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Health News

Big-Selling Drugs Aid Lilly Profit
2008-02-01 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.


 
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