Health and Fitness
Health Tip: Keep Cloth Grocery Totes Clean
by on May.18, 2012, under Health and Fitness
(HealthDay News) — Reusable grocery totes may be friendly for the environment, but they can also befriend harmful bacteria.
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Fate of ‘uninsurables’ hinges on Supreme Court
by on May.18, 2012, under Health and Fitness
Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance. Nonetheless, she says she'd be dead if it weren't for President Barack Obama's health care law.
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Novartis lung drug superior to placebo over 1 year
by on May.17, 2012, under Health and Fitness
ZURICH (Reuters) – A Novartis experimental lung drug to treat smokers' cough was superior to a placebo in improving lung function over a one-year period and had similar efficacy to a rival drug from Pfizer and Boehringer Ingelheim, the Swiss d…
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More doctors are ditching the old prescription pad
by on May.17, 2012, under Health and Fitness
Doctors increasingly are ditching the prescription pad. The latest count shows more than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic.
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FDA warning hurts Hikma generics margins
by on May.17, 2012, under Health and Fitness
(Reuters) – Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc said it expects profitability in its generics business to be hurt by continuing price competition and steps it has taken to comply with a warning letter from U.S. regulators. In February, the company received …
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Palpitations May Signal Future Heart Rhythm Problem
by on May.16, 2012, under Health and Fitness
WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) — Heart palpitations and high blood pressure are strong risk factors for a common heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation, a new study reports.
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Health Tip: When Physical Therapy Ends
by on May.16, 2012, under Health and Fitness
(HealthDay News) — Don't become a couch potato just because your doctor's prescription for physical therapy has run out.
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WHO warns of high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity
by on May.16, 2012, under Health and Fitness
LONDON (Reuters) – Health data released on Wednesday provided the clearest evidence to date of the spread of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease from developed nations to poorer regions such as Africa, as lifestyles and diets there ch…
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Achillion’s hepatitis C drug gets FDA fast track
by on May.15, 2012, under Health and Fitness
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted a fast track designation to Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc's experimental hepatitis C drug ACH-3102, currently in an early-stage trial. The fast-track status is designed to expedite the …
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UK lawmakers urge action on medicine shortages
by on May.15, 2012, under Health and Fitness
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain faces a worsening shortages of medicines because vital supplies are being sucked out of the country by exporters who can sell them for higher prices elsewhere, lawmakers said. The All-Party Pharmacy Group (APPG) said on …
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