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Health Law Makes Prevention Easier To Come By
The new health law will compel insurers to pay for all sorts of preventive and screening services that are supported by strong evidence. Read More...
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Thu, Jul 15 2010 11:02 AM
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Nestle Pulls Health Claims From Kids' Drink After Feds Object
The Federal Trade Commission says claims that a drink for kids can keep kids from missing school were not substantiated. Read More...
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Thu, Jul 15 2010 9:34 AM
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Glaxo To Take $2.4 Billion Charge To Cover Avandia Cases, Other Legal Woes
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will take a big profit hit to pay for legal costs, but the amount isn't as high as some analysts expected. Read More...
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Thu, Jul 15 2010 6:20 AM
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Avandia Survives, As Experts Support Continued Sales, With Caveats
A majority of experts on a panel advising the FDA voted to keep the controversial diabetes drug Avandia available for sale with tougher warnings. But a sizable minority called for withdrawing it. Read More...
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Wed, Jul 14 2010 1:54 PM
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Health Law Sparks Abortion Fight In Pennsylvania
Abortion opponents claim the administration is breaking a promise it made to not fund elective abortions under the new health law. Officials say that criticism is premature and wrong. Read More...
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Wed, Jul 14 2010 11:55 AM
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Early Obesity Doubles Lifetime Death Risk
Danish researchers find that men obese at age 20 were twice as likely to die at any point in life compared with those who didn't have a big, early weight problem. Read More...
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Wed, Jul 14 2010 9:04 AM
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Many Doctors Stay Mum On Unfit Colleagues
About a third of doctors don't speak up when they know about a colleague who isn't fit to practice, a new study finds. Read More...
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Wed, Jul 14 2010 6:12 AM
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At Funding Rules' Debut, HHS Docs Sing Praises Of Electronic Health Records
Electronic records can be backed up, don't burn and won't get waterlogged in a flood. What's not to like? Read More...
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Tue, Jul 13 2010 2:58 PM
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House Calls For Elderly Could Relieve Squeezed 'Sandwich Generation'
The new health law will expand an experimental approach to caring for the elderly at home. Read More...
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Tue, Jul 13 2010 11:53 AM
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An Early, Unreleased Study Suggested Avandia Couldn't Beat Actos
GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Avandia, tested a rival diabetes drug to figure out if a head-to-head trial was worth the risk. The conclusion: Avandia couldn't beat Actos. Read More...
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Tue, Jul 13 2010 10:33 AM
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Cholesterol Drugs Grow More Common For Adolescents
About 7 in 10,000 kids got a cholesterol-lowering prescription drug in 2009, according to data from drug benefit manager Medco. The increase in use was greatest for adolescent girls. Read More...
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Tue, Jul 13 2010 7:05 AM
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Food Poisoning? Holy Guacamole! And Salsa, Too.
Food Poisoning? Holy Guacamole! And Salsa, Too. Read More...
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Mon, Jul 12 2010 2:02 PM
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Cancer Drugs Can Sicken Health Care Workers
Potent chemotherapy medicines can harm the people caring for cancer patients, if safeguards aren't observed. Read More...
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Mon, Jul 12 2010 9:29 AM
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U.S. Approach To Curbing HIV/AIDS Set For Change
The administration will soon unveil a new strategy to fight HIV/AIDS that will emphasize cutting infection rates and increasing the rate of treatment for newly diagnosed patients. Read More...
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Mon, Jul 12 2010 6:07 AM
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What Not To Bring Home From The World Cup
For World Cup attendees, blowing into the vuvuzela or hearing too much of it may be the least of your health concerns. Read More...
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Fri, Jul 09 2010 1:21 PM
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