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Tuesday,
02 December 2008
Generic Heart Drugs as Good as Brand-Name Counterparts
By Amanda Gardner TUESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Brand-name drugs used to treat cardiovascular disease are no better than generics, a new review of available evidence shows.
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Tuesday,
02 December 2008
CHS losses total $284.5M
Carolinas HealthCare System reports losses of more than $284.5 million for the first nine months of the year, driven by significant reductions in investment income and softer patient volumes.
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Tuesday,
02 December 2008
Patients Photos Help Boost Radiologists Accuracy
TUESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Clipping a photo of the patient next to their radiological scans helps humanize each case and boosts the accuracy with which scans are read by radiologists, a new study finds.
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Tuesday,
02 December 2008
Medicare recipients need to choose new plan
The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company has decided to pull its HealthMarkets Care Assured plan out of the Ohio market, causing Ohioans currently with its Medicare health and prescription drug benefits to find new Medicare coverage for...
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Tuesday,
02 December 2008
Doctors separating joined twins in London
LONDON (AP) - British doctors were conducting surgery to separate twins joined at the chest on Tuesday, hospital officials said. Stephen Cox, a spokesman for the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, said the decision to...
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Tuesday,
02 December 2008
Consumer Reports Identifies Foods With Surprisingly High Levels of
YONKERS, NY, Dec 02, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Shaking salt from the diet isnt easy; Consumer Reports urges consumers to check food labels.
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Tuesday,
02 December 2008
TV, Internet Causing Kids Harm: Report
TUESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Theres a strong link between media exposure and childhood obesity, smoking and sexual activity, according to US researchers who reviewed 173 studies on media and health conducted over the past three...
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