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Study Reveals Prevalence Of Disordered Eating In Patients With Anxiety
Doctors and other health workers should be more aware of the high risk of eating disorders among people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and other anxiety disorders.

Ilaris® Recommended For European Approval As New Biologic Drug To Treat A Rare But Serious Group Of Auto-inflammatory Diseases
The biotechnology medicine Ilaris® (canakinumab) has passed another major milestone with a recommendation for approval in the European Union to treat patients with a life-long and potentially fatal auto-inflammatory disease called cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS). When approved, Ilaris will be the only treatment in the EU indicated for CAPS patients aged four years and older[1].
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Federal Program Cracks Down On Medicare Fraud In Houston
A federal program targets Medicare fraud in the Houston area as news of three cases representing at least $35 million in false claims emerged within the past week. The Houston Chronicle reports on the three cases, noting: "These Houston-area scams alleged in two FBI complaints and one Montgomery County indictment were among six reported nationally in a single week - representing at least $285 million in false billings, records showed. "This is an astounding amount," said Houston"s FBI spokeswoman Pat Villafranca. The $285 million is more than four times the amount stolen during robberies of U.S. banks during all of 2008, she said. This month, Houston became the fourth metropolitan area - joining Miami, Los Angeles and Detroit - to create a ramped-up fraud strike force. It goes by the acronym "HEAT," Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team."
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NY Times Interview With Sebelius: "I'm Very Encouraged"

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, spoke to The New York Times about the state of health care reform on Capitol Hill during a 15-minute interview. About President Obama, Sebelius said: "I"ve been very encouraged by his absolute focus on the fact that this is a moment - we"re not going to lose this moment ... he wasn"t dissuaded by lots of pundits and politicos who said, "Oh it"s too hard, it"s too much, it"s too heavy a lift, you know, we can"t do it now, we should wait," and really has pressed forward. Also, I"m encouraged by the House and Senate who really are, I think, actively engaged in drafting legislation. What the president wisely assessed, looking at what did not happen in the early "90s, was that unless there was some real ownership, unless members of Congress owned drafting and crafting and did some heavy lifting and then owned the final work product, it wasn"t going to work." She notes: "There"s no question that the next several weeks in Congress are not only the sort of heavy lifting but that there will be a lot of times when it appears that everything is falling apart. Anytime specific legislative language is crafted, there"s something to hate about it... I do think there"s a sense of urgency and a commitment certainly among the House and Senate leadership to try and get a bill through those bodies by the time Congress recesses in August. That sets up a time clock that - even if it"s hard - I think that a lot of people are focused on." Sebelius says that the public option and cost pose difficulties but notes: "I think people need to remember is when a price tag of approximately $1 trillion over a decade is talked about, at least if the Congress adopts much of the president"s proposal, at least two-thirds of that is money that is currently in the health system ... we are talking about money that is currently being spent or misspent on health care that could be spent in a more effective strategy" (Sack, 6/18). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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