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Pharmaceutical executives laid out plans Friday to prevent the misuse of prescription painkillers, under pressure from regulators trying to stop hundreds of fatal overdoses each year.
U.S. drug reviewers recommended that regulators further study the effects in children of a group of medicines known as atypical antipsychotics, a report released on Friday said.
Medical care for osteoarthritis patients in the United States costs $185.5 billion a year, according to a new study. Of that amount, insurers pay $149.4 billion while patients pay $36.1 billion in out-of-pocket costs.
Congress is quietly watering down provisions in health care legislation that were supposed to control medical costs
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Swine flu rates declined for the fifth straight week, with the lowest number of reported hospitalizations and deaths in more than two months, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health officials say swine flu infections continue to wane, with only half the states reporting widespread cases.
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin says its simulation system for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully replicated an emergency response scenario.
Those concerned with fiscal responsibility should be worried about what will happen if proposed health care legislation doesn’t pass.
More people are enrolled in Oklahoma's Medicaid program than ever before, but the health care services they receive will likely be cut as officials roll back costs due to a deepening statewide budget shortfall, the program's chief executive said. During the... Medicaid - Health care - Oklahoma - United States - Health
Hayli Murphy hears her mother's cell phone ring, and she bounces off the couch to get it. Watching her run around, it's hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, the 9-year-old was heavily sedated in a pediatric intensive care unit, a ventilator doing the job her lungs -- ravaged by H1N1 flu -- could no longer do.
Gov.-elect Chris Christie has named four of his top advisers, including three with legal backgrounds.
Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday it is challenging Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.'s patent on the insomnia treatment Rozerem.
Police in central Pennsylvania say a prankster who scaled a 400-foot radio tower to hang a bedsheet from an antenna needs to see a doctor right away.
FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Children who are vaccinated against chicken pox may also have increased protection against shingles, new findings suggest.
Vitamin sales in the United States are expect to grow 8 percent this year to $9.2 billion, according to Nutrition Business Journal,.
