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Iraqis face health threat
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
Soaring rates of disease and a crippled health system are posing a new threat to the people of Iraq. Deadly infections including ...
 

Bush Health Savings Accounts Slow to Gain Acceptance
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
President Bush has made health savings accounts one of his central campaign remedies for the nation's health care problems, but so far employers and workers ...

Health Highlights: Oct. 12, 2004
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
... In response, US health authorities have urged only those at high risk of the flu -- including young children and the elderly -- to get a flu shot. ...

3 out of 4 health care measures doing well
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
Sacramento -- Voters continue to favor three of four health-related ballot propositions on November's ballot, including one opposed by business groups and Gov. ...

PharmAthene, Inc. Closes $50 Million in Series B Financing
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... "PharmAthene is a leader in the fight against bioterror because of the foresight of our scientific founders and the early support and leadership of key US ...

New Study on Smallpox in Monkeys Reveals Tactics of a Killer
National Institutes of Health (press release) - USA
... about the workings of the smallpox virus and other bioterror agents," says ... News releases, fact sheets and other NIAID-related materials are available on the ...

Two prescriptions for health insurance crisis
USA Today - McLean,VA,United States
... John Kerry are promoting very different plans for improving the nation's troubled health care system, either of which could dramatically change how millions of ...
 

Health Secretary under fire for passive smoking risks 'cover-up'
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
JOHN Reid, the Health Secretary, was yesterday accused of suppressing a report from medical experts warning that the risks of passive smoking are greater than ...
 

Health Officials Search for Flu Strategy
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... the flu-shot inventories of their hospitals and nursing homes and, in some cases, the holdings of individual physicians, local public health officials said ...
 

House DFLers offer health plan for small firms
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Taking a page from Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's health care plan, Minnesota House DFLers said Monday that small businesses and the self ...

 

Alta premier says he considered firing health minister over ...
Canada.com - Canada
EDMONTON (CP) - Alberta Premier Ralph Klein said Monday he weighed the pros and cons of firing Health Minister Gary Mar over controversy caused by the ...
Amgen ready to test new drugs
Boulder Daily Camera - Boulder,CO,USA
... renovations, though, are positioning the 155,000-square-foot plant for other important Amgen projects, including the production of two new drugs undergoing the ...


Glaxo Third-Quarter Profit Drops 9.1% on Generics (Update2)
Bloomberg - United States
... Glaxo is relying on marketing established products such as the Advair and Avandia to increase revenue until new drugs reach the market. ...
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Lexicon Genetics Reports 2004 Third Quarter Financial Results
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... Established collaboration to discover new drugs for high blood pressure: On July 28, 2004, Lexicon and Takeda announced the formation of a collaboration to ...


Lexicon Genetics Reports 2004 Third Quarter Financial Results
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... and give us flexibility in advancing our drug discovery programs." Third Quarter 2004 Highlights Established collaboration to discover new drugs for high blood ...

Amgen ready to test new drugs
Boulder Daily Camera - Boulder,CO,USA
... renovations, though, are positioning the 155,000-square-foot plant for other important Amgen projects, including the production of two new drugs undergoing the ...
 

Glaxo Third-Quarter Profit Drops 9.1% on Generics (Update2)
Bloomberg - United States
... Glaxo is relying on marketing established products such as the Advair and Avandia to increase revenue until new drugs reach the market. ...
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Lexicon Genetics Reports 2004 Third Quarter Financial Results
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... Established collaboration to discover new drugs for high blood pressure: On July 28, 2004, Lexicon and Takeda announced the formation of a collaboration to ...
 

Lexicon Genetics Reports 2004 Third Quarter Financial Results
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... and give us flexibility in advancing our drug discovery programs." Third Quarter 2004 Highlights Established collaboration to discover new drugs for high blood ...

mmigration takes toll on women's health: study
CBC News - Canada
The study by the Canadian Institute for Health Information examined health data from across the country collected by Statistics Canada. ...
 

Experts discuss health impacts of volcanic fallout
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... erupted in 1980, it created a living laboratory for scientists - notably specialists in volcanoes, affected forests, river systems, wildlife - and human health ...
 

Update 1: Cardinal Health Stock Soars After Results
Forbes - USA
Shares of Cardinal Health Inc. soared 20 percent Wednesday, a day after the company released its long-delayed fourth-quarter and full-year financial results. ...
 

Productivity Commission to reform health
ABC Online - Australia
Now the Productivity Commission has its sights on the health system. ... It's a call which has been welcomed by the health sector today. ...

Officials: State not prepared for bioterror attack
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth,NH,United States
By Associated Press. PORTLAND, Maine - Maine is not prepared to get emergency medicines and vaccines to residents across the state ...
 

Cardinal Health releases delayed earnings, warns of lower profits
Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami,FL,USA
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Cardinal Health Inc. released its long-delayed fourth-quarter and full-year financial results on Tuesday and said ...
 

Dodge denies Martin wanted to scrap Health Act
CTV - Canada
... Dodge told the Commons Finance committee on Tuesday "I can state categorically that there was never any suggestion to modify the Canada Health Act" during the ...
 

Retail giant gives $500,000 to defeat health insurance mandate
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
... Mart contributed $500,000 Tuesday to defeat a California ballot measure that would require large and mid-size employers to help pay for health insurance for ...

Good Health: Health Sector Reform Programme: An Overview
AllAfrica.com - Africa
On account of the largely unfavorable features and performance of the existing national health system, the Federal Ministry of Health with the support of the ...