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3 hrs ago | Connecticut Post

One woman critical, two firefighters injured in Bridgeport blaze

One woman was severely injured and two firefighters were hospitalized Thursday after a fire ravaged a home on East Main Street.

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Related Topix: Bridgeport, CT, Fire, Medicine, Bridgeport Hospital, Hospital Administration

7 hrs ago | KSDK-TV Saint Louis

Hundreds are performed at hospitals every day, very often leading to...

"People have over time forgotten the magnitude of the risk," says Dr. Katherine Economy of Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Brigham and Women's Hospital

12 hrs ago | WGN-TV Chicago

2 injured in minor CTA train derailment

Two people suffered minor smoke-related injuries after a "minor" train derailment inside the underground Red Line subway station at State Street and Roosevelt Road about 2 a.m., according to officials.

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Related Topix: Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Hospital Administration, Medicine

16 hrs ago | Athens Banner-Herald

Doctors telling more adults: Get out and exercise

A new study shows more and more U.S. adults are being told by their doctor to get off their duffs and exercise.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medicine

20 hrs ago | CBS Local

Delegate Wants To Ban Arsenic In Chicken Feed

A Maryland lawmaker said Wednesday that poultry feed containing a known carcinogen should be banned from Maryland farms even though its maker has already stopped selling it voluntarily.

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Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Food and Drug Administration

Yesterday | Bellingham Herald

Group wants Supreme Court to save war memorial

A nonprofit legal firm is organizing Thursday's demonstration atop Mt. Soledad in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, La Jolla (San Diego, CA), La Jolla Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Medicine, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, US News

Wed Feb 08, 2012

WISW-AM Columbia

Doctors Not Always Honest with Patients, Says Survey

About 10 percent of doctors recently surveyed said they haven't always been honest with their patients, according to new research published in the journal Health Affairs .

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Privacy

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

FDA panel votes against Xgeva for prostate cancer

A panel of cancer experts voted against a new use for Amgen's Xgeva in prostate cancer on Wednesday, saying the drug's ability to slow the spread of the disease did not translate into meaningful benefits for patients.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Amgen, Prostate Cancer, Health

The Plain Dealer

Ernst & Young paying $2 million in audit settlement

The watchdog agency for the accounting industry says it has fined big firm Ernst & Young $2 million for alleged lapses in three audits of a pharmaceutical company.

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Related Topix: Accounting, Corporate Governance, Law, Biotech, Medicine, Medicis Pharmaceutial

KING-TV Seattle

Apotex pays Bristol, Sanofi damages over Plavix

A major generic drugmaker has paid Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Sanofi SA more than $442 million to end a decade-long patent infringement case over blockbuster blood thinner Plavix, the world's second-best-selling drug.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Medicine, Seattle, WA

Reuters

Roche digs in for long fight for Illumina

Stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday as leaders in Greece again attempted to reach a deal on reforms in exchange for a new bailout.

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Related Topix: Scientific Instruments, Biotech, Illumina, Medicine

Coast Reporter

Drugmaker Sanofi reports quarterly earnings up, warns of patent loss impact on 2012 profit

Drugmaker Sanofi SA says its earnings rose in the fourth quarter thanks to its acquisition of U.S. biotechnology firm Genzyme as well as double-digit growth in its consumer healthcare, diabetes and emerging markets businesses.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Genzyme General, Diabetes, Health, Lantus, Insulin Glargine (generic), Medication

Tue Feb 07, 2012

KTEN-TV Denison

OKC police suspect abuse in infant's death

Police say they were called to a home last Friday to check the welfare of a small child.

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Related Topix: Childrens Hospital, Hospital Administration, Medicine

NorthJersey.com

Becton, Dickinson & Co. 1Q profit drops

FRANKLIN LAKES - Becton, Dickinson & Co.'s fiscal first-quarter profit fell 17 percent on increased raw material costs, higher expenses and tough pricing comparisons.

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Related Topix: Medical Equipment, Medicine, Becton Dickinson

WBAY-TV Green Bay

Merck anti-clot compound again shows bleeding risk

An experimental anti-clotting drug that Merck & Co. is developing was found to increase risk of dangerous internal bleeding in a second study, meaning it's unlikely to achieve the blockbuster status once expected - if it's even approved.

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Related Topix: Biotech, Merck , Medicine, Merck & Co., Coumadin, Warfarin (generic), Medication

The Capital-Journal

CDC: Bread beats out chips as biggest salt source

A customer samples some fresh baked bread at a grocery store in Cincinnati on Tuesday, Feb.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Baked Goods, Life, Food, Bread, Biotech, Medicine

Iol.co.za

GlaxoSmithKline back in profit

Restructuring and reduced overheads helped GlaxoSmithKline PLC return to profit in the fourth quarter, with the UK drug maker adding that the UK drug maker was optimistic about new product development this year.

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Related Topix: GlaxoSmithKline, Biotech, Medicine

The Daily News

Smith & Nephew to Pay $22.2M in US Settlements

British orthopedics maker Smith & Nephew has agreed to pay $22.2 million to settle U.S. criminal and civil allegations that it bribed doctors employed by the Greek government for more than a decade to win business, U.S. authorities said Monday.

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Related Topix: Smith and Nephew, Medical Equipment, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Johnson & Johnson, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Johnson and Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals

News 4 Jax

2 Fla. CVS stores barred from selling some drugs

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has suspended two Orlando-area-based CVS pharmacies from selling controlled substances such as oxycodone, agency officials said Monday.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Cardinal Health

Mon Feb 06, 2012

MyCentralJersey

Spotswood's Nimble Fingers group provides warmth for body and...

Visiting Nurse Association Health Group patients received holidays gifts of knitted blankets and hats provided by Nimble Fingers, a volunteer knitting and crocheting group at the Spotswood Senior Center.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Crochet, Knitting, Spotswood, NJ, Crafts, Medicine, Saint Peter's University Hospital, Hospital Administration, New Brunswick, NJ

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