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Latest Health News

Senate Seeks to Pare Tab for Health Overhaul - Wall Street Journal
2 Jul 2009 at 5:27pm

The Associated Press
Senate Seeks to Pare Tab for Health Overhaul
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- A revamped Senate bill aimed at improving the nation's health system would cost $611 billion over a decade, congressional number crunchers estimate, down from $1 trillion two weeks ago. But the total cost of the health-care ...
Senate bill fines people refusing health coverageThe Associated Press
Health care: Will 'pay or play' chase employers away?CNNMoney.com
Kennedy, Dodd health plan cost drops to...
Health Care Hopes and Realities - New York Times
2 Jul 2009 at 5:01pm

CBS News
Health Care Hopes and Realities
New York Times
By The Editors This week, President Obama took his case for a public health insurance plan to the voters, campaign-style. On Capitol Hill, the war over the costs, details and philosophy of health care proposals has grown more intense by the day. ...
Issues Related to Health Care ReformThe Spokesman Review
Americans want public health insurance optionRome Sentinel
Congress, Administration Respond to Health Care CrisisNation's Cities Weekly
Delta...
New flu may not spread like regular flu -studies - Reuters
2 Jul 2009 at 3:01pm

BBC News
New flu may not spread like regular flu -studies
Reuters
WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - The new H1N1 influenza strain may be just a little less catching than seasonal flu, but seems a little better able to cause stomach upsets, researchers reported on Thursday. ...
World health officials tackle swine flu challengesThe Associated Press
Swine Flu: United States Swine Influenza, H1N1 Case Report: 170 DeathsImperial Valley News
Why Swine Flu Differs From Seasonal FluForbes
Grand Island Independ...
Lantus Insulin: Link to Cancer Shaky - WebMD
2 Jul 2009 at 1:18pm

dBTechno
Lantus Insulin: Link to Cancer Shaky
WebMD
July 2, 2009 -- Shaky data from European studies suggest that the long-acting insulin product Lantus might slightly increase cancer risk in people with type 2 diabetes. People should not stop taking Lantus because of this finding, ...
Multaq Sanctioned for Heart Rhythm DisordersU.S. News & World Report
FDA Approves Sanofi Heart TreatmentNew York Times
FDA plays down cancer link with Sanofi's LantusReuters
dBTechno -Pharmaceutical Business Review -W...
? No Vicodin? No Fear! Alternatives Exist - ABC News
2 Jul 2009 at 3:19am

Baltimore Sun
? No Vicodin? No Fear! Alternatives Exist
ABC News
For 22-year-old Jacob Rosenberg, life without his daily dose of Vicodin wouldn't be much of a life at all. Following a vote by an FDA expert panel that favored banning drugs that combine drugs that combine acetaminophen with narcotics ...
If 2 Painkillers Are Banned, What Next?Forbes
FDA Panel Recommends Acetaminophen RestrictionsAAFP News Now
FDA May Restrict AcetaminophenWebMD
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