"Health & Medical News"

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Paying substance abuse treatment providers for results, not services, may lead to improved quality of care, according to the first published study of a novel performance-based contracting system implemented by the State of Delaware in 2002.

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A survey by the AIDS Project of Central Iowa found that most of the Democratic candidates for president said they would support needle exchange programs to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among injection-drug users, Medical News Today reported Nov. 30.

Each candidate was asked, “Do you support access to sterile syringes, as a means of protecting public health, by lifting the ban on federal funding for syringe exchange?” Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, former Sen. John Edwards, and Sen. Joseph Biden all answered “yes” to the question.

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Earl Dodge, a perennial presidential candidate for the Prohibition Party, has died at age 74, the Summit (Co.) Daily News reported Nov. 8.

Dodge, a resident of Lakewood, Co., was involved in the Prohibition Party since the 1930s. He won the party’s nomination for president in every campaign since 1984, and was preparing for the 2008 campaign when he died.

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