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In Breakaway, Big Health Insurers Seek To Boost Washington Clout
Aetna, Cigna, Humana, UnitedHealthcare and WellPoint are looking to band together and increase their influence on the implementation of policy and overhaul of the nation's health system. Read More...
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Thu, Dec 09 2010 4:06 AM
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WHO Gets Behind Rapid Tuberculosis Test
A fast, accurate test for tuberculosis could improve treatment of the disease, particularly the type that is resistant to conventional drug treatment. But the equipment and supplies aren't cheap. Read More...
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Wed, Dec 08 2010 2:25 PM
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Electronic Cigarettes Get Boost From Federal Court Ruling
A federal appeals court says the FDA can regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco products but not as medical devices or drugs. That means the FDA, which got sweeping powers to regulate tobacco products in 2009, can't ban electronic cigarettes. Read...
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Wed, Dec 08 2010 10:22 AM
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Diet Pill Endorsed By FDA Advisers
Contrave, an experimental diet pill, got a recommendation for approval, reversing a trend against such medicines lately. If the Food and Drug Administration goes along with the advice, it would be the first diet drug approved in more than a decade. Read...
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Wed, Dec 08 2010 6:25 AM
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Salvia Raises No Safety Flags In Small Test
People in a test at Johns Hopkins experienced few physical side effects after inhaling the psychoactive substance in salvia. But all subjects reported intense psychological experiences with the drug. Read More...
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Tue, Dec 07 2010 1:45 PM
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Boys To Men: Unequal Treatment On HPV Vaccine
A vaccine against cervical cancer can also prevent genital warts in males. But that doesn't mean insurers are obligated to pay for boys and men to get vaccinated. Read More...
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Tue, Dec 07 2010 11:43 AM
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Did Doctors In McAllen Get A Bum Rap?
An analysis just published in the policy journal Health Affairs questions a widely held belief that doctors in McAllen, Texas, overtreat all patients. Read More...
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Tue, Dec 07 2010 8:36 AM
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Study: Aspirin Cuts Deaths From Wide Variety Of Cancers
A British study offers compelling -- though not clinching -- evidence that the humble aspirin tablet can prevent death from many kinds of cancers, if you take the medicine long enough in middle age. Read More...
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Tue, Dec 07 2010 7:24 AM
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After Surgery, Anesthetic Gases Add To Global Warming
Some gases used to anesthetize patients for surgery are hundreds of times more potent at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. The volume of anesthesia gases used worldwide for surgery is about as bad for the climate as one million cars. Read More...
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Mon, Dec 06 2010 2:39 PM
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Africa's Meningitis Belt Gets First Vaccine Designed For Poor Nations
A cheap new vaccine against bacterial meningitis is the first ever designed for use in Africa. Before now, vaccines and most other medicines have been developed for wealthy markets and retrofitted, sometimes, for poorer nations. Read More...
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Mon, Dec 06 2010 12:08 PM
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Why The Walgreens In Fargo, N.D., Can't Fill Your Prescriptions
A decades-old law in North Dakota shuts most big chain pharmacies out of the state. But is there a downside to consumers? Read More...
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Mon, Dec 06 2010 9:23 AM
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Pfizer CEO Calls It Quits
The fundamental and unsolved problem for Kindler was puny growth and a shortage of new drugs. After a little over four years running the world's largest drug company, Kindler, 55, is retiring. Read More...
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Mon, Dec 06 2010 5:32 AM
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Docs Not Dropping Medicare Patients Just Yet
In a surprise, a survey from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission finds doctors aren't following through on threats to stop seeing Medicare patients because of possible pay cuts. Read More...
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Fri, Dec 03 2010 2:06 PM
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WeightWatchers Faults Processed Foods While Profiting From Them
WeightWatchers is emphasizing natural, unprocessed foods as part of its new PointsPlus program, but the company won't say how its line of packaged, processed foods fits into the plan. Read More...
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Fri, Dec 03 2010 11:40 AM
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Stay Fit To Reduce Risk Of Stroke
Shed those extra pounds if you're overweight, exercise regularly, and eat more fruits and vegetables, say stroke-prevention guidelines. Oh, and don't smoke, please. Drinking a little wouldn't hurt you, though. Read More...
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Fri, Dec 03 2010 7:04 AM
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