"Health & Medical News"

Washington — Offering health insurance is a first step employers can take to improve employees’ well-being. A second step increasingly is likely to be taken: ensuring that the health care employees receive adequately addresses the needs of an ever-more-diverse work force.

Striving to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care is now recognized as a good business practice by some large employers, and a new coalition of business, medicine and public health groups has been formed to help advance this goal.

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Officials who accredit medical schools are busier than usual these days. The creation of new campuses and the expansion of existing ones has accreditation agencies hopping as state officials and medical educators seek more physicians to prevent a shortage.

In 2007, seven allopathic medical schools were in various stages of the accreditation process. Five osteopathic schools won provisional accreditation, which allows them to start admitting medical students.

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When Health Net held a conference call to discuss its third-quarter earnings, investment analysts pointed out one particular growth industry — covering mental health services for military members and their families.

Health Net President and CEO Jay Gellert agreed. He called the demand, fueled by the large number of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, a “positive surprise, which I think we anticipate to be ongoing.”

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An ever-growing number of drinking games aimed at college-age drinkers are hitting the marketplace, and more entrepreneurs are looking to cash in, ABC News reported Sept. 21.

Paper cups and ping-pong balls have been replaced with a variety of high-tech drinking games on college campuses and elsewhere. Examples include specialized dice, games involving roulette wheels, and drinking games based on the cartoon “Family Guy.” The latter orders players to drink when characters on the show take certain actions.

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