Posts Tagged ‘country’
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Saturday, October 20th, 2012 at 11:44 | Comments Off
America’s Top Health-Care HonchosCategories: Wall Street Journal, health
MarketWatch’s Christopher Noble and Jim Jelter talk about Americans who have an enormous impact on the changing face of the country’s health-care system. (Photo: AP)
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 at 22:23 | Comments Off A.M. Vitals: Untreatable TB Strain in IndiaCategories: Wall Street Journal
Here’s what’s making health news this morning:
India in Race to Contain Untreatable Tuberculosis (WSJ): A new treatment-resistent strain of TB has emerged in India, and some health experts are skeptical about the country’s ability to contain it.
Walgreen’s Europe Bet (WSJ): Walgreens is investing nearly $7 billion to buy a 45% stake in European pharmacy giant Boots Alliance to …
Originally posted here: A.M. Vitals: Untreatable TB Strain in India
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 at 08:56 | Comments Off Officials Up Their Battle Against TicksCategories: Wall Street Journal, health
Around the country, state and federal health officials are battling a continued rise in tick-borne diseases including Lyme, babeosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Laura Landro has details on Lunch Break.
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Thursday, March 15th, 2012 at 08:00 | Comments Off New Cervical-Cancer Guidelines to Balance RisksCategories: Wall Street Journal
When it comes to screening for cervical cancer, women don’t need to start getting pap smears until 21 years of age, and those between 30 and 65 should get a pap and HPV test only every five years, according to new consensus guidelines released by several cancer groups today.
Women over 65 don’t need screening at all, they say.
Previously the groups had recommended women start screening three years after having sex, even if younger than age 21, and that the 30-to-65 ..read more
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Saturday, March 10th, 2012 at 01:37 | Comments Off English 101: Medicare is the Worst LiteratureCategories: Wall Street Journal
Federal judges across the country have lashed out against poorly-written, ‘tortuous’ Medicare and Medicaid text, Joanna Chung reports on the News Hub. Photo: AP.
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Friday, February 17th, 2012 at 01:11 | Comments Off Sebelius Says Leukemia-Drug Shortage Will Be Resolved Within Two WeeksCategories: Wall Street Journal
Federal health officials said there will be enough supply of a children’s leukemia drug released in the next couple of weeks to alleviate a shortage.
The drug, methotrexate, is used to treat children with acute lymphocytic leukemia, a type of blood cancer.
Hospitals across the country are running low on the drug and some reported yesterday that they don’t have any methotrexate, according to the American Society of Hematology.
During a Senate hearing yesterday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the ..read more
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 at 07:56 | Comments Off Average Binge Drinker Knocks Back 8 Drinks At a TimeCategories: Wall Street Journal
Heavy boozers are imbibing more frequently and knocking back more alcohol per binge than previously thought, according to new government data that looked, for the first time, at the detailed habits of binge drinkers.
One in six U.S. adults reported binge drinking at least once in 2010, a slight increase from the previous year, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released today. Binge drinking is defined as a one-occasion consumption of at least four drinks for women ..read more
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Thursday, December 29th, 2011 at 01:04 | Comments Off A.M. Vitals: Study Questions Genetic Test for PlavixCategories: Wall Street Journal
Questioning the Use of a Genetic Test: A review of previously published research appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that a genetic test for patients taking the anti-clotting drug Plavix doesn’t identify people at greater risk for a heart attack or other cardiac event, the WSJ reports. The FDA, which declined to comment on the study, last year put a black box warning on Plavix, cautioning about reduced effectiveness of the drug in ..read more
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 at 05:52 | Comments Off Second High-Profile XMRV-Related Paper RetractedCategories: Wall Street Journal
A second high-profile paper in the long-running XMRV saga has been retracted, although an NIH study looking at the issue will continue.
The paper in question, published in August of 2010 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, looked at the blood of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy blood donors. The authors, which include NIH infectious-disease specialist Harvey Alter, found a family of retroviruses called MLV-like viruses in 32 of 37 patients with CFS, as well as ..read more
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Friday, December 23rd, 2011 at 04:25 | Comments Off Science Retracts Paper on XMRV-Chronic Fatigue Syndrome LinkCategories: Wall Street Journal
The journal Science has now fully retracted a paper it published in 2009 that linked chronic fatigue syndrome to the retrovirus XMRV.
The editor-in-chief of the journal, Bruce Alberts, wrote that “multiple laboratories, including those of the original authors” have failed to duplicate the findings of the paper, which reported finding XMRV in a greater proportion of CFS patients than healthy controls. The study excited patients, who hoped the discovery would lead to possible treatments, and sparked public-health worries over possible ..read more
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