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Wall Street Journal: Health Blog
WSJ's blog on health and the business of health.
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Merck Ready to Play Let’s Make an (Emerging Markets) Deal
Merck isn't ruling out making outright purchases of emerging-market companies, but competition is fierce.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Mt. Sinai Program Lets Some Pre-Meds Swap Orgo for Shakespeare
Students in the Humanities and Medicine Program get spots in med school as long as they meet certain requirements -- but don't take the usual pre-med pre-requisites.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
A.M. Vitals: Merck Profit Falls 52% On Merger, Restructuring Costs
Also: high-risk pool regs are out; vote held up by motion to repeal provision of health-care overhaul; Republicans want HHS to edit HealthCare.gov.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Got a Limited Screening Budget? Then Colonoscopy’s Not Your Test.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Senator Slams FDA Advisory Committee’s Avastin Decision
Sen. Vitter has also called on HHS to remove the new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force breast cancer screening recs from the agency's website.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Med Students: We Want More Sex Ed!
More than 53% of respondents said they didn't get sufficient training in med school to address patients' sexual concerns.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Wellness Programs Won’t Necessarily Improve Health Or Lower Costs
Programs limited to health assessments and "let's get fit!" web-based efforts are most likely to fail.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
A.M. Vitals: Sanofi Likely to Formally Offer to Buy Genzyme
Also: new painkiller policy proposed in Washington State; the insured seem to be using less health care; Dendreon publishes results in the NEJM.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Aetna’s CEO Discusses Health Overhaul, CVS Caremark Deal
Obama isn't anti-business, Aetna CEO Ron Williams said, but his administration may lack an understanding of what it takes to run a business.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Why Novartis’s Triaminic Giveaway Reminds Us of the Tour de France
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
FDA Advisory Panel Gives Thumbs-Up to AstraZeneca’s Brilinta
Overall, patients taking Brilinta showed a 16% benefit compared to those taking Plavix, the market leader.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
A.M. Vitals: Aetna Reports Earnings Jump, Contracts Out PBM Business
Also: tobacco and obesity in public-health funding competition; UnitedHealth in talks to buy Executive Health Resources; coordinating care to save money and boost quality.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Health Blog Q&A: Mayo Clinic’s New Center for Social Media
Why does the Mayo Clinic need a center devoted to explaining how to use blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube?
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
Why Does AstraZeneca’s Brilinta Seem to Work Only Outside the U.S.?
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
A.M. Vitals: WellPoint, Aetna Test Home Monitoring for Heart Patients
Also: report says insurers may band together to fund congressional races; CT scan gold rush in China; older Americans don't know basics of health-care overhaul.
Categories: NEWS: Health and Medical
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