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A model wears a birth control patch that may be an alternative to birth control pills it's maker suggests. The patch is worn on the skin and delivers a hormone that produces the same results as the pill, researchers claim. The Food and Drug Administration approved the Ortho-Evra patch for women November 20, 2001. (Photo by Getty Images)
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In Palm Beach, doctors donate high-priced healthcare to low-income people with chronic disease.
In this Dec. 10, 2007 file photo, patrons sit inside a Starbucks in New York's Harlem neighborhood. A federal judge upheld a New York City health department regulation Wednesday, April 16, 2008 requiring chain restaurants with at least 15 outlets nationwide to post calories on menus. Starbucks and a few other chains have already started to comply with the regulation. (Bebeto Matthews/AP)
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Family members of Indian patients at Wockhardt Hospital pass a nursing station on the floor where American patients stay. The hospital draws westerners, most of them from the United States, who come because of low package prices for surgery that they otherwise could not afford. (David Butow/Redux for USN&WR)
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