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• Consumers who took cholesterol drugs Zetia or Vytorin may get refund

  
  Consumer Reports Health Blog — Authority: 589
  If you took the cholesterol-lowering drugs Zetia or Vytorin in recent years, you may be able to get some of your money back. The manufacturers Merck and Schering-Plough have agreed to a proposed $41.5 million class action settlement over charges they violated consumer protection laws by marketing the drugs as ...
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• Study: Anemia drugs increase risk of blood clots

  
  Consumer Reports Health Blog — Authority: 589
  Medications frequently given to cancer patients to reduce their risk of anemia are associated with an increased risk of blood clots, according to a study published this week in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Anemia drugs , known as erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs), such as epoetin alfa ...
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• More Problems For Acne Drug Accutane

  
  Philadelphia Personal Injury Lawyer — Authority: 114
  A recently released study solidified evidence of a link between the acne drug Accutane and inflammatory bowel disease. In June 2009, Accutane was pulled from the market, after early signs of a link to inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory bowel disease is a painful condition where the intestines become ...
  23 hours ago

• Save on Prescription Drugs

  
  Free Sample Freak — Authority: 608
  Save on Prescription Drugs : Start saving on prescription drugs with TogetherRx Access. Just fill out the form to see if you’re eligible. Below is an email that I was sent by my reader Danny: “Please let the public know about two wonderful programs: 1.  The Patient Assistance Program (if they can’t ...
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• Judge dismisses Jackson father estate bid (AFP)

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 431
  LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A Los Angeles judge has dismissed a bid by Michael Jacksons father to challenge the two businessmen appointed executors of the pop icons estate. Judge Mitchell Beckloff said Joe Jackson, 81, had no basis to challenge the appointment of administrators John Branca and John ...
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• FDA’s Oversight of Post-Marketing Studies Inadequate

  
  Tampa Bay Personal Injury Lawyer — Authority: 108
  The Government Accountability Office ( GAO ) has released a new report about the FDA ’s lack of post-marketing oversight in a number of the drugs which it conditionally approved. The FDA normally makes a decision to approve a drug based on clinical trials . If the clinical trials yielded favorable results, the ...
  2 days ago

• Seniors Warned Of High Pressure Medicare Sales

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 591
  NEW YORK—Senior citizens are warned to protect themselves against high-pressure and misleading sales tactics sometimes aimed at seniors during Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug plan open enrollment periods, Insurance Superintendent James Wrynn says.Open enrollment runs from Nov. 15 through Dec. 31 ...
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• Drug Makers Still Repeatedly Breaking the Law over "Off-Label" Promotion

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  As the healthcare bill moves to the U.S. Senate and the country focuses on what is best and worst about the proposed legislation, now is the time to consider serious reform of both the price and safety of prescription drugs. Concerning price, one of the best recommendations in the House bill is repeal of the bizarre ...
  3 days ago

• What’s In Your Water?

  
  AdPharm Blog — Authority: 142
  Recent news out of the State of Minnesota reports that bong water is now classified as an illegal drug. That’s right, bong water . Minnesota’s Supreme Court now says a person can be prosecuted for a first-degree drug crime for 25 grams (not milliliters?) or more of bong water that tests positive for a ...
  3 days ago

• Swine flu: Wherefore art thou vaccine?

  
  Consumer Reports Health Blog — Authority: 589
  With the swine (H1N1) vaccine production and distribution slower than expected, many Americans are having trouble finding vaccine, according to a new poll. And the trickle of vaccine has caused problems for mandatory vaccination programs for health care workers, as well as some public health officials when it was ...
  3 days ago

• Talking to Your Patients About Prescription Drug Abuse

  
  Docuticker — Authority: 152
  Talking to Your Patients About Prescription Drug Abuse Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Discuss the problem of prescription medicine abuse, prevalence among teenagers, teens’ attitudes about medicine abuse, why teens are abusing prescription medications, what prescription ...
  4 days ago

• Free Rx Discount Cards Donated to Fulton County Health Department

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 139
  Charles Myrick the President of American Consultants Rx announced the re-release of the American Consultants Rx community service project. ACRX donated over 20 million ACRX discount prescription cards throughout the country. One of the main locations in the Canton,IL area that received an initial donation of ACIRX ...
  4 days ago

• Learning Herbal Remedy Basics

  
  Health and Medic — Authority: 140
  Herbalists are practitioners of holistic medicine who employ herbal remedies to help their clients. They believe that everyone has an inner vital force that is constantly working to maintain physical, emotional, and mental health. Herbalists believe that disease comes when a person’s inner force or natural immune ...
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• Discount Rx Cards Donated to Livingston County Health Department

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 139
  Charles Myrick the President of American Consultants Rx announced the re-release of the American Consultants Rx community service project. ACRX donated over 20 million ACRX discount prescription cards throughout the country. One of the main locations in the Pontiac,IL area that received an initial donation of ACIRX ...
  5 days ago

• Michael Lohan keeps blabbing. Lindsay Lohan says shut up! Whos right?

  
  The Dish Rag — Authority: 701
   Oh, those battling Lohans! Michael Lohan is busy defending his decision to release tape-recordings of his phone calls with Lindsay Lohan . But LiLo tweeted Thursday , “He’s a deadbeat dad. He’s disgusting to do this. He doesn’t deserve attention. He needs help.” Lindsay expects the voicemail ...
  6 days ago

• Another Great Swindle: Doctors, Hospitals, Pharma as Much to Blame as Insurers

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 483
  While the health insurance industry’s immoral, amoral and, sometimes, illegal treatment of policyholders is an appropriate prime culprit and target in the current push for reform, the fact is that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  6 days ago

• Q&A: Is there any way to treat or prevent cold sores?

  
  Consumer Reports Health Blog — Authority: 589
  Several steps might help. Cold sores are caused by the virus herpes simplex type 1. Like the related genital-herpes (simplex type 2) and chicken pox viruses, the bug stays in your body permanently, emerging when your immune system is weakened. Avoiding the triggers might reduce the frequency of outbreaks. Common ...
  6 days ago

• Pregnant and getting the runaround: My search for a flu shot

  
  Consumer Reports Health Blog — Authority: 589
  Every time I see advice for pregnant women to get a seasonal flu vaccine, I have to laugh—and then rant and rave to anyone who will listen. We’ve all been reminded how important it is for pregnant women to get vaccinated for the H1N1 (swine) flu and the seasonal flu, but it’s not necessarily easy. This is the ...
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• Flomax Delivers Most Recalled Drug Ads of 2008-09 TV Season

  
  Docuticker — Authority: 152
  Flomax Delivers Most Recalled Drug Ads of 2008-09 TV Season Source: Nielsen Wire Two commercials for Flomax topped the ranking of the most recalled drug/vaccine ads of the 2008-09 TV season, according to an analysis released today by Nielsen. The Boehringer-Ingelheim drug, which treats male urinary symptoms due ...
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• Here’s What Health Care Reform Means for Working Families

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 658
    The AFL-CIO is running an ad in support of health care reform in newspapers in the Washington, D.C., area.   Within days, the U.S. House will vote on a historic health care reform bill that will cover everyone, cut costs and protect families from insurance company abuses. The House bill, H.R. ...
  1 week ago

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