After 50, it’s time to de-junk the diet 
So here’s the thing: We all know we should eat the right foods. But we all grew up eating the wrong ones like meat and potatoes, pasta and meatballs, bacon and eggs and that’s what we like best.
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Omnicare To Pay Federal Government, 43 States $49.5M To Settle Allegations It Overcharged Medicaid For Prescription  
Omnicare, a Kentucky-based prescription drug and medical services supplier for nursing homes, this week agreed to pay $49.5 million to the federal government and 43 states to settle Medicaid prescription drug fraud allegations, CQ HealthBeat reports (CQ HealthBeat, 11/15). The allegations resulted from whistleblower lawsuits filed in U.S. [click link for full article]
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Holiday Heartburn: Tasty Treats May Trigger Acid Reflux 
Whether it’s thoughts of sugarplums, turkey and mashed potatoes covered in gravy, sweet potatoes, or pumpkin pies with whipped cream dancing in your head, no holiday celebration would be complete without food – and lots of it. But some tasty holiday treats may leave you reaching for the antacids instead of another turkey drumstick. [click link for full article]
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Oral, Once-daily Rivaroxaban Shows Similar Efficacy And Safety To Enoxaparin For Prevention Of VTE After Major  
Phase II clinical trial results published today in Circulation (2006;114:2374-2381) highlight the potential of a simple, once-daily dosing regimen of the novel, oral anticoagulant rivaroxaban (BAY 59-7939), a direct Factor Xa inhibitor. [click link for full article]
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Medford cop helps save infant 
Born with a cluster of birth defects, little Alexander Stephens has had plenty of medical problems in his 41 2 months of life open-heart surgery, acid-reflux disease, a feeding tube and several bouts of pneumonia.
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In tune with failure: 5 celeb song flubs 
Here are five instances of famous flubs among singers both professional and non- who seem to err more often than the average person who has to utter words for a living. While there have been many over the years, these stand out for sheer embarrassment.
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