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Daily Rounds: Partners Cutting Costs; The Liberal Gene; Vanishing Money And Alzheimer's; Free Birth Control Under Health Reform

Partners planning reduction of costs - The Boston Globe The state’s largest health care system says it will redesign care for thousands of patients and reduce administrative costs as part of a major new initiative intended in part to make treatment at its teaching hospitals more affordable. (Boston Globe) Can a 'liberal gene' determine political stance? Researchers say it's so - Los Angeles Times (articles.latimes.com) "[Researchers] reported that 'it is the crucial interaction of two factors – the genetic predisposition and the environmental condition of having many friends in adolescence – that is associated with being more liberal.'

Alzheimer’s Warning Sign - Money Problems - Vanishing Mind - NYTimes.com New research shows that one of the first signs of impending dementia is an inability to understand money and credit, contracts and agreements. (The New York Times)

Health Overhaul May Bring Free Birth Control : NPR Fifty years after the pill, another birth control revolution may be on the horizon: free contraception for women in the U.S., thanks to the new health care law...A panel of experts advising the government meets in November to begin considering what kind of preventive care for women should be covered at no cost to the patient, as required under President Barack Obama's overhaul. (npr.org)

This program aired on November 1, 2010. The audio for this program is not available.

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