Helping Employees Self-Manage Heart Disease, Stroke, Diabetes
The Gift of Health project will improve health outcomes for city employees with cardiovascular disease and diabetes - the leading causes of death in Eastern North Carolina.
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Hand Surgeons Offer Tips For Safe Carving Season
This holiday season, the American Society for Surgery of the Hand cautions carvers to take steps to carve the main course and not their own hands.
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Medicare Rx Beneficiaries Urged To Review Changes To Their Drug Plans
MAPRx are urging all Medicare Rx beneficiaries to closely examine changes to their Medicare prescription drug plans during open enrollment.
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CMS Proposes E-Prescribing Standards For Medicare
CMS will propose electronic prescribing standards for Medicare beneficiaries.
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Top 5 Tips From Seniors About Medicare Drug Plans
To help seniors make smarter decisions about Medicare Part D prescription drug plans during the open enrollment period which begins today, MedicareDrugPlans.com has released its top five tips.
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What 2008 Holds For Bringing Drugs To Market
FDA is on track to grant marketing approval to 18 or fewer new drugs in 2007, and pipelines are not looking better in the coming years.
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Some Drug Studies Have Favourable Conclusions
Previous work has shown that, when a drug study was funded by the company that made that drug, the results might be biased in favour of that drug because the methods or analyses were manipulated.
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Enrollment for Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage
Open Enrollment for 2008 for Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare Advantage Plans Begins Today
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Online Tool Allows People To Compare Medicare Prescription Drug Plans
CMS has established a new online tool to help with the comparison of Medicare prescription drug plans.
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Fasprin Reduces Problems Associated With Daily Aspirin Regimen
Improvita Health Products has rolled out Fasprin, a patented, 81 milligram aspirin tablet that dissolves rapidly in the mouth instead of in the stomach.
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PDA Stresses Link Between Oral and Overall Health
More than 2,000 years ago, it was Hippocrates who suggested that removing an infected tooth could cure arthritis.
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FDA Approved Caraco's Generic Lamictal
FDA has granted tentative approval for Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories's Abbreviated New Drug Application for Lamotrigine Tablets.
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FDA Delays Approval Of Genzyme's Synvisc-One
Genzyme Corp. has received a letter from FDA requesting additional analyses and data regarding the marketing application for Synvisc-One in the United States.
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Study Analyzes Antiretroviral Drug Production
Although generic drugs produced in Brazil often are more expensive than similar drugs produced in other countries, Brazil still offers lower prices for patented antiretrovirals than other developing countries.
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Legislation To Prevent Companies From Delaying Start Of Generic Drugs To Market
Legislation that would prevent brand-name drug companies from paying generic drug makers to delay market entry of generic medications has stalled in Congress in the face of major lobbying by the drug industry.
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Abbott Receives FDA Approval For Lower-Dose Of Antiretroviral Kaletra
Abbott has received FDA approval to market and sell a lower-dose version of its antiretroviral drug Kaletra for children.
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Cephalon Submits Supplemental New Drug Application For FENTORA
Cephalon has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application to FDA seeking approval to market FENTORA for the management of breakthrough pain in opioid tolerant patients.
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GeoPharma Receives FDA Approval To Manufacture Carprofen
GeoPharma has received an approval from the FDA to begin producing Carprofen.
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Minority Youth Less Likely To Receive Annual Dental Checkups
Fewer than half of U.S. children under age 20 visit a dentist at least once annually.
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Program Expanded To Provide Incentives To Encourage Healthier Lifestyles
Pilot program offering some Arkansas employees time off for making lifestyle changes that improve their health will be extended to all state employees.
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Medicare Beneficiaries With Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plans Could Face Premium Increases
The open enrollment period for the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit begins Thursday and continues through the end of the year.
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Boomers Can Help Seniors Finding Best Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
To Select the Best Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Seniors Need Help from Their Web-Savvy Boomer Children.
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Seniors Enrolled in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans Might Be in for Sticker Shock Next Year
Medicare Part D beneficiaries shopping during open enrollment could be in for a nasty scare, with up to $1,915 in cost increases in 2008 for premiums and five commonly used prescriptions.
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Oncologists Call For Medicare To Reconsider Anemia Drug Restrictions
COA formally requested that the CMS reconsider its decision to restrict the access of senior cancer patients to vital anemia-fighting drugs.
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What You Can Do To Prevent MRSA
Hand-washing can prevent the spread of many infections, including Staphylococcus aureus, and a type of Staph called MRSA.
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Lifesaving Benefits Of Aspirin Therapy Maintained With Naproxen Sodium
When over- the-counter naproxen sodium was added to an aspirin therapy regimen, there was no change in platelet aggregation measures versus baseline.
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FDA Strengthens Boxed Warnings, Approves Other Safety Labeling
FDA approved revised boxed warnings and other safety-related product labeling changes for erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs).
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Merck Agrees To Vioxx Settlement
Merck enters into agreement to pay $4.85 billion for Vioxx settlement.
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Giant Eagle Introduces Prescription Drug Price Cuts
Giant Eagle will add about 100 prescription drugs to its $4 generic drug program, raising its number of products available at that price to more than 400.
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Recent Developments In Medicare Rx Benefit
Several newspapers recently reported on developments related to the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
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Interpol To Help Stop Trade Of Counterfeit Antiretroviral, TB, Malaria Drugs
Interpol plans to join the fight to stop the growing trade of counterfeit antiretroviral, tuberculosis and malaria drugs in Africa.
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Study Of Minority NYC Youth Finds Unequal Burden Of Poor Dental Health
Hispanic youth report better dental health habits than their non-Hispanic peers.
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More Employers Offer Workers Financial Incentives For Healthy Behavior
With continuing pressure to control health care costs, more companies plan to offer financial incentives to reward workers who adopt healthy lifestyles.
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Good Hygiene Is Key To Preventing MRSA
It is important for everyone to practice good personal hygiene, such as regular hand washing and covering cuts with bandages, to reduce their chances of contracting or spreading bacteria.
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New Quality Standards To Measure Value Of Pharmacy Benefit Programs
Employer purchasers will discover how URAC's new Pharmacy Benefit Management Accreditation standards apply to their efforts towards value-based purchasing.
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WHO Member States To Make Antiretrovirals, Other Medications More Affordable
WHO called on developed countries to make antiretroviral drugs and other medications more affordable for developing countries.
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Monsanto, Devgen Describe New Approach To Insect-Protection
Scientists have identified an innovative and precise approach to protect crops against insects, which models a novel application of a Nobel Prize winning discovery.
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FDA Requests Marketing Suspension Of Trasylol
At FDA's request, Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. has agreed to a marketing suspension of Trasylol, a drug used to control bleeding during heart surgery.
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Fewer US Residents Purchase Prescription Drugs From Canada
Online drug sales in 2006 from Canadian pharmacies to U.S. consumers dropped about 50%.
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Some Difference In Bedside Manner Helps Patients Meet Needs
A new study suggests that a single word can go a long way toward ensuring that patients discuss their medical concerns during a doctor visit.
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