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Bloomberg Businessweek: “Investors traditionally have viewed shares of health-care companies as havens from economic concerns. Now, many parts of the sector have drawn concern from investors amid worries the U.S. economy will slow in the second half of the year. … So far this year, U.S. patient visits to doctors’ offices fell 7…

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