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Generic Drugs in CVD: Just as Effective as Brand-Name Pills
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 03:00 PM - 1 month ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines Twenty years of research show that generic drugs for cardiovascular disease across 9 classes are just as good as brand-name agents, yet editorials often boost superiority of brand-name agents. Medscape Medical News |
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Dutch Ban Magic Mushrooms, but "Trips" Still Sold
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 10:03 AM - 1 month ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines Dutch authorities banned the sale of fresh "magic" mushrooms on Monday, but enforcement was delayed by problems over how to police it. Reuters Health Information |
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Pharmacy Groups Oppose First Databank AWP Settlement
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 10:30 PM - 1 month ago - Newspaper & TV news - GLG News(sm): Healthcare NACDS and FMI filed another brief in opposition to the controversial proposed First Databank settlement, although they overstate their arguments in a few places. I expect this battle to heat up over the next month as we get closer to the late December hearing about First Databank’s settlement. This hearing represents another blow to the use of Average Wholesale Price (AWP) as a reimbursement benchmark for pharmaceuticals. |
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Mentor/J&J deal is long overdue
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 10:27 PM - 1 month ago - Newspaper & TV news - GLG News(sm): Healthcare The purchase of implant manufacturer, Mentor Corporation, by Johnson and Johnson will level the playing field as Mentor seeks to take market share from Allergan in both the breast implant business as well as facial fillers and competitors to Botox. |
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The case of the long nap
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 04:47 PM - 1 month ago - Blog - Health Business Blog I got a kick out of this little tidbit from the New York Times (For the Best Pick-Me-Up, Lie Down ) A cup of strong coffee might make you feel wide awake, but a small study suggests that for improved physical and mental performance, an afternoon nap works better. To that point I was on board. I don’t drink coffee but I do like to grab a 10-15 minute nap in the afternoon when I can. I find it especially refreshing. But then when I read the details I was a little surprised: …[S]cientists randomly divided the subjects into three groups. The first took a nap from 1 to 3 p.m. At 3, the second group took a 200-milligram caffeine pill, and the third took a placebo. The subjects repeated the tasks they had been taught earlier… [and] nappers were best by a wide margin… “People think they’re smarter on caffeine,” said Sara C. Mednick, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and the lead author of the study, which appeared in the Nov. 3 issue of Behavioral Brain Research. “But this study is a strong argument for taking a nap instead of having a cup of coffee.” A 2 hour nap seems ridiculous. Who has time for it in any case? And if the issue is productivity I think there’s a pretty good argument to skip the nap and take a quick coffee break instead. I checked out the abstract and found that the napping period was 60-90 minutes, which is still pretty excessive. This is from one of those $6000+ Elsevier journals so I have no reasonable way of finding out the details. In any case I think Mednick is giving us cat-nappers a bad name. |
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Rethinking the Ethics of Vital Organ Donations
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 03:00 PM - 1 month ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines Do our current practices of vital organ donation violate the dead donor rule? What is a coherent alternative ethical account of these practices that does not depend on this norm? The Hastings Center Report |
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Impact of PET Scanning Consistent Across All Cancer Types
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 03:00 PM - 1 month ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines Positron emission tomography scans change the intended management of cancer in approximately one third of cases, and follow-up data show that this impact is consistent across all cancer types. Medscape Medical News |
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Rising Healthcare Costs Affect Women's Health
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 01:03 PM - 1 month ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines A new survey shows that many women put off doctor visits because of higher healthcare costs. WebMD Health News |
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UnitedHealth Gives Rosier 2009 Revenue Forecast
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 09:53 AM - 1 month ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines UnitedHealth Group Inc raised the lower end of its 2009 revenue forecast on Monday, although it maintained its profit outlook for next year. Reuters Health Information |
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Changing Perceptions and Practices Regarding Aspirin, Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, and Cyclooxygenase-2 Selective Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Among US Primary Care Providers
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 09:21 AM - 1 month ago - Newspaper & TV news - Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines This survey identified several areas of ongoing confusion regarding aspirin, NSAIDs, COX-2 selective NSAIDs, and gastro-protective agents. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
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