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Reassurances issued on Kanes

Allegheny County's Kane nursing home system started a half-century ago, but rarely has it received the public attention of the past two weeks. (Today)

Drug firm to pay Mass. $7 million to settle price claim

BOSTON -- A Pennsylvania-based pharmaceutical company will pay the Massachusetts Medicaid program $7 million to settle allegations that the company inflated the prices of drugs. (Today)

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John Weir, right, president and chief executive officer of the Hypnosis Center for Motivation and Habit Management, in his session with Lenny Bilski, 22, of Pleasant Hills, on Friday.

New Year's resolutions anyone? Hypnotists say they motivate

Now, I want you to make yourself comfortable. Relax and just focus on the story in front of you. Just read my words. (Yesterday)

Hypnotist John Weir

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David Kish, left, director of emergency services, said the expansion will reduce waiting time.

St. Clair dedicates new emergency room

An empty waiting room. That's the goal of the staff of the emergency department at St. Clair Hospital, where a $13.5 million renovation and expansion project was dedicated Dec. 17. (Yesterday)

	David Kish
	Emergency room

Conscience can now be guide for reproductive health workers

An 11th-hour rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is stirring national controversy by allowing people who provide reproductive health services to refuse information or procedures that violate their conscience. (01/03/2009)

Saturday, January 3, 2009