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North Carolina is breaking the Medicaid budget lawmakers approved this summer because more people need health insurance coverage after losing their jobs and are getting treated for swine flu, an agency official said Tuesday.
Democrats decry 'scare tactics' as GOP senator says seniors will 'die sooner' under overhaul
(Adds analyst comment.) ZURICH -(Dow Jones)- Roche Holding AG (ROG.VX) said Wednesday an experimental once-weekly treatment under development works better in treating a type of diabetes than Merck & Co. Inc.'s (MRK) Januvia, according to a clinical study.
September marked the first time in recent history that a Door County nursing home received a perfect score on its Medicare-mandated health inspection. Door County Memorial Hospitals Skilled Nursing Facility in Sturgeon Bay recently received these high marks during its 2009 annual inspection.
Wisconsins gun-deer season ended Sunday, but efforts to manage a threat to future deer hunts are having little effect on chronic wasting disease, despite seven years and nearly $41 million in state and federal spending, data and interviews show.
UMF Corporation, a leader in developing high-performance infection-prevention products, announced today the introduction of Micrillon®, the first patented and rechargeable antimicrobial-polymer chemistry developed to help combat healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) - infections that are picked up by patients during hospital stays
WASHINGTON A Republican senator contended Tuesday during rancorous floor debate that President Barack Obamas health-care overhaul will shorten the lives of Americas seniors by cutting Medicare.
Maryland last week surpassed 1 million doses of H1N1 vaccinations received from the federal government, about one month after it initially expected to reach the mark.
Int'l communications consulting firm Ketchum taps Donald Foley to head its North American public affairs.
Last week I wrote about the insanity of bringing terrorist soldiers of Allah to New York to be tried a presumed innocent civilian of America. It appears America has reached the point of democratic insanity that Athens achieved thousands of years ago.
Urinary incontinence (UI) is a common medical problem affecting an estimated 13 million adults in the US.
Heart-healthy approaches to diet and nutrition have enabled some people to correct health issues.
Walgreens has cut its prices by nearly 20 percent and CVS by nearly 10 percent for the scarce liquid form of the prescription flu drug Tamiflu amid state investigations into potential price-gouging in the wake of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic.Though Tamiflu is readily available in capsule form, there's a shortage of manufacturer-made Tamiflu liquid, which is easier for children to swallow. "I'm ...
The world’s largest drug company is thinking small. Pfizer said Tuesday that it had licensed the worldwide rights to a treatment for Gaucher disease, a rare genetic disorder, from Protalix Biotherapeutics , an Israeli biotechnology company, The New York Times’s Andrew Pollack writes.
RANDOLPH TWP. – Township resident and cardiac specialist nurse Valerie Woodruff has been honored by the Saint Barnabas Health Care System for developing a congestive heard failure program for system patients.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Beverly Perdue is heading to the nation's capital again to try to keep federal assistance flowing to North Carolina while avoiding additional spending burdens.
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