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Health Highlights: June 11, 2008
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In the 1980s, Hotchner partnered with Newman to start "Newman's Own," a salad dressing company that has branched out to other food products. By 2007, the company had contributed more than $200 million in profits to charity, according to the "Newman's Own" Web site.
Hotchner told theAPthat Newman had an operation a few years ago "somewhere in the area of the lung."
"Everybody is hopeful," he said of Newman's prognosis. "That's all we know."
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American Tab for Allergy Sufferers: $11 Billion
It may be nothing to sneeze at, but $11 billion is how much Americans spent on doctor bills, prescription drugs, and other medical costs to fight allergy symptoms, the federal government revealed Wednesday.
The total for 2005, the most recent year evaluated, was nearly double the $6 billion spent five years earlier, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality said.
The analysis from the agency, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, also found:
Some 22 million Americans visited a doctor, got a prescription drug, were hospitalized, or received home health care for allergy symptoms in 2005.Some $7 billion was spent on prescription drugs, and the remaining $4 billion was divided among doctor visits and hospital outpatient care.From 2000 to 2005, the annual average cost of allergy treatment rose from $350 per person to $520.
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Hong Kong, Fighting Bird Flu Outbreak, Orders Mass Chicken Cull
Hong Kong has begun culling all chickens in its markets and retail outlets after finding the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu among fowl in a total of seven markets, theBloombergnews service reported Wednesday.
