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Medication Wire

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  1. Infant ObesityRead the original story

    1 min ago | MyHighPlains.com

    The ideal of a big fat roly-poly infant may no longer be the ideal. In fact, new studies suggest that more babies today than ever are packing on so many pounds, it's putting them at risk of future health problems.

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  2. Cardiovascular ConnectionsRead the original story

    5 min ago | CW11 New York WPIX-TV

    Part 2: The two-way street between heart and health. Courtesy of Harvard Health November 12, 2009 If there were such a thing as the heart bone, it would be smack in the middle of each line of the old spiritual, " Dem Bones." Once thought of as a solitary, aloof pump, the heart is now known to affect, and be affected by, all parts of the body.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes

  3. Get MovingRead the original story

    Friday Nov 6 | CW11 New York WPIX-TV

    Exercise has many benefits, including lowering your risk of getting type 2 diabetes, a chronic disease in which your body either doesn't manufacture enough insulin or the insulin doesn't allow glucose to enter your body's cells.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin, Life, Food, Nutrition, Circulation

  4. The Box: My Top 10 Questions.Read the original story

    7 min ago | Dallas Observer

    What better way to beat Walking Pneumonia than by chilling at the movies, hopped up on Zithromax, Mucinex and Milk Duds? And, dare I say, checking out Cameron Diaz' box.

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  5. Glaxo Reports Higher Revenues in Third QuarterRead the original story

    9 min ago | Seeking Alpha

    GlaxoSmithKline, plc reported third quarter income of 92 cents per American Depository Share , 3 cents below the Zacks Consensus Estimate.

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    Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Relenza, Zanamivir (generic), Influenza, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, GlaxoSmithKline

  6. Pharmacist - A a D' once a day will keep the Dr. awayRead the original story

    12 min ago | StarNewsOnline.com

    Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 1:07 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 1:07 p.m. Dear Pharmacist: I read your Facebook post about vitamin D and how it works better than diabetic medications.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Health, Insulin (generic), Humulin, Novolin

  7. Early H1N1 treatment can save lives: WHORead the original story w/Photo

    15 min ago | National Post

    Nikki Shindo, a medical officer with WHOa s Global Influenza Program. Early medical treatment for H1N1 can mean the difference between life and death for people with underlying conditions as well as otherwise healthy people whose symptoms do not improve within three days, World Health Organization officials said Thursday in releasing updated ...

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

  8. H1N1 a 'dud' pandemic, Ont. health official saysRead the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | CBC

    The increasing cost of the H1N1 immunization campaign is attributed in part to an unexpected surge in demand late last month.

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Influenza, Prince Edward County, VA

  9. Swine flu means worst flu season in 12 years in USRead the original story

    21 min ago | Reuters

    Swine flu is causing the worst flu season in the United States since 1997, when current measurements started, and has killed at least 1,200 people, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.

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    Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US News

  10. Convicted drug dealer arrested againRead the original story

    25 min ago | The Star Press Muncie News

    A convicted drug dealer was arrested again Wednesday for allegedly selling his prescribed pain medication.

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    Related Topix: Drugs, Morphine (generic), MS Contin, Kadian, Medicine

  11. Chattanooga: Former medical examiner arrested by TBIRead the original story

    32 min ago | Chattanooga Times Free Press

    Bradley Countya s former medical examiner and pathologist was arrested today by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

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    Related Topix: Chattanooga, TN, Hamilton County, TN

  12. Report Shows Pfizer Fudged Drug StudiesRead the original story

    35 min ago | Personal Injury Law News

    Clinical trials are supposed to answer a specific, predetermined scientific question, but a comparison of Pfizer ... [ News Source ] Posted in Neurontin lawsuit

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    Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Neurontin, Gabapentin (generic)

  13. Review: Reports on Pfizer Drug Studies MisleadingRead the original story

    35 min ago | Pharmaceutical Processing

    LINDA A. JOHNSON Associated Press Writer Analysis of a dozen published studies testing possible new uses for a Pfizer Inc.

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    Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Neurontin, Gabapentin (generic), California, Marketing, Food and Drug Administration

  14. Common Heart Drug Works for Men, tooRead the original story

    40 min ago | Health Scout

    Clopidogrel is a drug commonly prescribed to prevent and treat heart disease in women, but new research may boost its popularity in treating male patients.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Plavix, Clopidogrel (generic), Stroke, Health

  15. Birth control dangersRead the original story

    41 min ago | FOX59.com WXIN-TV Indianapolis

    It's common knowledge that all women's oral contraceptives carry a percentage risk of health complications.

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    Related Topix: Birth Control, Medicine, Health, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic), Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer

  16. Survey on the swine fluRead the original story w/Photo

    42 min ago | Al+ Armenia

    You won't find people with masks on their faces in Yerevan, despite the fact that there are already six swine flu cases registered in the past week.

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza

  17. 97-year-old undergoes surgery on infected toeRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Ellis County Press Online

    Ninety-seven-year-old Cora Hughes was transported from Ennis' Claystone Nursing facility to a local hospital due to a protruding bed sore on her left middle toe.

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    Related Topix: Nursing, Medicine, Health, Pain, Tylenol, Tempra, Acetaminophen (generic)

  18. Burnley family: We want justice for SeanRead the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | Burnley Citizen

    THE family of a man who was found dead in undergrowth after going missing from his home have vowed to continue their fight for a justicea for the 36-year-old. Following the discovery of window cleaner Sean Coupe in bushes near Lowerhouse Lodge, Burnley, in May 2006, his mother Kathleen has been critical of police investigations into his demise.

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

  19. Massaging the Data for Neurontin?Read the original story w/Photo

    1 hr ago | In the Pipeline

    Derek Lowe, an Arkansan by birth, got his BA from Hendrix College and his PhD in organic chemistry from Duke before spending time in Germany on a Humboldt Fellowship on his post-doc. He's worked for several major pharmaceutical companies since 1989 on drug discovery projects against schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, diabetes, osteoporosis and other ...

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    Related Topix: Neurontin, Gabapentin (generic), Medicine, Hendrix College, Chemistry, Science

  20. Plan at last to tackle 'liquid cosh' dementia drugs newRead the original story

    1 hr ago | The Independent

    Twelve years after the Royal College of Physicans warned about the practice of "switching the patients out with the lights" in old people's homes, and a decade since the Alzheimer's Society first demanded an end to the use of the "liquid cosh", the Government yesterday announced an action plan to tackle over-prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs to ...

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    Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, Family, Elderly