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Institute Offers Blueprint for U.S. Effort to Compare Medical …Wall Street JournalThe nonprofit Institute of Medicine provided a road map Tuesday for a new US-backed effort to compare medical treatments and give doctors and patients better information to guide care for dozens of diseases and [...]
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Wal-Mart Says It Backs a Mandate on InsuranceNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer, joined hands with a major labor union Tuesday to endorse the idea of requiring large companies to provide health insurance to their workers, a move that gives a boost …Wal-Mart Backs Drive to Make Companies Pay [...]
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Panel Recommends Ban on 2 Popular PainkillersNew York TimesADELPHI, Md. — A federal advisory panel voted narrowly on Tuesday to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two of the most popular prescription painkillers in the world, because of their effects on the liver. …FDA: Lower maximum dose of TylenolConcord MonitorFDA Panel Recommends New Acetaminophen [...]
Complications in pregnancy and giving birth later in life may raise the risk of having a child with autism, a research review finds
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UnitedHealth sees $332 bln in US health savingsReutersCHICAGO, June 30 (Reuters) – Making better use of technology could reap savings of $332 billion across the US health care system over a decade, UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH.N) said in a report released on Tuesday. The report identifies ways that …UnitedHealth: e-payments could save billions, help pay [...]
Novavax Wins Flu Vaccine Deal in Spain; Shares SurgeWashington PostShares of the Rockville-based vaccine maker Novavax surged more than 30 percent yesterday on news that the Spanish government plans to use its technology to protect people from the flu. Through a Spanish Ministry of Health program, …Novavax in multi-million Spanish deal on vaccinesForbesRovi to use [...]
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Swine Flu Claims First Victim in SpainWall Street Journal| AP MADRID — A 20-year-old woman in Madrid became Spain's first swine flu fatality on Tuesday, dying a day after giving birth via Cesarean section, the Health Ministry said. The Moroccan woman had a history of asthma and died of a respiratory disease …Hawaii death [...]
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Efforts to Overhaul Health Care Take Familiar PathWall Street JournalWASHINGTON — House and Senate lawmakers working on a major overhaul of the health-care system have reached a familiar juncture in their effort to reshape one of the largest sectors of the economy. Committee chairmen in both chambers …Health care 'reform' must be undertaken carefullySky [...]
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So if C-reactive protein isn't a cause of heart disease, what is?Los Angeles TimesSmoking. High blood pressure. High cholesterol. Lousy diet. Being overweight or obese…. They're more pedestrian, but the old standbys rarely disappoint. C-reactive protein, on the other hand, has. A telltale sign of inflammation in the body, …Study suggests C-reactive protein [...]
Vegetarians are generally less likely to develop cancer but this does not apply to all forms of the disease, a study concludes.
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