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  • FDA to Review Bone Drugs After Studies Report Hip Breaks

    Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 09:55 | Comments Off

    There have long been safety questions — and lawsuits — over whether bone-building drugs like Merck’s Fosamax can actually increase the chance of femur fractures. Today, the FDA said it was going to take another look at the safety issues.

    In a posting on its Web site, the FDA said a 2008 examination of data from makers of osteoporosis drugs containing bisphosphonates didn’t show that women taking the medications had an increased risk of fracturing their femurs — the bone just ..read more

  • As Health-Care Finale Gets Closer, Both Sides Boost Spending

    Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 02:30 | Comments Off

    It’s crunch time in the fight over a health-care bill, so groups for and against the legislation are getting ready for a final push before congressional votes that could come later this month.

    These efforts take money, of course, and advocate groups have put together war chests, much of it slated to go to advertising. Here are some of the spending plans outlined in a WSJ report this morning:

    A business coalition backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other groups ..read more
  • Will Obama Prove He Can Be Tough on Health?

    Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 09:01 | Comments Off

    President Obama might seem like a pushover with some liberals and the Chinese, but in other regards, he’s showing he’s tough by taking on insurance companies, teacher unions and Pakistan. Executive Washington Editor Jerry Seib explains.

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  • Soft-Drink Score: Lower Sales in Schools; More Talk About Taxes

    Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 08:37 | Comments Off

    The sales volume of soda and other drinks shipped for sale at U.S. secondary schools has dropped 72% since late 2004, resulting in an 88% drop in beverage calories sold in schools, drink makers said today.

    Local and state regulations aimed at curbing sweetened beverages in schools explain part of the decline, but a report by the American Beverage Association also says its efforts played a big role, according to the WSJ. Soft-drink consumption nationwide is also down, but the ..read more

  • Obama’s New Health Care Proposal

    Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 07:35 | Comments Off

    President Obama outlines his three-part proposal for health care reform in an address at the White House. Courtesy Fox News.

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  • Obama Outlines Health-Care Proposal

    Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 07:35 | Comments Off

    President Obama outlines his three-part proposal for health-care reform in an address at the White House. Courtesy Fox News.

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  • A Jumpstart for Food-Safety Bill?

    Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 03:40 | Comments Off

    A version of this post by WSJ’s Jean Spencer also appears on the Washington Wire blog.

    A coalition of consumer, public-health and food-safety advocates is trying to jumpstart the food-safety legislation that is stalled in the Senate.

    To make its point, the Make Our Food Safe coalition is trumpeting a report by Ohio State University economist and former FDA official Robert Scharff that concludes that health costs associated with foodborne illnesses totals $152 billion annually in the U.S.

    The report was commissioned by ..read more

  • AM Report: Health Battle Lines Drawn

    Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 00:30 | Comments Off

    President Obama will speak today on the state of the health reform bill, as Republicans and some Democrats continue to oppose it, John Bussey tells the News Hub panel.

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  • Teva Gets 180-Day Headstart to Sell Generics of 2 Merck Drugs

    Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 08:20 | Comments Off

    In what could be a win-win decision for both Teva Pharmaceutical and Merck, a federal court said that Teva was entitled to six months of exclusivity to sell generic versions of two hypertension medicines made by Merck.

    A district court ruled in July that Teva, the largest of the generic drug makers, had forfeited the 180 days of exclusivity that usually goes to the first applicant seeking FDA approval to make a generic versions of drugs — in this case, ..read more

  • Cutting the Risk from CT Scans

    Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 12:21 | Comments Off

    A nationwide push is underway to lower radiation exposure from CT scans, amid growing concern about the risks of cancer linked to the high-powered imaging technology, as I write in the Informed Patient column today.

    While much of the focus is on adult CT scanning, between 5% and 10% of the approximately 70 million CT scans performed each year are administered to children, who are at higher risk because of their smaller size and the longer life expectancy. The Society for ..read more