Good Healthcare Just Got Easier To Find
The once frustrating search to find a healthcare provider who spends time talking with as well as providing high-quality care for patients is just a click away on a computer.
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FDA Cleares Allient Sorbent Hemodialysis System For Chronic, Acute Hemodialysis
Renal Solutions has received 510(k) clearance from FDA for its newly enhanced Allient Sorbent Hemodialysis System in chronic and acute hemodialysis applications.
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FDA Approves Genzyme's Renvela For Dialysis Patients
FDA has granted marketing approval for Genzyme's Renvela (sevelamer carbonate) for the control of serum phosphorus in patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis.
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Groups Urge E-Prescribing For Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
Summaries examine E-prescribing for Medicare prescription drug benefit and coverage related to e-health.
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Gilead, BMS, Merck Antiretroviral Atripla Recommended For Approval
A panel of the European Medicines Agency has recommended for approval the once-daily antiretroviral drug Atripla.
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Optimizing Your Internal Process For FDA Compliance
With safety issues making headlines, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers face a rugged regulatory landscape.
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Mammalian HSP90 Better Target For AIDS, Sepsis, Cancer Drugs
Scientists have just solved the structure of the first mammalian GRP94 protein implicated in immune diseases such as sepsis, AIDS and certain cancers.
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FDA Approves Change In Storage Conditions For Humate-P
FDA approved a change in the storage conditions for Humate-P, a treatment for bleeding in certain patients with hemophilia A or von Willebrand Disease (vWD).
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Congress, White House Should Work Together To Cover Children's Dental Health
NADP urges prompt action to enact the dental provisions of the House and Senate passed CHIP reauthorization bill.
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Smoking, Alcohol, Being Underweight, Poor Nutrition Harm Our Bones
If you smoke, drink more than two units of alcohol a day, are underweight, don't exercise or eat well, you could be setting yourself up for osteoporosis later in life.
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Sanofi Pasteur Receives FDA Approval Of Meningococcal Vaccine For Children
FDA has granted licensure to expand the indication for Sanofi Pasteur's meningococcal conjugate vaccine.
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NIH, India Partner To Develop Low-Cost Medical Technologies
National Institutes of Health to develop low-cost health-care technologies aimed at the medically underserved.
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FDA Approves Drug To Treat Complicated Urinary Tract, Intra-Abdominal Infections
FDA has approved doripenem injection, 500 mg intravenous infusion, for the treatment of complicated urinary tract and intra-abdominal infections.
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FDA Expands Age Range Of Bacterial Meningitis Vaccine
FDA expanded the approved age range for Menactra, a bacterial meningitis vaccine, to include children ages 2 to 10 years.
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Growing Number Of Patients Turn To Internet For Health Information
A growing number of people with chronic or serious illnesses are going online to research their health problems.
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Aetna Revises Reimbursement Policy For Anemia Medications
Aetna revised the reimbursement policy for several anemia medications.
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Legislation To Allow Small Pharmacies To Collaborate On Negotiations With Health Insurers
Independent pharmacists urged lawmakers to pass legislation that would exempt small pharmacies from antitrust laws and allow them to collaboratively negotiate reimbursements with health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers.
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WHO Introduces Helminth Drug Initiative With Special Supplement
Helminth infections are responsible for a huge health burden on developing country populations, and the number of drugs available to treat them is incredibly limited.
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Five Tips For Healthy Holiday Office Party
Rescue Beverage Corporation offers healthy holiday tips to keep the celebrations fun and under control.
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Congress Asked Not To Intervene In CMS Decision On Anemia Drugs
Congress was asked not to intervene in a recent decision by CMS that will limit Medicare coverage for use of anemia medications.
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Thailand To Issue Compulsory Licenses For Antiretrovirals
U.S. lawmakers should not praise Thailand and other countries for issuing compulsory licenses to manufacture generic versions of patented antiretroviral drugs.
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Natural Dentist Knows What Smiles Say
The Natural Dentist teamed up with Patti Wood to tell people what their smile says with a new program called The Smile Personality Analysis.
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FDA Supports CMS Decision On Medicare Coverage Of Anemia Drugs
FDA supports a recent decision by CMS that will limit Medicare coverage for use of anemia medications.
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Most Medications Untested For Pediatric Use, Still Prescribed
Baltimore Sun examined how adult drugs are routinely prescribed for children despite the fact that most have never undergone clinical testing for children.
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FDA Registers Generic Version Of Abbott's Antiretroviral Aluvia
Food and Drug Administration completed the registration of a generic version of Abbott Laboratories' antiretroviral drug Aluvia.
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Maine's School Oral Health Programs Get A Back-To-School Boost
Northeast Delta Dental Foundation is helping Maine-based efforts to ensure that school children receive dental services to prevent tooth decay, the most common, chronic, childhood disease.
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Helping Patients Get 'Doctors Notes On Demand'
'Doctors Notes On Demand' gives healthcare consumers and their advocates the tools they need to seamlessly request and receive doctors' notes in a secure, password protected healthcare portal.
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Be Careful With Sports Creams, Gels
Many people don't know that one of the ingredients in some sports creams and gels -- methyl salicylate -- can be very toxic if they use too much of it.
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Baxter Adds Recombinant ProteinTto Specialty Therapeutics Portfolio
Baxter International has signed an agreement with Kaketsuken, the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute, for the worldwide rights to develop, manufacture and market the recombinant protein ADAMTS13.
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Independent Pharmacists Raise Concerns About New Medicaid Generic Drug Reimbursement Rule
Independent pharmacists express concerns about a rule finalized in July by CMS that will reduce Medicaid reimbursements to pharmacies for generic medications.
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All US Residents Should Contribute To Their Own Medical Care
All U.S. residents "should provide as they can for their own medical care so they do not impose their own requirements on others.
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Medco To Launch Prescription Drug Review System
Medco Health Solutions will launch a prescription drug review system in an effort to reduce costly and potentially life-threatening medication errors.
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Blood may help us think
MIT scientists propose that blood may help us think, in addition to its well-known role as the conveyor of fuel and oxygen to brain cells.
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Patients may have better way to prepare for upper GI endoscopy: an anesthetic lollipop
A lidocaine lollipop reduced the need for sedation in the majority of study participants undergoing upper endoscopy.
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Holiday Entertaining With Style And Good Health
It doesn't have to be hard to eat well and healthily over the holidays.
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Medi-Scripts Prescription Pad Product Adds Patient Offers
Medi-Promotions launched next generation prescription pad model -- Medi-Scripts PLUS.
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Genencor Launches Commercial Enzyme Product For Cellulosic Ethanol
Genencor announced a new product, Accellerase 1000, the first ever commercially available biomass enzyme developed specifically for second generation biorefineries.
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Knopp Neurosciences Receives Orphan Designation For KNS-760704 For Treatment Of ALS
FDA Office of Orphan Products Development has granted orphan drug designation to Knopp Neurosciences's KNS-760704 for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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Americans' Pessimistic View Of Accident Prevention Poses Hurdle To Reducing Injuries
Nearly one in every three Americans believes nothing can be done to prevent accidental injuries, posing a major obstacle to national efforts to reverse escalating injury trends in the United States.
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Means Testing Proposal For Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Fair
Under means testing proposal by the Bush administration higher-income Medicare beneficiaries would have to pay higher premiums and deductibles under the prescription drug benefit.
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