UK alleges GSK paid off competitors to delay drugs
Britain's competition watchdog accused GlaxoSmithKline on Friday of paying off competitors to delay launches of their own versions of GSK's best-selling antidepressant, Seroxat.
Medications
Apr 19, 2013 |
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Mammogram rate did not decline after controversial USPSTF recommendations
More than three years after the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against routine mammogram screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49, a study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) ...
Cancer
Apr 19, 2013 |
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Study reveals austerity's harmful impact on health in Greece
In one of the most detailed studies of its kind, a team of Greek and U.S. researchers have vividly chronicled the harmful public health impacts of the economic austerity measures imposed on Greece's population in the wake ...
Health
Apr 18, 2013 |
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Sharing individual health information could improve care and reduce costs for all, researcher says
Information collected from individual patients at doctor's office and hospital visits could be used to improve health care and reduce costs on a national scale, according to a discussion paper released by the Institute of ...
Health
Apr 15, 2013 |
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Primary care docs shouldn't screen all patients for oral cancer: experts
(HealthDay)—Not enough evidence exists to recommend that primary care physicians perform oral cancer screenings on adult patients who have no signs or symptoms of the condition, an expert panel says.
Cancer
Apr 11, 2013 |
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Increased rates of hospitalization linked to elder abuse, researchers find
Older adults who are subject to elder abuse, neglect and exploitation face a greater risk of being hospitalized than other seniors, according to the results of a study published in the April 8 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine.
Health
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Older patients have higher expectations and are more satisfied with healthcare
New research on patients' experiences of health services and how these relate to their expectations and satisfaction, published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, reveals that older people have higher expect ...
Health
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Researchers discuss new frontiers in breast cancer screening
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center predict that advancements in breast cancer screening will need a personalized touch because mammography is not a "one strategy fits all" technology.
Cancer
Apr 05, 2013 |
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Geographic value index may not produce efficient care
(HealthDay)—A geographically based value index to set Medicare reimbursements may not take into account differences in health care decision-making by individual practitioners or organizations, according ...
Health
Apr 04, 2013 |
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Access to mental health care lacking for children, teens across the US
Everyday, news reports detail the impact of the deficiencies in the nation's mental health care services. Even more startling, a survey from the University of Michigan reveals that many adults across the U.S. believe children ...
Health
Apr 02, 2013 |
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Hospital remains most common place of death for cancer patients in England
In England, hospital is still the most common place for patients with cancer to die but an increase in home and hospice deaths since 2005 suggests that the National End of Life Care Programme (a Programme to promote the rollout ...
Cancer
Mar 26, 2013 |
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46 gene sequencing test for cancer patients on the NHS
The first multi-gene DNA sequencing test that can help predict cancer patients' responses to treatment has been launched in the National Health Service (NHS), thanks to a partnership between scientists at the University of ...
Cancer
Mar 25, 2013 |
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People with mental illness make up large share of US smokers
(HealthDay)—Adults with a mental illness or a substance-abuse disorder represent about 25 percent of the U.S. population but account for nearly 40 percent of all cigarettes smoked in the country, according ...
Health
Mar 20, 2013 |
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Experts question use of ankle blood pressure to gauge heart risks
(HealthDay)—Does a common test of blood pressure in the ankle help gauge heart disease risk for adults without any symptoms? A new government-appointed panel says there's just not enough evidence to say ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 18, 2013 |
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Millions got free preventive care due to health law, HHS says
(HealthDay)—About 71 million Americans with private health insurance plans received at least one free preventive health service—such as a mammogram or flu shot—in 2011 and 2012 because of the Affordable ...
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Mar 18, 2013 |
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