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Health NewsBig-Selling Drugs Aid Lilly Profit2008-02-01 06:01 - Eli Lilly & Company reported fourth-quarter earnings of $854.4 million, or 78 cents a share, compared with $132.3 million, or 12 cents a share, a year ago. Battle Concussions Tied to Stress Disorder 2008-02-01 06:01 - The study is the military’s first large-scale effort to gauge the effect of mild head injuries that some experts worry may be causing a host of undiagnosed neurological deficiencies. Lilly Considers $1 Billion Fine to Settle Case 2008-02-01 06:01 - The fine would settle a civil and criminal investigation into the company’s marketing of an antipsychotic drug. Mutant Flu Virus Is Found That Resists Popular Drug 2008-02-01 04:50 - The World Health Organization said that a small but significant percentage of the main influenza virus causing illness this winter is resistant to the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu. Tainted Drugs Tied to Maker of Abortion Pill 2008-02-01 04:50 - A Chinese company is at the center of a scandal after nearly 200 Chinese cancer patients were paralyzed or otherwise harmed by contaminated drugs. Staying a Step Ahead of Aging 2008-02-01 04:50 - Researchers find that while you will slow down as you age, you may be able to stave off more of the deterioration than you thought. Mosquito Nets and a New Drug Make Sharp Inroads Against Malaria 2008-02-01 04:50 - Widespread distribution of mosquito nets and a new medicine sharply reduced malaria deaths in several African countries, World Health Organization researchers reported. Georgia: Troubled Hospital’s Leader Quits 2008-01-31 06:01 - The chief executive of Grady Memorial Hospital, Otis L. Story Sr., has resigned, ending a brief stint as the troubled hospital’s fourth C.E.O. since 2000. Dangerous Cases of Cold Medicines and Children 2008-01-31 04:52 - Cough and cold medicines send about 7,000 children to hospital emergency rooms each year, the government said in its first national estimate. About two-thirds of the cases were children who took the medicines unsupervised. But about one-quarter involved cases in which parents gave the proper dosage and an allergic reaction or some other problem developed, the study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Less than two weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration warned parents that over-the-counter cough and cold medicines were too dangerous for children younger than 2. Dip Once or Dip Twice? 2008-01-31 04:51 - A scientific report, inspired by an episode of ?Seinfeld,? may cause football fans to take a second look at that communal bowl of dip. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 |
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