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07/28/2010 Sanofi Said to Plan a Bid of $70 for Genzyme A deal would bolster Sanofi’s drug pipeline and significantly increase its presence in biopharmaceuticals. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 The Cruelest Month: For Some Fitness Buffs, July Heat Is No Obstacle When you’re dedicated to your fitness routine, weeks of 90-something weather is no obstacle. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 Migraines and the Menstrual Cycle Can birth control pills help prevent the onset of migraines tied to a woman's menstrual periods? An expert responds. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 Washington State Moves to Tighten Controls on Pain Killers Regulators in Washington State are attempting to stem what some see as the excessive use of prescribed narcotics. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 Novartis Plans Giveaway of New Children’s Medicine The Swiss drug giant will give away up to 250,000 bottles of a liquid medicine to woo parents frustrated by the recall of liquid children’s Tylenol. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 Antismoking Efforts Lose Ground to Obesity Fight As public health priorities shift, anti-tobacco programs are losing out to the campaign against obesity. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 Texas Battles Health Law Even as It Follows It An awkward dichotomy exists in states that are challenging the health care act, but are still required to follow it while their cases move through the courts. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 Advance on AIDS Raises Questions as Well as Joy Experts are pondering issues raised after a trial found that a vaginal gel could help women avoid infection. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 Essay: Lifesaving Medications, Through a Back Door A patient illicitly selling part of his medication helps fight AIDS in his own strange way. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 Recipes for Health: Giant Lima Bean Ragout (or Soup) This dish is flavored by vegetables cooked separately from the beans and, if the cook chooses, by Parmesan cheese. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 Following a Script to Escape a Nightmare Mounting evidence suggests that therapy can help reduce the frequency and intensity of nightmares. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 N.F.L. Toughens Warning On Risks of Head Injury The league is making its most definitive statement yet on the cognitive risks of football in a new locker-room poster. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 Books: Drama! Intrigue! A Mystery? No, Malaria’s Story In her new book, Sonia Shah has spun a disease yarn that’s not a yawn. Read more at this website... 07/26/2010 Guiding Your Sleep While You’re Awake Many therapists use behavioral interventions to help the waking patient toward having a mastery dream — using the conscious mind to control the wild ways of the unconscious. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 Unmasking Silent Killer in Epilepsy Sudep, for sudden unexplained death in epilepsy, accounts for up to 18 percent of all epilepsy deaths , yet many patients and their families never hear about it until someone dies. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 National Briefing | West: California: Oakland Votes to Allow Large-Scale Marijuana Farming The Oakland City Council voted in favor of a plan to license four factories where marijuana would be grown and packaged for medical use. Read more at this website... 07/26/2010 Global Update: Rabies: United Nations Adds a New Web Site to Its Arsenal in Fight Against Rabies The Food and Agriculture Organization effort encourages nations around the world to bring the disease under control. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 Obama’s New Health Official Faces Hostility in Senate Dr. Donald M. Berwick was named chief of Medicare and Medicaid without a Senate confirmation hearing, and some senators are less than happy about it. Read more at this website... 07/26/2010 Vital Signs : Screening: Insurance and Colorectal Cancer Only one-third of those without health insurance are routinely screened for colorectal cancer, according to a new report. Read more at this website... 07/12/2010 18 and Under: Q. Did You Ever Smoke Pot? A. It’s Complicated. How parents should handle questions from their children on the topic of alcohol and drug use. Read more at this website... 07/13/2010 Mind: Accepting That Good Parents May Plant Bad Seeds We marvel at the resilient child who survives the most toxic parents, yet the converse — the notion that some children might be the bad seeds of more or less decent parents — is hard to take. Read more at this website... 07/05/2010 Recalibrated Formula Eases Women's Workouts Scientists have discovered that a decades-old formula for calculating heart rate is largely inaccurate for women, resulting in a number that is too high. Read more at this website... 07/06/2010 Mind: Polishing Tools for Your Fuse Box of Emotions The psychological devices people use to manage what they express can affect social interactions in unintended ways. