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New Analysis of Senate Health Reform Bill and President's Proposal Signal Significant Legal Changes AheadFriday, March 19, 2010 @ 9:45AMA new analysis of H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed on December 24, 2009 by the United States Senate, was released today by The GW School of Public Health and Health Services, Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program. This new analysis focuses on key legal changes in the Senate-passed legislation and highlights relevant provisions addressed in the President's health ...

Extreme Obesity Affecting More Children At Younger AgesFriday, March 19, 2010 @ 8:32AMExtreme obesity is affecting more children at younger ages, with 12 percent of black teenage girls, 11.2 percent of Hispanic teenage boys, 7.3 percent of boys and 5.5 percent of girls now classified as extremely obese, according to a Kaiser Permanente study of 710,949 children and teens that appears online in the Journal of Pediatrics. This is the first study to provide a snapshot of the ...

Foundation for the National Archives Elects Five to the Board of DirectorsFriday, March 19, 2010 @ 7:57AMPeter Cuneo, Sue Gin McGowan, Charles Ogletree, John Payton and Molly Raiser are newest members of the board

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'Yes, I killed my babies': Mother who murdered six newborns sentenced to 15 years in jailFriday, March 19, 2010 @ 6:35AM38-year-old Celine Lesage is said to have strangled two of her children with a cord and choked four others by placing her finger in their mouths.

The Arsenic Century, By James C WhortonThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 7:19PMThe next time you're having a bad day, pause for a moment to be grateful: that you weren't born in the Victorian age and consequently are not likely to be in danger of being poisoned by arsenic. Come, come, you might be thinking. This is a slender reason to be cheerful – who's to say that anyone would wish to slip a splash of arsenious acid into my cup of tea? But as James Whorton's book points ...

L.A. County supervisors' spending is investigatedThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 6:49PMProsecutors examine whether supervisors broke the law when they spent millions of taxpayer dollars on pet projects without public votes or discussion. Los Angeles County prosecutors are examining whether county supervisors broke the law when they spent millions of taxpayer dollars on pet projects without a public vote or discussion.

More Children Now Extremely ObeseThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 5:40PMNew research suggests that obesity in kids has reached epidemic proportions, reaching over 7 percent of boys, nearly 6 percent of girls, and nearly 12 percent in some specific ethnic groups. The study is based on a study study of 710,949 children and teens by Kaiser Permanente. This is the first study to provide a snapshot [...]

Extreme obesity affecting more children at younger agesThursday, March 18, 2010 @ 4:33PM( Kaiser Permanente ) Extreme obesity is affecting more children at younger ages, with 12 percent of black teenage girls, 11.2 percent of Hispanic teenage boys, 7.3 percent of boys and 5.5 percent of girls now classified as extremely obese, according to a study of 710,949 children and teens in the Journal of Pediatrics.This is the first study to provide an up-to-date snapshot of extreme obesity ...