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Health Highlights: Dec. 31, 2008 - Forbes

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 11:29 AM CST

Health Highlights: Dec. 31, 2008
Forbes - 4 hours ago
The pharmaceutical industry has agreed to a voluntary moratorium on giving doctors branded items that advertise some of the country's most prescribed drugs, The New York Times reported.
No Mug? Drug Makers Cut Out Goodies for Doctors New York Times
Physician's ethics: No more toys from drug companies ScienceBlogs
Wall Street Journal Blogs - United Press International - Culture11
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Health Buzz: Vitamin Pills and Cancer Prevention and Other Health News - U.S. News & World Report

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 10:58 AM CST

Telegraph.co.uk

Health Buzz: Vitamin Pills and Cancer Prevention and Other Health News
U.S. News & World Report - 5 hours ago
Antioxidant-rich vitamin and beta carotene supplements don't appear to prevent cancer in women, according to new research, published online yesterday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Vitamin supplements fail to reduce cancer risk in women Los Angeles Times
Antioxidant Supplements Don't Cut Cancer Risk Newsinferno.com
Cancer Consultants - Washington Post - Reuters - WebMD
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Giant Food giving away generic drugs - Bizjournals.com

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 01:47 PM CST

Washington Post

Giant Food giving away generic drugs
Bizjournals.com - 2 hours ago
The Landover-based grocer - which has 184 supermarkets and 164 pharmacies in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and DC - will launch the program from Jan. 2 through March 21.
Giant Supermarkets Gives Away Generic Antibiotics Wall Street Journal Blogs
Grocer to Offer Free Antibiotics to Customers for 3 Months FOXNews
Washington Post - WTOP - WalletPop - Mediapost.com
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Blood Thinner Finally Gets Hearing - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 09:49 AM CST

Current World News

Blood Thinner Finally Gets Hearing
Wall Street Journal - 6 hours ago
By JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN WASHINGTON -- Prasugrel, a proposed blood-thinning drug that would be used in heart patients, will face a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel Feb. 3, the companies developing the drug said Wednesday.
Lilly Blood Thinner Gets Hearing at Last TheStreet.com
US FDA advisers to review Lilly, Daiichi clot drug Reuters
RTT News - Indianapolis Star - CNBC - Wall Street Journal Blogs
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Get Help To Stop Smoking For The New Year - MSNBC

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 10:00 AM CST

dBTechno

Get Help To Stop Smoking For The New Year
MSNBC - 6 hours ago
HAGERSTOWN, MD - A common New Years resolution is to quit smoking, but many find it hard to follow through the entire year. An estimated three million Americans try to can their cigarette habit every year.
Quit Line Helps Smokers Kick Habit kypost.com
Iowa to smokers: Free patches if you quit for New Year's DesMoinesRegister.com
Chicago Tribune - New York Times - Bristol Herald Courier - Ithaca Journal
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Blood Sugar Control Linked to Memory Decline, Study Says - New York Times

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 10:50 AM CST

Daily Mail

Blood Sugar Control Linked to Memory Decline, Study Says
New York Times - 5 hours ago
By RONI CARYN RABIN Spikes in blood sugar can take a toll on memory by affecting the dentate gyrus, an area of the brain within the hippocampus that helps form memories, a new study reports.
High Blood Sugar Linked to Memory Loss WebMD
Rising Blood Sugar May Harm the Aging Brain Washington Post
TopNews - Los Angeles Times - Daily Mail - Medical News Today
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Drug Researcher Agrees to Curb Role - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 30 Dec 2008 11:02 PM CST

InjuryBoard.com

Drug Researcher Agrees to Curb Role
Wall Street Journal - 17 hours ago
By JENNIFER LEVITZ Joseph Biederman, a top researcher on the use of psychiatric drugs in children, agreed to stop participating in several industry-funded drug trials and curb other activities pending the outcome of a Boston hospital's inquiry into his ...
Child Psychiatrist to Curtail Industry-Financed Activities New York Times
Doctor to halt his drug firm activities Boston Globe
Wall Street Journal Blogs - Mediapost.com - InjuryBoard.com
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Obama team seeks public input on health care - The Associated Press

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 03:40 AM CST

CBS News

Obama team seeks public input on health care
The Associated Press - 12 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - Problems in the health care system have only grown more severe since a series of health care meetings more than two years ago yielded few results.
Avoiding Health-Care Chaos Hawaii Reporter
Santa Cruz residents send Obama health care ideas San Jose Mercury News
New York Times - Bizjournals.com - Wall Street Journal - Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Hangover Helper: What Works, What Doesn't - ABC News

