Posts Tagged ‘medicine’

Many Patients Say 'No' to Chocolate As Medicine

THURSDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) – It sounds like a great
prescription, but a new study finds that many heart patients aren't all
that sweet on using chocolate as medicine.

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Debt-hit Greece threatened with health supply freeze

Greece's debt-plagued state hospitals faced a supply embargo after providers rejected Saturday a government compromise plan to repay billions of euros owed for equipment and medicine purchases.

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Red wine and dark chocolate cancer killers: researcher (AFP)

AFP – Cabernet and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to research presented here Wednesday.

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A Study to Find How Medicines Influence Pregnancy

WebMD reports, “Two out of three pregnant women in the U.S. take some kind of medicine during pregnancy. Yet very few drugs are tested in pregnant women.” The affect of common medications on pregnant women is unclear, so the FDA and a crew of HMOs have set in motion several studies to find out how different medicines affect pregnancy.
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Extreme Price Variations for Tamiflu

As the supply of Tamiflu, an H1N1 drug, is running low, some pharmacists are selling the medicine for triple the price than what others are. “The out-of-pocket price to fill the same liquid Tamiflu prescription can range from $43 to $130, according to USA TODAY’s phone survey of more than 100 pharmacies in six states,” abc News reports.