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MAR. 18, 2009

LATEST HEALTH NEWS  Brought to you by Save Money on Prescription Drugs A new report shows that patients are taking unsafe measures to save money on prescriptions. But don't worry, with the right questions, you can actually save money safely. MORE CoCo County Cutting Undocumented Worker Health Care Contra Costa County supervisors are considering cutting medical services to more than 5,000 undocumented workers. MORE Job Loss Fears Send Patients to the Doctor Texas doctors say they are seeing an influx of patients hoping to use their insurance benefits before they run out. MORE Heart Drug Works for Asthma The same drug that lowers cholesterol is helping to keep asthma under control, according to a study done at Boston's Brigham and Woman's hospital. MORE Alice Waters' "Slow Food" Pitch Goes National Alice Waters, founder of Berkeley's famed Chez Panisse restaurant, appeared last night on 60 Minutes with Leslie Stahl to discuss her devotion to "slow food." MORE WEATHER TODAY HIGH: 64 LOW: 53   TRAFFIC NEWS HEADLINES IBM in Talks to Buy Sun: Report IBM is in talks to purchase Santa Clara-based Sun Microsystems for between $6.5 billion to $8 billion according to anonymous sources cited by the Wall Street Journal. MORE Obama Comes to California -- and Tonight Show California was a refuge for Nixon, a ranch for Reagan, and a playground for Bill Clinton. But President Barack Obama's stopover this week will be no vacation. MORE And the Golden Local Winner is... Which one's better -- Squaw or Heavenly? Find out who won this squeaker of a contest. MORE

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