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(Prince George Citizen Online: Fri, 16 Nov) OTTAWA - A new report predicts Canada's health-care spending will reach $160.1 billion this year, up from $150.3 billion in 2006. The Canadian Institute for Health Information pegs the increase at 6.6 per cent - faster growth than the economy.
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 Tears, anguish over hospital of horrors
(Sydney Morning Herald: Fri, 16 Nov) ONE of the state's most senior intensive care doctors broke down as he gave evidence to a NSW parliamentary inquiry into North Shore Hospital.
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 $702m for 27 more beds
(Sydney Morning Herald: Fri, 16 Nov) Sydney hospital trauma chief tells inquiry how redevelopment falls short.
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 Journalism prize for TB reporting
(OneWorld South Asia: Fri, 16 Nov) Cape Town: A new prize for journalism was announced at the World Conference of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUALTD) by the Stop TB and Lilly MDR partnerships.
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 Milk thistle compound may protect against liver cancer
(Nutraingredients.com: Thu, 15 Nov) 11/15/2007 - A flavanone compound in milk thistle, silibinin, may stop the growth and spread of liver cancer, suggests a laboratory study from the University of California, Irvine.
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 Nigeria: ' NYSC Apprehends 1,000 Fake Corpers'
(AllAfrica.com: Thu, 15 Nov) The authorities of the National Youth Service Corps have apprehended about 1,000 fake youth corpers who did not pass through tertiary institutions but their names were forwarded for mobilisation.
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Duke Hospital Plans $596M Expansion
Health-care spending to hit $160-billion in 2007
