Patton Boggs lobbying firm buys group run by Lott, Breaux
Washington’s biggest lobbying firm just got a lot bigger: Patton Boggs on Thursday announced the purchase of the Breaux-Lott Leadership Group, a smaller family-style firm run by two of the Senate’s most influential alumni.
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Students’ China Travels Derailed by Quarantine
Twenty-two high school students from Maryland and the District ventured to Beijing last week to practice Chinese and tour China. But after several of them caught swine flu, the whole group received a crash course in the Chinese health-care system.
By Studying a Syndrome That Affects Only a Few, Scientists Hope to Help the Many Who Overeat
Imagine feeling hungry — starving, even — all the time, no matter how much you eat. So hungry that you would shoplift, sneak, steal or secretly order takeout food to sate your appetite, without regard for consequences.
Book World: Christine Montross on ‘A Brain Wider Than the Sky’ by Andrew Levy
This unflinching self-scrutiny is what elevates “A Brain Wider Than the Sky” beyond many less successful memoirs of illness. As readers, we’re caught in Levy’s conundrum.
By the Numbers
There was a dramatic shift away from the four primary-care disciplines and toward specialization between 1998 and 2006. Here’s how the numbers changed as medical school graduates selected residency programs:
EPA to Pay Health Bills for People Sickened by Asbestos From Montana Mine
The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday declared its first-ever “public health emergency,” saying the federal government will funnel $6 million to provide medical care for people sickened by asbestos from a mine in northwest Montana.
Hands-on Therapies Were Top-Rated by 14,000 Consumers
