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Medication Wire

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  1. The New Laws of LeannessRead the original story

    14 min ago | Men's Health

    The Old American Diet has stripped vital nutrients from our food, trained our bodies to store fat, and kept us hungry and unhappy.

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    Related Topix: Life, Nutrition

  2. Britain probes transmission of drug-resistant swine fluRead the original story

    16 min ago | The Independent

    British health authorities said Friday they are investigating what could be the world's first cases of person-to-person transmission of a strain of drug-resistant swine flu.

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Tamiflu, Oseltamivir (generic), Medicine, Influenza

  3. (Afx Uk Focus) 2009-11-21 00:37 Pfizer to pay $6.3 mln to patient in...Read the original story

    25 min ago | Personal Injury Law News

    A Philadelphia jury on Friday ordered pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to pay $6.3 million in compensatory damages to an Illinois breast cancer survivor after finding menopause drugs Premarin, Provera and Prempro caused the disease.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Breast Cancer, Health, Cancer, Menopause, Prempro, Estrogen/Progestin (generic)

  4. Review of study presented at American Heart Association Scientific SessionsRead the original story

    40 min ago | News-Medical.Net

    In the study presented today at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida today, The Effect of Extended-release Niacin or Ezetimibe Added to Chronic Statin Therapy On Carotid Intima Media Thickness , study found that: Adding the cholesterol drug niacin to a statin improved HDL cholesterol levels and significantly ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Niacin (generic), Niaspan, Niacor, Zetia, Ezetimibe (generic), Cholesterol, Health

  5. Businessman sentenced for sale of prescription pillsRead the original story

    48 min ago | Northfield News

    ... of the drugs, Goetz was selling them. In January DEA agents purchased 99 tablets of Xanax, an anti-anxiety medication, from Goetz. In May, agents arranged another controlled transaction with Goetz, at which point they bought 1,274 tablets of the ...

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Northfield, MN, Drug Enforcement Administration, Xanax, Alprazolam (generic), Medicine

  6. Bugged by the fluRead the original story

    51 min ago | News Times

    Earlier this month, Lauren Price 's daughter, six-year-old Elizabeth, awoke with a cough, headache and sore throat.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Headache, Health, Sore Throat, Fairfield, CT, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Tamiflu, Oseltamivir (generic), Fairfield County, CT

  7. Pa. Court Mulls Class Decertification in Off-Label Drug CaseRead the original story

    53 min ago | Legal Times

    A class can't be decertified unless there are substantial changes to the facts of a case, nor can it be decertified once a partial ruling has been made as to the merits of the case, an attorney for a class suing over the off-label marketing of epilepsy and neuralgia drug Neurontin argued before the Pennsylvania Superior Court in Philadelphia ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Neurontin, Gabapentin (generic), Marketing, Jenkintown, PA, Pfizer, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Law, Law

  8. Drug-resistant swine flu strain spread between patients at a Welsh hospitalRead the original story

    58 min ago | IcWales

    THE first European cases of a strain of swine flu which cannot be treated with the drug Tamiflu have been diagnosed in Wales.

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Tamiflu, Oseltamivir (generic), Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

  9. British hospital hit by swine flu strain that resists TamifluRead the original story w/Photo

    59 min ago | Daily Mail

    Treatment: Tamiflu helps fight swine flu but some patients have been diagnosed with a resistant strain A strain of swine flu resistant to Tamiflu has spread between patients in a British hospital.

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Tamiflu, Oseltamivir (generic), Medicine, Influenza

  10. Reduce risk of cancer with inexpensive supplements, foodsRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Tulsa World

    I had a mastectomy this summer and I am scared to lose my other breast too. I recently found out about you and bought your "24-Hour" book and it has some information, but I want more guidance, specifically as it pertains to breast cancer.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer

  11. Feds bust huge PalmBeach County oxycodone operationRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Palm Beach Post

    It was the largest such prescription drug-selling operation yet dismantled, according to federal court documents and three sources with knowledge of the investigation.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Palm Beach County, FL, Florida, Drugs, Palm Beach, FL

  12. Lilly scientist Steve Paul hopes successor can finish what he startedRead the original story

    1 hr ago | IBJ.COM

    The top scientist at Eli Lilly and Co. will have to trust a company outsider to see if his aggressive transformation of Lilly's research and development arm pays off.

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    Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Eli Lilly, Healthcare Industry, Pension, Personal Finance

  13. CommentsRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Medical News

    The National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators today announced a new initiative in the war on methamphetamine.

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Semprex-D, Acrivastine, Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride (generic), Health

  14. CT scan finds heart blockage fasterRead the original story

    1 hr ago | WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

    A CT scan - a kind of super X-ray - provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains , a new study suggests.

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    Related Topix: Health, Pain, Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer

  15. WHO said it was assessing public health significance of mutation of H1N1 virus detected in Norway.Read the original story

    1 hr ago | Xinhuanet

    The World Health Organization said on Friday that it was assessing the public health significance of a mutation of the pandemic H1N1 virus detected in Norway and some other countries.

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Influenza

  16. Army Relents, Will A...Read the original story

    1 hr ago | CFRB

    The U.S. Army has reversed its position and now says it will open former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media despite fears the event will turn into political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.

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    Related Topix: US Military, Fort Bragg, US Army, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

  17. Restaurants Prepare for Smoking BanRead the original story

    1 hr ago | WSET-TV Lynchburg

    It is incredibly tough to quit smoking. Some have likened nicotine withdrawal to heroin withdrawal.

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    Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic)

  18. The basics of pancreatic cancerRead the original story

    1 hr ago | WLUC-TV Negaunee

    Friday, November 20, 2009 at 3:34 p.m. Read more: Health , Optum , Pancreatic Cancer , Cancer , Insulin , Glucagon , Pancreas By Melinda Ratini, D.O., M.S., Staff Writer, myOptumHealth A A The pancreas is a small but important organ located in the abdomen behind the stomach.

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    Related Topix: Pancreatic Cancer, Medicine, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin

  19. Tamiflu doesn't help 4 victims of swine fluRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | GoErie

    A cluster of four Tamiflu-resistant cases of H1N1 flu at Duke University Medical Center have raised concerns that changes in the virus may make severe infections more difficult to treat.

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Tamiflu, Oseltamivir (generic), Medicine, Duke University, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  20. Tamiflu Resistant Strain Of H1N1 Reported In North CarolinaRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | WFMY-TV Greensboro

    ... it's a single mutation in one spot. This does not mean the overall H1N1 virus is mutating. Another FDA approved medication Zanamivir is still effective. Health officials say the number of resistant cases in the U.S. since April is 21. This does not ...

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Tamiflu, Oseltamivir (generic), Medicine, Duke University, Influenza, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention