Other health news in L.A. Times blogs

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Elsewhere in health news are:

L.A. Times business columnist David Lazarus comments on the nationwide trend of businesses shifting more of the cost of healthcare -- in some cases a whole lot more -- to their employees by renegotiating their insurance packages. Workers are facing higher deductibles, larger co-pays and healthcare savings accounts -- bigger out-of-pocket expenses that far outstrip any hike in most employees’ pay. See here: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-columnist-dlazarus,0,3677159.columnist.

And the L.A. Times’ ‘All The Rage’ blog discusses the delicate issue of Botox during pregnancy. A group of Australian cosmetic physicians recently recommended against it, after a report linked the birth of a baby with blindness and deafness to the mother’s recent injection of Botox. Is it any different than getting your nails done or your hair dyed during pregnancy, they ask. See here: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2009/01/pregnant-women.html