China to cut prices of more than 400 drugs from February
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China will cut prices of about 400 drugs for respiratory diseases, fever and
pain by up to 20% from February, in a move to make medicines more affordable. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
New meningitis-linked firm head poor choice: Justice
BOSTON (Reuters) - The person hired to run the bankrupt pharmacy linked to a deadly U.S. meningitis
outbreak is "hopelessly conflicted" and should be removed from the job, a U.S. Justice Department
official said on Tuesday. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
EU grants approval to expand use of Prevenar to children
(Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Link between concussions, dementia is complex: NFL study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study of National Football League (NFL) veterans, former players
with thinking and memory problems also had more lesions in their brains than healthy players and non-athletes in a
control group. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Ebselen a possible lithium mimic, mouse study hints
LONDON (Reuters) - The experimental drug ebselen may work like lithium for bipolar disorder but
without lithium's side-effects, according to a study in mice. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Canagliflozin drug may pose heart risks: FDA staff
(Source: Modern Medicine)
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Giving in to patient demands for brand-name drugs could be adding unnecessary costs to healthcare
system
Years in practice, specialty, and practice size were factors when researchers examined the likelihood
that a physician would honor a patient's request for a brand-name drug rather than a generic. The investigators
suggest two solutions to reduce the practice, which if followed could save costs in the healthcare
system. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Florida governor meets Sebelius on healthcare, bridles at cost
(Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Stereotactic brain radiosurgery helps small unruptured arteriovenous malformations
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with small unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVM)
may benefit from stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), Mayo Clinic researchers say. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Insufficient attention paid to diabetic foot screening: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many elderly Germans with prediabetes and diabetes were unaware they had
clinical peripheral neuropathy in a recent study, and the researchers say more adherence to testing guidelines is
needed. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Binge drinking often overlooked in women: CDC
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Binge drinking contributes to the deaths of about 12,000 women and girls annually
in the United States and is a problem that gets overlooked despite causing a long list of health risks, officials
with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Radiation risk overemphasized in testis Ca patients?
The lifetime risks of cancer from medical radiation may be overemphasized relative to more immediate
health risks, according to a recent study. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
New test measures testosterone at low levels
Abbott Laboratories has announced FDA clearance of a new testosterone test designed to accurately
measure a wide range of testosterone levels seen in both men and women. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Protein implicated in advanced prostate cancer
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, have discovered a molecular switch that enables
advanced prostate cancers to spread without stimulation by male hormones. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Updated Partin tables may offer improved accuracy
The third and most recent update of the Partin tables takes into account an updated Gleason scoring
system and may be more accurate for contemporary patients diagnosed with prostate cancer, researchers from Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore report. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
