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Washington, DC - HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a series of new reports on the health care status quo that highlight the urgent need for health reform across the nation. The new reports are available at www.HealthReform.gov and include information on health care cost and quality in all fifty states.

Washington, DC - Women who suffer from migraine headaches in middle age accompanied by neurological aura (visual disturbances, dizziness or numbness that can precede migraines) are more likely to have damage to brain tissue in the cerebellum later in life, according to a study by researchers at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Icelandic Heart Association in Reykjavik.

ArcelorMittal and the American Red Cross are launching a new national partnership, Creating Safer Communities, designed to bring important safety training and resources to people who live and work in communities where ArcelorMittal operates. ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel company, provided a grant of $152,500 to be distributed in multiple communities across the US.

Atlanta, Georgia - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today unveiled LEANWorks!, a Website designed to help businesses address obesity.  LEAN stands for Leading Employees to Activity and Nutrition.  The new Website was announced at a National Business Group on Health meeting in Washington, D.C.

Washington, DC - Building on the historic $19 billion investment provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), efforts continued today to further the national adoption and implementation of health information technology (HIT) - an essential tool to modernize the health care system and bring about improved health for all Americans.