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Date Added: May 02, 2008 01:35:03 PM
Magellan Health Services Inc.'s profit shrank 18 percent in the first quarter as higher health care costs ate into gains in revenue in its radiology and pharmaceutical businesses, but still met Wall Street expectations.

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