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Uncertainty Clouds Pfizer's Future After Lipitor Disappears
By Scott Hensley Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker and the industry's most aggressive consolidator, hasn't exactly bought its way to success. Despite a profit of $767 million in the last quarter of 2009, Pfizer has major problems looming...
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Wed, Feb 03 2010 6:35 AM
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Health Overhaul Banished To The Dog House
By Julie Rovner Bad dog. You might be here awhile.(/istockphoto.com) Bad dog. (/istockphoto.com) --> Like the dog who's just bitten the baby, the health overhaul bill passed by the House and Senate is basically chained up in Congress' back...
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Tue, Feb 02 2010 2:10 PM
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Herbal Supplements Can Wreak Havoc With Heart Drugs
By Scott Hensley If you've got heart problems and take supplements, please tell your doctor what you're doing. South Korean women dig up ginseng from a field in 2002. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) South Korean women dig up ginseng from a field...
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Tue, Feb 02 2010 1:32 PM
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Obama's Budget Bypasses Big Health Cuts
By Nadja Popovich Science and health departments must be breathing a collective sigh of relief after President Obama's unveiling of the proposed 2011 budget yesterday, at least for now. President Obama presented his 2011 budget proposal yesterday...
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Tue, Feb 02 2010 1:31 PM
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Budget
Lancet Renounces Study Linking Autism And Vaccines
By Scott Hensley It took 12 years, but the medical journal the Lancet has retracted once and for all a controversial paper that drew a link between vaccines and autism and helped fuel a backlash against immunization of children. A 1998 Lancet paper reported...
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Tue, Feb 02 2010 9:25 AM
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Abstinence Message Gets Through To Teens
By Scott Hensley More talk can lead to less teenage sex. A study that tested abstinence-focused sex ed against classes that featured other messages, including safer sex and better health, found that the advice to forgo sex stuck best. About one-third...
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Tue, Feb 02 2010 5:56 AM
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Black Pepper Becomes Latest Salmonella Suspect
By Nadja Popovich We're sorry to say that salmonella seems to be everywhere these days. Salmonella in black pepper prompted a salami recall.(Kellybeanz via Flickr) Salmonella in black pepper prompted a salami recall.(Kellybeanz via Flickr) -->...
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Mon, Feb 01 2010 2:05 PM
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A Permanent Medicare Pay Fix For Doctors? Maybe Next Year
By Andrew Villegas For years Congress has played a game of cat and mouse when it comes to figuring out how much Medicare should pay doctors. Congress isn't likely to fix a controversial formula for figuring out how much Medicare pays doctors anytime...
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Mon, Feb 01 2010 1:40 PM
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Tweet This: CDC Offers 9 Pages Of Twitter Advice
By Scott Hensley Since hopping on the Twitter train a while back, we can hardly imagine living without it. (Twitter) We follow smart folks and learn about cool stuff in a hurry. When we have something to tell people, we can pump out a tweet in a matter...
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Mon, Feb 01 2010 12:03 PM
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NIH Pushes For Radiation Reporting By Scanner Makers
By Scott Hensley If you get a bunch of tests and medicines in the hospital, the details on the results and doses will be dutifully recorded in your medical file. An X-ray shows tumors in the bones of a patient. ( Dr Ahmed Haroun/Wikimedia Commons) An...
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Mon, Feb 01 2010 8:12 AM
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Cancer
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Health Costs Loom Over Federal Budget
By Scott Hensley Today we'll find out how much President Obama would like the government to spend next year. It's a lot. Just take a look at all the zeroes: $3,834,000,000,000. That's 3.8 trillion bucks, for fiscal 2011. The elephant in the...
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Mon, Feb 01 2010 5:57 AM
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