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  • Almost Half of Americans Took a Prescription Drug in Past Month

    Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 05:43 | Comments Off

    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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  • A Whole Lotta Studies on Small Business and Health Insurance

    Friday, September 3rd, 2010 at 03:57 | Comments Off

    One new study estimates the percentage of workers at firms with 50 or fewer employees offered health insurance will rise to 86% from 60% after health-care overhaul is implemented.

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  • Thurs. Egg Recall Roundup: Wider Federal Investigation Underway

    Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 23:50 | Comments Off

    Did you know “Grade A” on an egg carton doesn’t indicate whether the eggs inside are safe to eat?

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  • Dendreon Shares Up on Provenge Medicare Coverage Meeting Scheduling

    Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 02:59 | Comments Off

    Investors were pleased that a CMS announcement didn’t suggest the question of whether or not Provenge should be covered is on the agenda.

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  • More Egg Recall News: Companies Point Fingers on Salmonella Contamination

    Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at 23:51 | Comments Off

    The latest on the egg recall: Companies are pointing fingers, the FDA has come back to the farms — and will customers forgive and forget?

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  • A.M. Vitals: Genzyme Says Sanofi Needs to Cough Up More Cash

    Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at 22:53 | Comments Off

    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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  • Boosting the Use of Medical Alert Bling To Save Lives

    Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 23:35 | Comments Off

    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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  • A.M. Vitals: Genzyme Points to MS Drug As Sign Sanofi Bid is Too Low

    Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 22:27 | Comments Off

    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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  • FDA Egg Farm Inspection Reports Include Rodents, Flies, 8-Foot-High Manure Pile

    Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 06:47 | Comments Off

    The FDA inspection reports don’t constitute a final finding of a violation, but they’re pretty stomach-turning reading.

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  • What Should You Ask Before You Give Up DNA? (At a State Fair or Elsewhere)

    Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 03:44 | Comments Off

    At the Minnesota State Fair, families can sign up to give DNA samples for a research study.

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