Prescribing both a stimulant and an antipsychotic drug to children with physical aggression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), along with teaching parents to use behavior management techniques, reduces aggressive and ...
The increase has ranged from 30 percent to 40 percent, reports ABC News. In California, an estimated 50,000 people picked a health plan in the first week of December. News outlets also reported on the latest developments in Maryland, Oregon ...
For the week ending Dec. 14, U.S. influenza increased nationwide, but Texas was hard hit with more than a dozen critically ill and six dead, officials say. The influenza strain H1N1 -- the same strain that caused the 2009 pandemic -- ...
Antibiotics for children that are covered by private insurance cost five times more in the United States than in the United Kingdom, where costs are covered by a government universal health plan. That's the finding of researchers who ...
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Health R&D Spending Moves Slowly Upward, Driven by Industry, Philanthropy and Voluntary Health Associations Federal R&D Funding Remains "Woefully Inadequate" to Address Health Threats and Global Competitiveness ?Highlights: ?Overall ...
Pfizer Inc. announced that it has settled its litigation against Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA Inc., relating to Pfizer's patent covering the use of Viagra? to treat erectile dysfunction (sildenafil citrate 25, 50, and 100 mg tablets), which ...
Industry Veterans Bring 360o Insight to Developing Managed Market Solutions for Stakeholders HealthSTAR Communications, a leading healthcare communications company, today announced the formation of HEALTHSTAR Market Access, LLC, a ...
Engineers at Microsoft Research are taking on the world of weight management with a bra designed to measure heart and skin activity to gauge stress levels. When the device detects high stress levels, it offers advice via a smartphone app to ...
Creganna-Tactx Medical has announced today that Robert B. Hance will join the company as Chief Executive Officer in September 2013, taking over the role from Helen Ryan who has held the position for the last eight years. Robert ...
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The U.S Food and Drug Administration has filed its rule on intentional adulteration under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), keeping to a court-ordered deadline of Dec. 20. "Focused Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against ...
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Completely banning tobacco use inside the home -- or an entire city -- boosts the odds of smokers cutting back or quitting tobacco, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Wael K. Al-Delaimy, professor and chief of the Division of Global Health in the ...
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New blood pressure guidelines for U.S. adults age 60 and older are higher -- 150/90 -- but for those age 60 and younger they remain at 140/90. Dr. Paul A. James, chairman of the department of family medicine at the University of Iowa and ...
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The Board of Directors of Algeta ASA unanimously recommends voluntary cash offer from Bayer to acquire the entire issued share capital of Algeta ? Offer at NOK 362 per Algeta share, in cash, valuing the total share capital of Algeta at ...
African-American women may need to eat fewer calories or burn more than their Caucasian counterparts to lose a comparable amount of weight, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in a study published ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have announced the launch of a joint initiative to share information on inspections of bioequivalence studies submitted in support of generic drug approvals. ...
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