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Doctor-drug company database adds to confusion for consumers
Last week, after the launch of a new database detailing doctors' financial ties with drug companies, Dr. Daniel Carlat sat at his computer and began searching for information about colleagues.
He found several doctors who had potentially compromising...Tags: University of Chicago, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Hospitals and Clinics, Education, Cephalon Incorporated
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High hopes for a malaria vaccine
Each year, malaria kills more than 1 million people -- 90% of them in sub-Saharan Africa and 80% of them younger than 5 -- and makes 300 million people seriously ill. Major progress in controlling the disease has been made by the widespread adoption of...Tags: Malaria, Science and Technology, Africa, Immune System, Litigation
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Gauging a gas tackler
Whether you're still plowing through Thanksgiving leftovers or easing back to your normal fare, billions of bacteria in your digestive tract are eagerly awaiting their next meal. And if you feed them well enough, they'll thank you by producing gas....Tags: Virginia, Washington (U.S. state), Drugs and Medicines, Education, Colon
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Expectations affect benefits of pain drug
People who don't believe their pain medicine will work can actually reduce or even cancel out the effectiveness of the drug, and images of their brains show how they are doing it, scientists report.
Researchers from Britain and Germany used brain scans...Tags: Science and Technology, University of Oxford, Medical Research, Placebo, Drugs and Medicines
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Gates Foundation to improve child vaccines in China
Web ReporterThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is helping partners in China improve child vaccines, roll out faster TB detection kits and make higher-yielding rice which it hopes can be used later in other parts of the world. Ray Yip, the foundation's chief...Tags: Pneumonia, Chemical Industry, Hong Kong, Vaccines, Meningitis
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Doctors supplement income via drug companies
A cardiologist, endocrinologist, psychiatrist, nurse practitioner and allergist. These five medical professionals in Burbank and Glendale may have different specialties, but they have one source of income in common — drug companies. Since 2009, 33...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Education, Medical Services, Eric Campbell, Heart Disease
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Glaxo adds safety restrictions to Avandia label
ReutersWASHINGTON (AP) -- GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Monday it has updated the labeling of its diabetes pill Avandia to include safety restrictions ordered by federal health authorities because of the drug's links to heart attack. The Food and Drug Administration...Tags: Washington, DC, Elections, Avandia (drug), Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Chemical Industry
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Lupus education event in Orlando
Vital Signs Health Blog - Orlando SentinelLupus is a challenging disease that often leaves patients feeling alone and misunderstood. While many patients might not “look” sick, they may be silently managing the debilitating pain, fatigue and other symptoms associated with lupus. This... -
Doctors draw payments from drug companies
Follow drug company money in Illinois, and it leads to the psychiatry department at Rush University Medical Center, a prominent headache clinic on the North Side of Chicago, a busy suburban urology practice and a psychiatric hospital accused of...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Hospitals and Clinics, Cephalon Incorporated, University of Minnesota, Streamwood
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