Medicare Reform Proposal Targets Doctor Spending Growth
Government plans a budget driven proposal to curb Medicare doctor payments and influence practice patterns. Officials say the initiative could save hundreds of millions yearly, with a first year target of at least 50 million, though doctors oppose government oversight of private practice.
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Roper
James Todd
American Medical Association
John E. Weinberg
Dartmouth Medical School
Congress
Office of Management and Budget
Tonegawa wins Medicine Prize for antibody diversity breakthrough
The 1987 Nobel Prize in Medicine honors Susumu Tonegawa for explaining how antibody diversity arises from genetic recombination. His work at Basel and MIT clarified how immune cells shuffle genetic material to create millions of antibodies, aiding vaccines and immunotherapy. He is the sixth Japanese laureate in science.
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Goran Holm
Nobel Assembly
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Japan
Alfred Nobel
Basel Institute For Immunology
Switzerland
MIT
Center For Cancer Research
Nagoya
Kenichi Fukui
Stanley Cohen
United States
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Italy
Oslo
Norway
Spencer: Husband's abuse led to years apart and repeated threats
The report details a history of domestic violence in which a husband assaulted his wife after marriage, throwing her, drawing blood, and dragging her from their home. She fled to her mother in St. Louis for three years before returning, only to endure further abuse as illnesses affected family.
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Robinson
West trial opens in Scott County on attempted murder charge
Attorneys began opening statements in Scott County District Court as Margaret West faces an attempted murder trial for allegedly shooting her husband Roger as he slept at 1042 Center St NE Cedar Rapids. Jury selection started after venue change. defense cites battered woman defense amid three days expected trial span.
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Margaret West
Roger
Center St. NE
Scott County District Court
West
Iran says advanced weapons access despite Gulf tensions
Dispatches quote Mohsen Rafiq Doust of the Revolutionary Guards claiming Iranian experts can manufacture aircraft and air defense missiles. U S sources report tanker convoy no issues as Navy escorts reflagged Kuwaiti vessels. Iran Iraq gulf war posture grows as U S weighs broader latitude to strike Iranian gunboats.
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Mohsen Rafiq- Doust
Revolutionary Guards
U.S
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Gas Princess
Sea Isle City
Ocean City
Beirut
Iraqi Kurdistan National Union
Gulf
Rome
Foreign Ministry
Italy
Giovanni Goria
Persian Gulf
U.S. Navy
Raleigh
Washington
Harold Bernsen
Middle East
Iran
Employers to tighten stance as union contracts near expiry
A survey of 215 companies with 1988 contracts shows 99 percent plan wage hikes at 4 percent or less with 29 percent aiming for 2 percent. Firms expect wage pressures from low unemployment and productivity gains, while unions like UMW and Teamsters face reduced clout.
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Bureau of National Affairs
Business Research
BNA
Brazils
Koreas
Stanley Mihelick
Goodyear Co
United Mine Workers Union
Teamsters
UMW
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