accuracy MedPage Today By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today Explain to interested patients that a rapid test for tuberculosis and rifampin resistance was highly sensitive and specific even in patients who were smear-negative but culture positive. ... See all stories on this topic »

Experimental Novartis drug shows malaria promise Reuters Zambian villagers display a mosquito net in Matongo village, about 60 km (37 miles) from Livingstone, April 23, 2008. By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - An experimental Novartis drug can clear malaria infection in mice with a single dose and scientists ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

Organic strawberries are better — in some ways — researchers say Los Angeles Times They have more antioxidants and vitamin C than their conventional counterparts, a study says. But they come up short by other measures — potassium and phosphorus, for example. An organically grown strawberry. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) By ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Orexigen, Takeda in $1 bln deal for obesity drug Reuters LOS ANGELES, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Orexigen Therapeutics Inc (OREX.O) said it sold the North American marketing rights for its experimental weight-loss drug, Contrave, to Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (4502.T) in a deal that could be worth more ... See all stories on this topic »

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