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27 Jan 23:19 GMT
… of episodic care, or just treating people when they become sick … them failures of the healthcare system. Primary care doctors say low reimbursement … among doctors, specialists and hospitals to cut down on duplicative tests and medical …
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27 Jan 23:04 GMT
Men’s health issues deserve to be treated with respect
… : A man had a health question on a medical forum website. It … cancer research and breast health in general. As a result, when health professionals … receive the message in a medical or health context, not a sexual … -
27 Jan 22:46 GMT
Discrimination Seems to Harm Health Regardless of Race
… caused by discriminatory treatment. "Discriminatory behavior … medical insurance), they may be especially vulnerable to negative health … poorer health due to discrimination, the researchers also … for Disease Control and Prevention has more about health … -
27 Jan 21:39 GMT
A Leukemia Drug Kills Cancerous T-Cells While Sparing Normal ...
… Institutes of Health, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, … and Women's Hospital. Note: Materials may … in Alemtuzumab-Treated CTCL Patients. Science Translational Medicine, 2012; 4 (117 … to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views … -
27 Jan 21:33 GMT
US health system under microscope at Sundance
… a disease management system, not a healthcare system … deliver medicine." The cost of health … way of treating patients. They … doctor known for his work on preventing cardiovascular disease … healthily. But while solutions do exist, Nissen laments that drug … -
27 Jan 21:22 GMT
Genetic Variation That Raises Risk of Serious Complication ...
… disease free. The researchers … researchers. The paper is entitled, “Genome-wide pharmacogenetics … hospital resident participation in research … research, in medical and health sciences education, and in patient care. The medical … -
27 Jan 21:18 GMT
UPDATED: Pfizer nabs FDA nod for another targeted cancer ...
… other drugs for advanced kidney cancer, Sutent and Torisel. Aveo Pharmaceuticals ($AVEO … receptors. The FDA is letting Pfizer market its drug for treating patients who … the drugmaker's R&D efforts on targeted medicines that … -
27 Jan 21:13 GMT
Tackling healthcare for the very poor
… conduct community health meetings and talk directly to patients about disease prevention … make treatments more available and affordable, we also sell over-the-counter medicines in … packs more frequently, one local doctor mentioned that this helps them … -
27 Jan 21:07 GMT
Health news roundup
… , research published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical … home, according to the CDC’s Jan. 26 Morbidity … about weight loss than were doctors who were overweight; they … by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health … -
27 Jan 21:00 GMT
New Drug Release Mechanism Utilizes 3-D Superhydrophobic ...
… Hospital (BWH) Cancer Center, prepared drug-loaded … research was supported by Boston University, Center for Integration of Medicine … treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of ScienceDaily … -
27 Jan 20:39 GMT
Drug Approved for Advanced Kidney Cancer
… U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma … area, the FDA said in a news release. Six medications had been … : Jan. 27, 2012 Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved. -
27 Jan 20:21 GMT
Heavy Doctors Avoid Heavy Discussions About Weight
… doctors, internists and general practitioners conducted early last year by researchers … health policy at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health … weight-loss drugs than other doctors, … medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine … -
27 Jan 20:21 GMT
FDA blocks orange juice shipments from Canada
The FDA is testing all foreign orange … (CNNMoney) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it … found in Brazilian juice. The FDA announced earlier this month that … -
27 Jan 19:52 GMT
Spending Other People's Money: What Professors And Doctors ...
… back up. Both buying medical services and textbooks have … it’s greedy doctors or rapacious pharmaceutical manufacturers. Textbook publishers … account, or in the drug-pricing example, deliberately obscured. … in the health sector. Even if a doctor wanted to … -
27 Jan 19:34 GMT
Tainted medicine suspected in deaths
… medicine in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, the health … pharmaceutical factory believed to have manufactured the medicine. "The medicine … drug reaction," said Dr. Javed Akram, the doctor … taking the medicines were brought to hospitals with … -
27 Jan 19:13 GMT
Forbes Earnings Preview: Thermo Fisher Scientific
… assist in the pharmaceutical, academic, and other related research and industrial markets … Thermo Fisher Scientific’s main competitors in the life sciences tools and … (WAT). Other competitors in the healthcare sector include: PerkinElmer (PKI), Bruker … -
27 Jan 19:13 GMT
Pfizer nabs FDA nod for another targeted cancer drug
… nabbed an FDA OK for its non-small cell lung cancer treatment Xalkori … among patients who took Onyx Pharmaceuticals' ($ONXX) Nexavar (sorafenib). Pfizer … the drugmaker's R&D efforts on targeted medicines that … -
27 Jan 19:13 GMT
Health Care's Highest Yields
… of the biggest and highest-yielding drug stocks are declining near attractive … ”). Some of the large, highest-yielding drug companies have also corrected and … your portfolio, and the four health care stocks I am focusing … -
27 Jan 19:13 GMT
FDA detains some OJ from Brazil for fungicide
U.S. health regulators said on Friday that … the country, the Food and Drug Administration said. Carbendazim is illegal … pose a safety risk, the FDA said. Shipments that have higher … -
27 Jan 18:32 GMT
Common Gastro Disease Occurs Even With High-Fiber Diet
… contradicts what doctors have believed for decades. Diverticulosis is a disease of … wall. Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine analyzed … : Jan. 27, 2012 Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved. -
27 Jan 17:55 GMT
FDA clears Pfizer drug for advanced kidney cancer
… Food and Drug Administration has approved a new Pfizer drug for patients … despite treatment with at least one previous drug. The Food and Drug Administration approved the company's drug …



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