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Carestream Health to sell imaging IT line to Philips

Carestream Health is selling its healthcare information systems line of imaging IT solutions to Philips. The Rochester, N.Y.-based company has reached an agreement, announced earlier today, to sell its enterprise imaging platform to the Netherlands-based company. Carestream will retain its medical imaging, dental and industrial films, non-destructive testing, and precision coating businesses, which are not… Read More »

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Brazil’s health agency has concluded a re-evaluation of the safety of the weedkiller glyphosate, the most widely-used agriculture chemical in the country, and will present the findings and recommended guidelines for its future use on Tuesday, an official said. Reuters: Health News – powered by FeedBurner

Maine companies send workers to Boston for health care at 'fraction of the cost' – Press Herald

The same medical procedure can cost up to three or four times as much in Maine as it does in Boston, prompting some Maine companies that fund their own employee health insurance plans to send workers down to Boston for major operations. But some health care analysts have warned against that strategy, saying it only… Read More »