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Prescription Drugs Cheaper on Canadian Internet Sites (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Prescription drugs are about 24 percent cheaper when bought on Canadian Internet sites than when purchased from the online sites of major ...
Most US teens have had oral sex: survey (Reuters)
Reuters - The findings from a new survey
indicate that 54 percent of teenage girls and 55 percent of
teenage boys have had oral sex, according to a report released
Thursday by The ...
Being Overweight Hurts Kids' Arteries (HealthDay)
HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Even a little bit of extra fat in the adolescent years weakens the body's ability to fight heart disease in adult life, a British study ...
Canadian online pharmacies a better deal for meds (Reuters)
Reuters - Americans could save hundreds
or even thousands of dollars a year on brand-name prescription
drugs if they use a Canadian Internet pharmacy instead of their
local drug store ...
Stem cells aid spinal cord injured-mice (Reuters)
Reuters - Human neural stem cells can
replace damaged cells and improve function in a mouse model of
spinal cord injury, according to a report released Monday.
Europe suspends sales of Sanofi-Merck vaccine (Reuters)
Reuters - The European Medicines Agency has
suspended sales of Sanofi Pasteur MSD's childhood vaccine
Hexavac because of concerns it may not offer adequate
protection, the drugs ...
FDA steps up action on misleading drug ads (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
warnings to drug companies over misleading advertisements have
more than tripled in the last year, an agency official said on
Monday.
Glaxo settles drug pricing case, U.S. says (Reuters)
Reuters - Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has paid
more than $150 million to settle government charges that the
company fraudulently inflated the price of drugs purchased by
federal ...
Alcoholics at risk of infection after heart surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with long-standing alcoholism who undergo heart surgery are four times more likely to acquire an infection after the operation than their ...
Preschoolers imitate parent's bad habits
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children 2 to 6 years of age pretending to shop for a party with their dolls are significantly more apt to choose cigarettes if their parents smoke and ...
Patients unaware of waist size heart disease risk
LONDON (Reuters) - Patients, and even some doctors, are unaware that abdominal fat and waist circumference are important risk factors for heart disease which kills 17 million people ...
Most newer schizophrenia drugs no better: study
BOSTON (Reuters) - The first direct comparison of five schizophrenia drugs found that most newer treatments are no better than an older generic drug, despite their higher cost, a ...
Novartis says once-a-day asthma drug works
ZURICH (Reuters) - An experimental asthma drug under development by Novartis AG works quickly and lasts for 24 hours
Canadian online pharmacies a better deal for meds
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Americans could save hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year on brand-name prescription drugs if they use a Canadian Internet pharmacy instead of their ...
Stem cells aid spinal cord injured-mice
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Human neural stem cells can replace damaged cells and improve function in a mouse model of spinal cord injury, according to a report released Monday.
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