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thestotewide
Medicoidprogromin Mossochusetts.
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in Mossochusells
ore
screening
children(underoge 2l)for behoviorol
heolthdisorders,
ond referring
themfor
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os oppropriote.Thereore opproximotely
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be used.NYCHSRO
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thefoilureto providebehoviorol
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resuhed
in
o londmorkclossoctionlowsuitbetweenRosieD. ond the Governorof theCommonweolth
("Rosie
D."). In 2006, the courtdecisionin RosieD. required
MossHeolth,
the stotewide
Medicoidprogrom,
to usestondordized,
evidence-bosed
behoviorol
heolthscreening
inslruqnd
menlsto implemenf
the Federol
Medicoid'sEorlyond Periodic
Screening,
Diognosis
(EPSDT)
Treotment
to providebehoviorol
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heolthscreening
to eligiblechildren
under
(21) yeorsof oge. In fte remediolplon occepledby the U.S.DistrictCourt,
twenty-one
MossHeolth
ogreedto offerbehoviorol
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onnuollyot well-child
visitsond
to monitorond reportscreening
roles. TheUniversity
of Mossochusetts
this
is overseeing
ronitoring.Behoviorol
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wosfirstimplemented
on December
3.|, 2007ond
Vfrtensive corecoordinofion
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services
wereimplemented
storting in July2009.
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of delphio,ondseniorouthorof thereport.
soid Don Fox,chiefexeculive
o womonis whenshegivesbirth,the lower businesses,"
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her riskfor endometriol
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reports.
in women.
mon- heorfottqcksin menond strokes
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of Souihern ogersore offered
of the University
ventivemedicine
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ottocks
to
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tling
with
whether
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pooled
studies
doto
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concer costof coveringl0O moreemployees
included8,671 cosesof endometriol
forknown the penolties- whichwouldproboblycost or proppedopenwitho metoldevicecolledo
Afterodiusting
ond I 6,562controls.
well'known
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to slent.Duefo concern
foundthotwomenwho himless- butrisklosingvoluedemployees
risks,the reseorchers
propensity
lo cousestomochulcersin some
whochooseto offercoveroge.
hod theirlostbobiesofteroge 40 hod o 44 competitors
with o
with50 or morefull- potients,monyvorietiesore morketed
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concer,
percentreducedrisk of endometriol
to
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compored
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ol
ospirin
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troct.
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on
bosed
yet
coveroge,
undefined
25.
beforeoge
is cooted,Dr. FitzGerold
thqtfoil for heortprotection
income.Foremployers
Evenloterin life,womenwho govebirth on employee's
qt decreosed
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fhe low typicollycolls estimoted.
risk.By to offersuchcoveroge,
ofteroge 40 remoined
in o voried
of thedrugond resuhs
less for o penoltyof $2,000perworker,excluding obsorption
oge70,fhesewomenwerestill33 percent
hos beenroisedbefore.Dr. Bonow
owners response
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concerthonthose thefirst30 employees.
likelyto hoveendometriol
whoreollyneedospirin"-those
for ondconsulionts
wornthotoptingto hovemore soid "potients
whogovebi*h beforeoge25. Thereosons
heort
ottockor who hove underhoving
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monyworkers
ot onswerbecouse
moybe lhotwomenwho congei pregnont
ics moyployo rolehosn'lbeenwellstudied,
to findiobselsewhere.
endomefrium
o loteroge hoveq heolthier
soid.
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ollowswomen
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for UrinoryInfectionto be present Doubts
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3, 2012-Astudyof uri- FightingCholesterol
oge.
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treolmenls
in mensuggests Effects
norytroctinfection
moydo more 2012
of ontibiotics
Weigh lmpociof Providing thoto longercourse
SmollEmployers
o formof
suggests
evidence
Receniscientific
New YorkTimes- Novem- hormthongood.
HeolthInsuronceqbouto highwithfewside
Reseorchers
studied ontibiotic use in vitominB-5conlowercholesterol
ber30, 2012-Thereis confusion
suggestthe dietorysupplewith urinorytroctinfections,effects.Theresults
new low,the PotientProtection 33,336velerons
ly complicoled
in peoplewho cqn'ttolbe
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ment
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of cholesterol-lowering
the
side
effects
yeor.
erole
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within
o
monih
2014.
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o
ond
not
go
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effect
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sionsdo
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soy morereseorch
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orestilltweoking
officiols
foro weekor less,ondthe needed.
treotment
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ingdefiningexodlywhotconstilutes
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of vitominB-5sold
iso derivotive
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workweek.
drug in Jopon.lt is
overoll,ond os o cholesterol-lowering
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of
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group, fqctthofit is o buildingblockforcoenzyme
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thon
control
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fhe
higher
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rely
heovily
on
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ihoi
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group.
monyof whomdo not mokeenough long-treotment
workers,
dropped4o/omoe
tein,or "bod" cholesterol,
to offordtheirshoreof the costof the insur- Woll Street in thesubiects
gettingPontesin.
ore beingforcedto rethink CootedAspirin'sDrowbocks
once premiums,
- December
Pontethine,
of leostso for,oppeorslo hqve
ore
4,2012- Reseorchers
models.
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theirbusiness
ln q 2005 reviewo{ 28
the commonmedicolbeliefthot minimolsideeffects.
do notoffercoverogeto chollenging
hospitolity
employers
pon646 subiects,
triqls
lo
encompossing
resistonl
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people's
genesmokethem
to o re- some
occording
employees,
oll theirfull+ime
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found
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tethine
wos
report'
of
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the
heort-protective
benefits
o
benefits
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by
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centsurvey
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exfol potients
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soid ing in o studyTuesdoy
encedsideeffects,mostlymildgostrointesq;z
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olone,
sellpontethine
Monycomponies
400 heolthypotients issues.
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moiorretoilers.
odvises
severol
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to o singledose oftenwithsuggested
for their response
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o doy,typicollytwo pills.lt
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in September,wqs responsible
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of NYCHSRO's
progromouditing tions ond sirotegicdevelopment.
theWeCAREvendorsfor the NYC HumqnResources
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in PublicAdministrotion
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HomeHeolthCore. With
withNYCHSRO,
hosmodeo big impocfon theWeCARE monyyeorsof experience
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in the heolthcore
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industrySherlon
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workingwiththequditteomto designrevised
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orgonitoolsondguidelines
for theupdotedWeCARE
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olsoserves
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opened
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plonsto expondreviewoctivity
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NewEnglond
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ChiefMedicolofficer is the
seniorstoffmembersupervising
the office. Theorgonizotion'splon hos
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Universityof Mossochuselts
fo perform Chort Abstroctionservices(see
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