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 06:08 AM CST

ABC News

Hangover Helper: What Works, What Doesn't
ABC News - 10 hours ago
If you drink alcohol, you've probably had a hangover at least once in your life -- the pounding headache, nausea, cotton mouth, exhaustion.
Before-and-after guide for a New Year's hangover Asheville Citizen-Times
Doctors say most hangover cures don't work The Desert Sun
Single Minded Women - Baraboo News Republic - WSOCtv.com - Sify
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Drug maker pays Nebraska $2.6M in settlement - Forbes

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 10:25 AM CST

Drug maker pays Nebraska $2.6M in settlement
Forbes - 5 hours ago
AP , 12.31.08, 11:07 AM EST Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning has announced drug maker Cephalon has paid more than $2.6 million to the state to settle allegations of off-label marketing of three pharmaceutical products.
Cephalon will pay Kansas $1.1 million to settle drug-marketing claims Bizjournals.com
Ky. collects $2.3 million from legal settlement MSNBC
Topeka Capital Journal - Boston Herald - TMCnet - WOWT
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Dream a Little Dream of 2009 - Washington Post

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 03:13 PM CST

Macon Daily

Dream a Little Dream of 2009
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By Preston Williams Resolutions require willpower. Wishes do not. So for the third consecutive year, let's daydream a little. Varsity recently queried, by e-mail, dozens of high school athletes, coaches, athletic directors and other high school sports ...
MRSA Cultures in the Emergency Department Medscape
Virginia Records Nearly 1400 MRSA Infections In Last Year NBC Washington
Reuters UK - The Olympian - Newsinferno.com
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Austria to run Medici after Madoff damage: report - Reuters

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:05 PM CST

Austria to run Medici after Madoff damage: report
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By Douwe Miedema LONDON (Reuters) - Austria will soon step in to run Vienna-based Bank Medici and decide its future after the Bernard Madoff scandal hurt the private bank, an Austrian newspaper said on Wednesday.
Bank Medici Manages Up to $3.2 Billion of Assets Tied to Madoff Bloomberg
Austria to Take Over Bank Medici Management Wall Street Journal
SmartBrief - TPMCafé - Financial Times (subscription) - Financial News (subscription)
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Winter weather causes low blood donations - Battle Creek Enquirer

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 03:08 PM CST

SmartAboutHealth

Winter weather causes low blood donations
Battle Creek Enquirer - 1 hour ago
Harsh winter weather conditions throughout Michigan have caused numerous cancellations of blood drives throughout the state and in an effort to maintain the levels of blood donations needed for area hospitals and their patients, the American Red Cross ...
Blood Donors Rewarded For Giving Gift of Life Memphis Democrat
Need for blood in region called 'very serious' Hannibal.net
Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald - The Lincoln Tribune - Bucyrus Telegraph Forum - MSNBC
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LI nursing homes earn high marks in federal ratings - Newsday

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:56 AM CST

The Money Times

LI nursing homes earn high marks in federal ratings
Newsday - 13 hours ago
BY RIDGELY OCHS | ridgely.ochs@newsday.com Long Island's 79 nursing homes fared better overall than the national average on new quality ratings released by the federal government.
New rating system for nursing homes released Wisconsin Law Journal
Healthcare Roundup: HSS-Emageon Problems, Nursing Home Ratings and ... BNET
Murray County News - Memphis Democrat - Charleston Express - Oshkosh Northwestern
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City Council May Sue Mayor Melton For Financial Info - MSNBC

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 01:58 PM CST

City Council May Sue Mayor Melton For Financial Info
MSNBC - 2 hours ago
JACKSON, Miss. - The Jackson City Council may sue Mayor Frank Melton to get financial information about vendors the city paid last year.
Melton On Trial, Again Jackson Free Press
Judge consults physician on Melton Jackson Clarion Ledger
WLBT-TV - WJTV - WAPT - MSNBC
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Dropping pounds top goal for many - Vail Sun

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 12:02 PM CST

eMilitary.org

Dropping pounds top goal for many
Vail Sun - 4 hours ago
(Editor's Note: As 2009 rolls in, many of us will resolve this year to lose weight. Vail Sun Senior Reporter Thelma Grimes chronicles her struggles - and success - fighting the battle of the bulge.
The top 10 healthiest diets in America CNN
Weight Watchers leader recalls her early days of losing pounds Daily Mail - Charleston
Seattle Times - SheKnows.com - OCRegister - Taipei Times
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FDA blocks Biopure trial - Boston Globe

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 11:14 AM CST

FDA blocks Biopure trial
Boston Globe - 4 hours ago
Biopure Corp., a Cambridge biotech company that has struggling to stay afloat while it seeks federal approval for its novel blood substitute, got another dose of bad news this week.
Good news and bad for Biopure Bizjournals.com
FDA blocks Naval trial of Hemopure Mass High Tech
SmartBrief - RTT News - PR Newswire (press release) - PR Newswire (press release)
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Watson wins US OK for generic Nicorette mint gum - Reuters

Posted: 31 Dec 2008 06:39 AM CST