Category: Drugs

MEwens
One of every five kids and 9 of 10 older Americans took at least one prescription drug in the previous month, says a survey taken in 2008.
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MEwens
Also: NEJM editors say Meridia should be yanked; stem cell plaintiffs explain themselves to the WSJ; are hospital profits the driver of health-care costs?
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Katherine Hobson
Also: Price hike for last-resort insurance in California; potential warfarin replacements line up; dialysis deal reached in Atlanta; U.S. asks judge to allow embryonic stem cell research to proceed.
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MEwens
About 60 million Americans have medical conditions that should be known in an emergency, but only a fraction wear medical ID or carry their health information.
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Laura Landro
Also: Most C-sections performed before labor starts; American companies push into Chinese electronic medical record market; investigators looking at health-care credit cards.
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Katherine Hobson
Also: 50 million Americans on Medicaid; two studies boost Plavix rivals; pediatricians say no erectile dysfunction drug ads before 10pm.
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MEwens
Also: campaign donations by health insurers; Roche doesn’t get an accelerated review of new breast-cancer drug; Obama administration touts Medicare anti-fraud efforts.
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MEwens
eMarketer estimates online spending by U.S. health-care and pharma companies will hit $1.52 billion in 2014.
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Katherine Hobson
Also: experimental melanoma drug results; California insurance news; radiation at Walter Reed.
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MEwens
Also: AARP reports on brand-name drug prices; Medtronic gives grim view of medical device demand; report says millions of older Americans may need to switch Medicare drug plans in 2011.
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