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Group: Half of Calif health workers got flu shots - San Jose Mercury News

Published on: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:22:02 GMT+00:00


Boston Globe

Group: Half of Calif health workers got flu shots
San Jose Mercury News
AP SAN FRANCISCO—A consumer group has found that just over half of California health care workers received flu shots during the 2008-2009 flu season. Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports, says that state public health department data ...
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Survey: Employers shift more insurance costs to workers - Kansas City Star

Published on: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:12:15 GMT+00:00


Health Jackal

Survey: Employers shift more insurance costs to workers
Kansas City Star
An annual survey released Thursday finds that workers are paying, on average, about $482 more for job-based family health insurance this year as companies force employees to shoulder more of the burden of health care costs. ...
Family Health Care Costs Will Jump 14% in 2010DailyFinance
Family Health Premiums Up 3 Percent in 2010, Study FindsArkansas Business Online
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People: Zeta-Jones furious over Douglas' late cancer detection - Denver Post

Published on: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:24:48 GMT+00:00


msnbc.com

People: Zeta-Jones furious over Douglas' late cancer detection
Denver Post
Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones says she is having a hard time watching husband Michael Douglas battle stage 4 throat cancer and said she's furious with doctors for not detecting his disease sooner. Douglas, the Oscar winner of "Wall Street" and a veteran ...
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Maker of Botox pays state in improper marketing settlement - Baltimore Sun

Published on: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:34:28 GMT+00:00


Kansas City Star

Maker of Botox pays state in improper marketing settlement
Baltimore Sun
The state of Maryland will get $152547 for its Medicaid program under a settlement with the maker of Botox for marketing the drug for unapproved uses, the attorney general's office announced today. Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said the state ...
Allergan Pleads Guilty, Settles Botox InvestigationABC News
Botox Settlement for $600M Reached to Resolve Lawsuits Over MarketingAboutLawsuits.com
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Study: Brain Exercises Delay, But Can't Prevent, Dementia - TIME

Published on: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:06:33 GMT+00:00


CBC.ca

Study: Brain Exercises Delay, But Can't Prevent, Dementia
TIME
Doctors have been advising us for years to "use it or lose it": that is, to stay as intellectually active as possible into our waning years in order to avoid dementia. But the latest research shows that brain ...
Alzheimer's Trade-Off for Mentally Active SeniorsU.S. News & World Report
Active minds delay dementia but speed decline once it hitsUSA Today
Mental 'Exercise' May Only Hide Signs of Alzheimer'sBusinessWeek
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Can home cooking be hazardous to your health? (AP)

Published on: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:54:30 GMT

AP - Could your kitchen at home pass a restaurant inspection?


Botox maker to pay $600M to resolve investigation (AP)

Published on: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:01:40 GMT

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Sep. 1, 2010, regarding a major settlement with a pharmaceutical company for False Claims Act and off-label marketing violations. Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a years long federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.





New test seen as big advance in diagnosing TB (AP)

Published on: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:27:49 GMT

This undated photo released by Cepheid, shows a Cepheid  Xpert MTB/RIF cartridge. The cartridge is part of a test that is a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis and can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it. (AP Photo/Cepheid) NO SALESAP - Scientists are reporting a major advance in diagnosing tuberculosis: A new test can reveal in less than two hours, with very high accuracy, whether someone has the disease and if it's resistant to the main drug for treating it.





Journal editors question sale of diet pill Meridia (AP)

Published on: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:25:36 GMT

AP - Editors of a top medical journal call Meridia "another flawed diet pill" and question whether it should stay on the market as a study shows it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with heart problems.


Benefits seen for high-risk women in ovary removal (AP)

Published on: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:48:34 GMT

AP - Surgery to remove healthy ovaries gives a triple benefit to high-risk women: It lowers their threat of breast and ovarian cancer, and boosts their chances of living longer, new research suggests.

 

CNN

In mine's confines, survival instincts prevail

Published on: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:40:39 EDT

The health of 33 trapped Chilean miners is authorities' top priority as crews this week began drilling in an effort to free them.



FDA agents visit Iowa farms that recalled eggs

Published on: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:50:54 EDT

Federal agents visited Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg, which have recalled more than half a billion eggs in the wake of the salmonella outbreak, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said Wednesday.



Weight-loss drug boosts heart, stroke risks for some

Published on: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:40:47 EDT

Overweight people with a history of heart disease who take the prescription weight-loss drug Meridia may be at increased risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.



West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece

Published on: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:51:03 EDT

West Nile Virus has killed 14 people in northern Greece and sickened 142, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.



Justice appeals ruling that halted stem-cell research

Published on: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:00:47 EDT

The Justice Department moved Tuesday to block a court ruling preventing the use of federal funds for embryonic stem-cell research, warning that the decision could shut down life-saving research if allowed to stand.


 

MSNBC

1 in 7 home kitchens would flunk inspection

Published on: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 18:16:25 GMT

Would you pay to eat here?A new study suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.





Health care credit cards may add to your pain

Published on: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:55:22 GMT

These days, you may leave your dentist's office with more than a toothbrush and dental floss in your bag. Thousands of dentists are offering patients health-care credit cards to cover the work that needs to be done, with seemingly hard-to-resist repayment terms. If you need care and don't have insurance to cover it or cash in hand, it's tempting to sign up.


When animal rescuers become animal hoarders

Published on: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:44:07 GMT

Betsey Webster checks on the welfare of the animals and the condition of the emergency shelter set up at Banning Animal Shelter in Banning, Calif. Seized animals from Best Buddies Rescue in Aguanga, Calif., were temporarily housed at Banning Animal Shelter. Linda Bruno called her Pennsylvania cat rescue the land of milk and tuna. It thrived for years as people sent pets they couldn't care for from hundreds of miles away — unaware it was a death camp for cats.





No Pampers link to rash cases, safety groups say

Published on: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:34:57 GMT

Two agencies investigating claims that Procter & Gamble Co's Pampers Dry Max gave children severe diaper rash reported Thursday that they have found no specific cause linking the diapers to rashes.


Text messages little help in remembering the Pill

Published on: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:33:14 GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A cell phone text message -- and the buzz or beep that signals its arrival -- may not help a woman remember to pop her birth control pill, a new study suggests.

 

ABC News

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