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 The Roving Runner Rides a Bike Our Roving Runner columnist Brian Fidelman has been sidelined by injury, but that hasn't stopped him from exploring New York by bicycle. Recently he wrote about tackling three mountain biking trails in the city. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 The Voices of Scleroderma The latest installment of Patient Voices focuses on scleroderma, an autoimmune disease that can lead to hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 A New Risk Factor: Your Social Life Social relationships are just as important to health as other common risk factors like smoking, lack of exercise or obesity, new research shows. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 Phys Ed: Does Lucky Underwear Improve Athletic Performance? A new study in the journal Psychological Science provides some intriguing answers. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 Answers About Migraine A migraine experts answers reader questions about the debilitating health problem. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 Personal Health: What Do You Lack? Probably Vitamin D If recent findings hold up in future research, the consequences of vitamin D deficiency are likely to go far beyond excessive bone loss. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 Really?: The Claim: Exercise Can Worsen Chronic Heartburn Can too much running induce acid reflux? Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 The Outlier Daniel Schorr was an extraordinary journalist. There's no need to make him an icon for the elderly as well. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 Poll: Older Americans Perplexed by Health Care Law Many Americans over age 65 are uncertain about the provisions of the new health care law and its impact, a new poll finds. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 One Way to Judge a Nursing Home The hallmark of a good nursing home is low turnover among the aides who work there. Read more at this website... 07/28/2010 A New Concept in Health Care It's one of the hottest concepts to emerge from the discussions about how best to overhaul the nation's health care system: accountable care organizations. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 New Medicare Rules May Curb Use of Anemia Drugs for Dialysis Amgen's Epogen may be affected significantly through new rules issued by Medicare. Read more at this website... 07/26/2010 New Generics Study Lauds Savings A study by an industry trade group suggests that generic drugs save the health care system about $383 million every day. Read more at this website... 07/26/2010 Letters: Distracted Spouses (2 Letters) Letters to the editor. Read more at this website... 07/26/2010 Letters: Fighting Tobacco’s Lure (1 Letter) A letter to the editor. Read more at this website... 07/26/2010 Vital Signs: Nostrums: Some Nasal Gels May Harm Sense of Smell Zinc nasal gel products can cause some patients to lose their sense of smell, a new analysis finds. Read more at this website... 07/26/2010 Vital Signs: Regimens: Finding a Way to Save Money and Blood Transfusing patients with their own blood can halve the number of blood products used in hospitals and reduce costs, a study reports. Read more at this website... 07/24/2010 Potential Found in a New Approach to Alzheimer’s A scientific finding raises hopes in treating Alzheimer’s disease, as well as Huntington’s and Parkinson’s. Read more at this website... 07/25/2010 New Drugs Buoy Hopes in Fighting Hepatitis C The late-trial success of telaprevir has given medical experts reason to believe a new wave of drugs could lead to far better treatment outcomes for patients who have the virus. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 Recipes for Health: Baked Large Limas With Spinach and Feta This Greek-inspired dish makes a hearty meal rich in nutritious spinach. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 Recipes for Health: Baked Limas With Tomatoes and Peppers These baked beans are surprisingly sweet, though they contain no added sugars. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 Recipes for Health: Greek Salad With Giant Beans and Arugula This substantial salad packs plenty of protein. Read more at this website... 07/27/2010 Recipes for Health: From the Bean Pot to the Table With a bubbling pot of beans at hand, you can make soups, salads, even gratins. Read more at this website... 07/26/2010 Britain Plans to Decentralize National Health Care The new government’s plan would be the most radical reorganization of the National Health Service since its inception in 1948. Read more at this website... 07/23/2010 Patient Money: For Chronic Care, Try Turning to Your Employer Just about every major company offers some sort of chronic care program, but the quality of offerings can vary widely. Read more at this website... 07/24/2010 V.A. Eases Rules for Medical Marijuana Clinics in the Department of Veterans Affairs system will formally allow veterans to use the drug in states where it is legal, though they will not prescribe it. Read more at this website... 07/24/2010 Insurers Lobby to Shape Critical Rule in Health Law Health insurers are lobbying over a rule that 80 cents of each dollar in premiums must be spent on patient welfare. Read more at this website... |
