Superstorm Sandy devastated not just homes and property, but people's ability to get needed health care, too. A quarter of the people in our survey of online subscribers in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York said Sandy caused medical ...
More than half of the raw ground turkey and patty products we recently analyzed contained fecal bacteria, and 90 percent had at least one of the five bacteria that we looked for, including some notorious for causing foodborne illness, like ...
Emergency-room visits stemming from Ambien, Edluar, Zolpimist, and other insomnia drugs containing zolpidem have more than tripled in recent years, according to a new report. Zolpidem is an effective insomnia treatment, but it can ...
About a year after they expire. In most cases, prescription-drug expiration dates are one year to five years from the date they were made. But some pills can actually keep for a decade or even longer, research suggests. "Except for ...
Forest Laboratories and Almirall have reported positive results from the ACLIdinium/FORMoterol fumarate combination for Investigative use in the treatment of moderate to severe COPD (ACLIFORM/COPD) Phase III study. ACLIFORM/COPD is the ...
Last fall I flew halfway across the country to go grocery shopping with Everly Macario. We set out from her second-story apartment in Hyde Park near the University of Chicago and walked to the supermarket to buy a couple of?rib?steaks?that ...
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The US government has filed a civil fraud lawsuit against Novartis claiming the company made illegal payments to induce pharmacies to switch kidney transplant patients to its immunosuppressant drug Myfortic. Civil fraud lawsuit claimed ...
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Teva has established Global Specialty Medicines group as part of its strategic plan to optimize commercialization. The company has named Dr. Rob Koremans as the president and CEO of Global Specialty Medicines. Koremans will report to ...
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Walmart and Target win out over drugstore chains like Rite-Aid, CVS, and Walgreens, as well as supermarkets, on prices for dozens of common, brand-name and generic over-the-counter drugs, according to our team of Secret Shoppers. They ...
About a third of Americans now have high blood pressure, and nearly two-thirds of those take drugs to control it, according to a new survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Our new blood pressure monitor Ratings can help ...
The Bombay High Court has quashed the plea filed by Sanofi saying 'superior' packaging cannot be justified for hiking prices of drugs. According to the court order, the authority for fixing the prices of drugs in the country will remain ...
BD Medical, a division of Becton, Dickinson and Company, has introduced BD UltraSafe PLUS passive needle guard in the US. The FDA-cleared anti-needlestick safety device is developed by an anti-needlestick device company Safety Syringes, ...
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Researchers have found a type of Chinese tea to be effective in lowering cholesterol levels in lab mice, reports the China Post. A conductor of the study, Dr. Sun Lu-hsi of National Taiwan University (NTU) says she and a team of ...
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WITH $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink struck a deal that's joining thousands like it in a virtual revolution. The Argentine software developer was dealing in bitcoins - getting an injection of ...
TissueGen has announced the availability of its Elute biodegradable drug-loaded fiber products, including pharmaceutical loaded fibers and growth factor loaded fibers. The core technology of TissueGen includes patented processes for ...