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Economy Squeezing Access To Health Care
As unemployment rises, many Florida women are "turning to federally subsidized mammograms and pap smears, and county health officials are worried they could be overwhelmed," The Orlando Sentinel reports. "Since 1990, the Centers for Disease Control [and Prevention] has provided free and low-cost mammograms and pap smears to uninsured or underinsured women between 40 and 64 years old. In Florida, only women 50 to 64 years old qualify. Although the number of women screened in Florida through this federal program has increased through the years, unemployment in women 55 to 64 years old has nearly doubled, from 3.4 percent in 2008 to 6.3 percent now. Demand always has exceeded available services - only 15 percent of eligible women get the breast exams, according to the CDC - but the number of women who will now qualify for the free tests is expected to outstrip the funding provided by Congress" (Maza, 7/15).
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State News: Overrides, Cuts And Fraud
The Connecticut legislature used its override in both chambers to undo seven vetoes by the governor, including one to cover most Connecticut residents, called SustiNet, The Hartford Courant reports: "Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney said that healthcare, "in many ways, has become a cloud of worry"" over much of society. SustiNet"s nine-member board of directors will study the issue (covering people and cost) for 17 months before giving its recommendations to the legislature in January 2011" (Keating, 7/20).
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For Improved Pitching, Pay Attention To The Pelvis

A strong throwing arm isn"t the only factor on which to judge pitchers; experts at the American College of Sports Medicine"s 56th Annual Meeting in Seattle say the pelvis may be a strong predictor of future pitching success in baseball. The study evaluated 24 professional-level pitchers in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization aged 18 to 26 to gauge their pelvic control levels and to determine what, if any, effect pelvic control had on pitching performance. Researchers found that pitchers with the most "stable" pelvises typically experienced the greatest success on the mound. Ptichers wore a "Level Belt" apparatus, which he helped design, to measure pelvic stability, grading anterior-posterior tilt (from zero to 10 degrees) when each pitcher made the common transition from a two-leg to a single-leg pitching stance. The median Level-Belt score of the pitchers was seven degrees; pitchers who tilted seven degrees or fewer during their stance transition had lower opponent batting averages (.244 vs. .290) and fewer walks and hits allowed per inning. "Pitchers who had controlled, stable pelvic movement during their throwing process were more dominant against hitters," said Christopher McKenzie, P.T., lead author. "Pelvic stability tests are relatively easy to perform, so this could be a simple way for coaches and athletic trainers to predict pitchers" quality and success." It is unclear if pelvic movement causes or prevents injuries, as there were no statistically significant differences in injury rates between the below-seven-degrees and above-seven-degrees groups. American College of Sports Medicine


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