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Roche breast cancer drug gets FDA priority review
Reuters - Health regulators granted a priority review for an experimental Roche breast cancer drug that in clinical trials added six months to the time before the disease worsened...
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 Government health spending seen hitting $1.8 trillion
Reuters - Government spending for Medicare, Medicaid and other healthcare programs will more than double over the next decade to $1.8 trillion, or 7.3 percent of the country's total economic output, congressional researchers said on Tuesday...
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 DEA raids 2 CVS pharmacies in drug abuse probe
Reuters - The Drug Enforcement Administration said on Monday it raided two CVS pharmacies over the weekend as part of an effort to curb the abuse of prescription painkillers and other potentially addictive substances...
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 Skepticism grows around Medco/Express Scripts deal
Reuters - Objections to Express Scripts' $29 billion plan to buy rival pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions are accumulating as U.S. antitrust regulators weigh whether they have enough evidence to stop the megamerger...
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 Many Stroke Victims Still Don't Get Treated Fast Enough:
Study
HD - While a clot-busting
medication can often help stop a stroke in its tracks if it's given
promptly, a new study finds that a high number of stroke victims continue
to fail to get to the emergency room quickly enough to get the drug...
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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 New Anti-Clotting Drug May Cut Brain Bleeding Risk: Study
HD - A new medication that helps
prevent strokes in people with the abnormal heart rhythm disorder known as
atrial fibrillation poses less risk of bleeding in the brain than a
commonly used drug, research comparing rivaroxaban (Xarelto) and warfarin
suggests...
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 Brain Changes Cause Drug Addiction, Researchers Say
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Drug addicts and their nonaddict siblings share the same brain abnormalities linked with poor self-control and drug dependence, a new study suggests. ..
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 Siblings' brain scans may hold key to addictions
Reuters - Drug addicts and their non-addicted siblings share certain features in the brain, suggesting a susceptibility to addiction is inherited but is also a flaw that can be overcome, scientists said on Thursday...
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Thu, 02 Feb 2012