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McKesson Corporation, one of the nation's largest drug wholesalers, announced it would pay $350 million to consumers and health insurers, who were overcharged for several hundred prescription drug
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) was first recognized in 1997 and described in 2000, and its association with gadolinium contrast agents was recognized in 2006. NSF is characterized by
Traumatic disruptions of the thoracic aorta are often life-threatening, and traditional open repair carries the risks of significantmorbidity and mortality. These patients routinely have multiple
As presented at the VEITHsymposium by Alan Dardik, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Yale University School ofMedicine in New Haven, Connecticut, well-publicized clinical trials
The earlier cancer is diagnosed, the better the chance of effecting a cure. A revolutionary new hybrid technology offers the possibility of detecting this and other diseases right at inception.
The conservative group Family Research Council said President-elect Barack Obama's selection of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) as
Arpida (SWX: ARPN) announced that the Anti-infective Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted 17 to 2 against the approval of intravenous iclaprim, an anti
Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN) today announced that the French Ministry of Health has concluded the reimbursement process for PillCam(R) SB and set a pricing level of 418EUR without VA
The Balzan Prizes for 2008 are presented today by the President of the Italian Republic. During the ceremony, which takes place at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the prizes are presente
Siemens Healthcare and the Asklepios Hospitals will continue to deepen their cooperation in the information technology (IT) sector. The hospital information system i.s.h.med, installed to date in
While officials in the United Kingdom and the U.S. are dithering and doubting over issues related to GlaxoSmithKline and
The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) has published a new edition of its Status Report on Pharmaceutical Industry R&D for Diseases of the Developing W
In response to the current economic crisis, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has announced it will be sending 100,000 health professionals special guidance on supporting patients with debt and m
While the U.S. AIDS epidemic simmers largely unnoticed by most Americans, a failure to widely implement routine HIV testing continues to fuel its spread, HIV researchers and experts said. Almost 6
Scientists in Leeds have devised a new way to create the next generation of man made molecules in a breakthrough that could revolutionise drug development. Creating new drugs to combat
A report released today from The Joint Commission offers guiding principles and actions for the hospital of the future to meet the daunting challenges of older and sicker patients, patient safety
Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ:IVGN), a provider of essential life science technologies for research, production and diagnostics, today announced the introduction of its Invivofectamine™ del
Testing very young babies for HIV and giving antiretroviral therapy (ART) immediately to those found infected with the virus dramatically prevents illness and death, according to a report in the
Nigel Hawkes chronicles a decade of the UK Government's attempts to tackle obesity, including its latest bid to turn the tide on obesity which is so smothered in jargon that it is hard to unders
Friday 28 November, 2008Edumund Blacket Building, Prince of Wales HospitalCost: Free for UNSW staff and students; others $80 / $30-students This full day symposium shows the br
Fiscally speaking, the U.S. government has been living on borrowed time for decades because it has promised massively expensive benefits -- mainly Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid -- hee
A white paper , How is a Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Affecting
An increasing number of type 2 diabetes patients in the U.S. are being treated by a progressively complex mix of therapies, according to a study featured in Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAM
Why are so many infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans? Why do we have so little capacity to predict epidemics, or avoid them? Some answers, and possible solutions, can be found in the
New research has traced elevated levels of a specific compound in the brain to problem-solving deficits in patients with schizophrenia.The finding suggests that drugs used to suppress th
Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. (CDD) today announced that it has received a grant for $1,896,923 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a collaborative database that will enable s
Over the years, hunting for cancer-related genes and understanding how they work has been an important, although time-consuming, exercise. At Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), five different
Olympus Life Science Europa is pleased to announce the preview of the AU480 clinical chemistry analyser. Building on the success of its predecessor, the AU400 which has sold 4000 units globally, t
UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot on Sunday said that an Indian law criminalizing sex between men is a major obstacle to the country's effo
A 30-year old Columbian woman living in Spain whose airway was damaged from tuberculosis is the first person in the world to receive a new airway engineered from tissue that was grown from her ow