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  • October 2007

    • FDA Promises More Generics

      Reuters  |  Oct 5, 07 9:19 AM CDT

      FDA Promises More Generics

      (Newser) - The FDA approved about a third more generic drugs in fiscal 2007 than the year prior, and pledged yesterday to speed its review process to accommodate yet more. Sales of generics, which average about one-third the cost of their brand-name counterparts, are up 22%—and one advocacy group says the FDA isn't doing enough to cut through the 1,300-drug backlog. More »

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      medicine  • FDA  • prescription  • generic drugs  • Pharmacy

    • Antibiotic May Buy Time for Treating Stroke Victims

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 2, 07 9:56 AM CDT

      Antibiotic May Buy Time for Treating Stroke Victims

      (Newser) - An antibiotic commonly used to treat acne has shown promise in helping stroke victims recover. Patients who got minocycline within a day of their stroke fared markedly better than those who did not, a discovery that could open the critical window for treating stroke victims from just 3 hours to a full day, the LA Times reports. More »

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      medicine  • stroke  • Parkinson's disease  • antibiotics  • Lou Gehrig's disease  • ALS

  • September 2007

    • Even Fake Acupuncture Best for Back Pain

      Associated Press  |  Sep 25, 07 3:24 AM CDT

      Even Fake Acupuncture Best for Back Pain

      (Newser) - Acupuncture has a far better success rate than other treatments for patients with chronic lower back pain,  and fake acupuncture is nearly as effective as the real thing, a new study has found. Normal medical treatment produced significant improvement in 24% of people, while 47% of acupuncture patients felt better, as did 44% of those who got a sham version of the procedure. More »

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      medicine  • painkiller  • medical treatment  • chronic pain  • acupuncture

    • Printer Company Develops Drug-Injection Patch

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Sep 12, 07 1:30 AM CDT

      Printer Company Develops Drug-Injection Patch

      (Newser) - Printer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard is teaming up with an Irish company to develop a skin patch that delivers precisely controlled amounts of drugs with tiny needles. The drug delivery system uses some of the same technology as ink printers, and could inject different drugs at different times. "Squirting ink and squirting drugs— it's not a whole lot different," said one executive. More »

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      drugs  • medicine  • Hewlett Packard

    • Schizophrenia Drug Offers New Hope

      BBC  |  Sep 3, 07 3:58 AM CDT

      Schizophrenia Drug Offers New Hope

      (Newser) - The first human trial of a new medication to treat schizophrenia that works fundamentally differently from its predecessors has shown promising results, according to this month's Nature Medicine . The drug targets glutamate rather than dopamine, as do other drugs. Scientists have long known glutamate is involved in schizophrenia. More »

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      medicine  • schizophrenia  • antipsychotic drugs  • Eli Lilly  • dopamine

  • August 2007

    • Heart Meds May Work Against Alzheimer's

      Time  |  Aug 28, 07 7:48 AM CDT

      Heart Meds May Work Against Alzheimer's

      (Newser) - The best medicine for Alzheimer's disease may be a heart drug, researchers say, and the discovery may shed light on the way the devastating disorder acts on the brain. Subjects taking popular statin-based cholesterol meds developed fewer protein deposits in their brains, reports Time , possibly confirming suspicions that Alzheimer’s is more of a blood vessel problem than a brain disease. More »

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      health  • medicine  • heart disease  • brain  • neurology  • statins

    • Americans Double Use of Pain Meds

      Associated Press  |  Aug 20, 07 9:40 AM CDT

      Americans Double Use of Pain Meds

      (Newser) - Retail sales of five major painkillers rose a whopping 90% from 1997 to 2005, a new AP analysis of DEA statistics shows. The increase is driven by Oxycodone, the chemical used in OxyContin, which has seen sales increase nearly 600%. Causes include an aging population, huge new drug marketing campaigns, and an increased willingness by doctors to prescribe the meds. More »

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      medicine  • Americans  • painkiller  • patient  • OxyContin

    • New Procedure Gives Hope to Diabetics

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 19, 07 5:55 PM CDT

      New Procedure Gives Hope to Diabetics

      (Newser) - Car crashes, comas, sudden stabbings, divorces – all are being indirectly diminished as Britain spearheads a new procedure to help sufferers of type 1 diabetes. Victims of the growing disorder are often subject to fits and blackouts as they scramble for insulin, but a new operation is offering hope: already a dozen Britons are infused with cells to eliminate insulin dependency entirely. More »

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      health  • United Kingdom  • medicine  • disease  • diabetes  • medical breakthrough  • liver  • Islet cell transplantation  • diabetics  • pancreas

    • 10 Ways to Cut Medical Costs

      MSNBC  |  Aug 17, 07 5:38 PM CDT

      10 Ways to Cut Medical Costs

      (Newser) - Avoid financial injury by following these ten tips from MSNBC : Shop for tests. Different labs may vary widely in costs. Negotiate. Hospitals may waive or reduce a co-pay fee if the patient can prove that it's a hardship. Question the necessity of follow-up appointments, X-rays or MRIs. More »

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      list  • health care  • medicine  • doctor  • blood pressure  • health care costs

    • Go Easy on Pregnancy Weight Gain, Say Docs

      Associated Press  |  Aug 15, 07 12:03 PM CDT

      Go Easy on Pregnancy Weight Gain, Say Docs

      (Newser) - The current guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy may be contributing to the nation's obesity epidemic, some doctors say, and radical changes in the recommendations are under consideration. Docs say a revision is long overdue, the AP reports. "Most of us think overall the weight gain recommendations are too high," says a Yale med school expert. More »

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      health  • obesity  • women  • medicine  • pregnancy  • public health  • women's health  • weight

    • Generics Curb Rise in Drug Costs

      New York Times  |  Aug 8, 07 6:37 PM CDT

      Generics Curb Rise in Drug Costs

      (Newser) - Scores of prescription drugs are getting cheaper, as name-brand patents expire and open the door to generic imitators. That's bad news for pharmaceutical companies, the Times reports, but it means that an aging population ever more reliant on drugs will be paying as much as 80 percent less for them. More »

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      health  • drugs  • medicine  • pharmaceutical companies  • health care costs  • pharma  • generic drugs  • brands

    • Grocery Chain Offers Free Rx Meds

      Associated Press  |  Aug 6, 07 3:17 PM CDT

      Grocery Chain Offers Free Rx Meds

      (Newser) - Pharmacies in Publix supermarkets across five Southern states will distribute seven antibiotics free to patients with prescriptions, the chain said today. The CEO allows that one goal is to drive customer traffic, but it's also an example of the private sector assisting access to affordable health care, the AP reports. Wal-Mart and Kmart recently started selling uber-cheap meds. More »

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      health care  • medicine  • retail  • Charlie Crist  • antibiotics  • pharma  • free

    • Maybe Your Ailments Are All in Your Web

      Ars Technica  |  Aug 3, 07 7:50 AM CDT

      Maybe Your Ailments Are All in Your Web

      (Newser) - More and more people are turning to websites to complement doctor visits, Ars Technica reports. About three-quarters of adults seek out medical info online, a fraction that's held for nearly a decade even as the number of wired adults has soared. That translates to 160 million of what Harris Interactive calls "cyberchondriacs." More »

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      Internet  • health  • medicine  • doctor  • patient

  • July 2007