http://www.mail.com/subjects/12998-health-care-industry.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12998-health-care-industry.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2102504-polish-man-quick-face-transplant-injury.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant. Face transplants are extraordinarily complicated and relatively rare procedures that us... Thu, 23 May 2013 03:11:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2102504-polish-man-quick-face-transplant-injury.html 2013-05-23T03:11:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2100006-france-drugmaker-trial-suspected-deaths.html NANTERRE, France (AP) — The makers of a diabetes and weight loss drug suspected in the deaths of hundreds of people went on trial Tuesday, facing charges they misled the public about the product's safety. But after years of delays in one of France's biggest recent health scandals, the proceedings could still be pushed back further. Between 1976 and 2009, ... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:38:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2100006-france-drugmaker-trial-suspected-deaths.html 2013-05-21T17:38:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2098794-sports-with-heart-zapping-device.html WASHINGTON (AP) — New research is challenging medical guidelines that say people with a heart-zapping device in their chests should avoid intense sports like basketball and soccer in favor of golf or bowling. Lots of patients ignore that take-it-easy advice and stay in the game, and Monday's findings suggest vigorous exercise may be safe for many of them ... Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2098794-sports-with-heart-zapping-device.html 2013-05-20T23:17:19Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2097592-actavis-buying-warner-chilcott-85b-deal.html NEW YORK (AP) — Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock deal valued at about $8.5 billion that would create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S. market. The announcement Monday comes after the companies said earlier this month that they were in talks about a possible pairing of one of the world's largest generic drugmak... Mon, 20 May 2013 22:36:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2097592-actavis-buying-warner-chilcott-85b-deal.html 2013-05-20T22:36:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097056-us-adviser-board-firm-that-sold-anthrax-drug.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplied it, according to a report published Sunday. While there is no evidence a... Mon, 20 May 2013 02:57:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2097056-us-adviser-board-firm-that-sold-anthrax-drug.html 2013-05-20T02:57:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089098-ex-emt-texas-pleads-guilty-to-charges.html WACO, Texas (AP) — A first responder who helped evacuate people ahead of a deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge he possessed bomb-making materials. Bryce Reed was arrested last week and indicted Tuesday on a charge of possessing an unregistered firearm. Authorities have not announced any link between Reed a... Thu, 16 May 2013 01:03:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2089098-ex-emt-texas-pleads-guilty-to-charges.html 2013-05-16T01:03:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088068-shrinks-critics-face-psychiatric-manual.html CHICAGO (AP) — In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one's death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain "senior moments" are called "mild neurocognitive disorder." Those changes are just some of the reasons prominent critics say the American Psychiatric Asso... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:37:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2088068-shrinks-critics-face-psychiatric-manual.html 2013-05-15T18:37:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2084042-india-announces-low-cost-rotavirus-vaccine.html NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian government announced Tuesday the development of a new low-cost vaccine proven effective against a diarrhea-causing virus that is one of the leading causes of childhood deaths across the developing world. The Indian manufacturer of the new rotavirus vaccine pledged to sell it for $1 a dose, a significant discount from the cost o... Tue, 14 May 2013 13:23:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2084042-india-announces-low-cost-rotavirus-vaccine.html 2013-05-14T13:23:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083808-higher-prices-ms-drug-help-drug-firm-merck.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Higher prices for its multiple sclerosis drug Rebif helped German pharmaceutical and high-tech materials company Merck KGaA post a 54 percent rise in first-quarter profit. Merck also saw stronger sales of materials for liquid-crystal displays and raised its profit forecast, saying it would achieve its 2014 goals this year. Its op... Tue, 14 May 2013 09:47:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2083808-higher-prices-ms-drug-help-drug-firm-merck.html 2013-05-14T09:47:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2082222-drug-manufacturer-agrees-to-500-penalty.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A subsidiary of India's largest pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay a record $500 million in fines and penalties for selling adulterated drugs and lying to federal regulators in a case that is part of an ongoing crackdown on the quality of generic drugs flowing into the U.S. Federal prosecutors say the guilty plea by Ranbaxy USA Inc... Tue, 14 May 2013 03:33:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2082222-drug-manufacturer-agrees-to-500-penalty.html 2013-05-14T03:33:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081504-elan-enters-1b-royalty-deal-with-theravance.html Irish drugmaker Elan Corp. PLC plans to pay $1 billion for the right to future royalties from four respiratory treatments being developed by Theravance Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline. The deal announced Monday will give Elan 21 percent of the future royalties that South San Francisco, Calif.-based Theravance receives from Glaxo, a British drugmaker. Theravance ... Mon, 13 May 2013 16:58:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081504-elan-enters-1b-royalty-deal-with-theravance.html 2013-05-13T16:58:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081178-huge-drug-cost-disparities-health-overhaul.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you live could make a huge difference in what you'll pay. To try to keep premiums low, some states are allowing insurers to charge patients a hefty share of the cost for expensive medications u... Mon, 13 May 2013 07:12:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081178-huge-drug-cost-disparities-health-overhaul.html 2013-05-13T07:12:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2078018-fundraising-hhs-secretary-draws-scrutiny.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A fundraising push by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is drawing criticism from a key Senate Republican who questions whether she has a conflict of interest. HHS spokesman Jason Young confirms that Sebelius in recent weeks has asked various charitable foundations, businesses executives, churches and doctors to donat... Fri, 10 May 2013 23:50:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2078018-fundraising-hhs-secretary-draws-scrutiny.html 2013-05-10T23:50:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2077524-actavis-warner-chilcott-discussing-combination.html NEW YORK (AP) — Drugmakers Actavis Inc. and Warner Chilcott PLC said Friday that they in early talks about a possible combination of the two companies. Both say there is no agreement on a deal yet. Shares of both companies soared in Friday trading. Actavis was formed in October through a $5.6 billion combination of Watson Pharmaceuticals of New Jersey and... Fri, 10 May 2013 22:27:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2077524-actavis-warner-chilcott-discussing-combination.html 2013-05-10T22:27:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2077204-utah-to-to-use-dual-model-health-exchange.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The federal government has approved Utah to become the first state to have a dual-model health insurance exchange in which the state and the federal government divide responsibilities. The plan allows Utah to continue to run its existing health insurance marketplace for small businesses, a system that lets employees pick health care ... Fri, 10 May 2013 21:55:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2077204-utah-to-to-use-dual-model-health-exchange.html 2013-05-10T21:55:38Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2074756-makeup-artist-jackson-was-pushed-to-rehearse.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson's longtime makeup artist testified Thursday that she overhead an executive for concert promoter AEG Live insist that the singer rehearse despite signs of Jackson's declining health. Karen Faye, who worked with Jackson for more than 27 years, told jurors she became increasingly concerned about Jackson's health and agreed ... Fri, 10 May 2013 00:25:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2074756-makeup-artist-jackson-was-pushed-to-rehearse.html 2013-05-10T00:25:29Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2073630-ims-us-medicine-spending-rare-dip-2012.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. fell for the first time in decades last year, slipping as cash-strapped consumers continued to cut back on use of health care services. Patients also benefited from a surge of new, inexpensive generic versions of widely used drugs for chronic conditions like high cholesterol, according to... Thu, 09 May 2013 15:45:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2073630-ims-us-medicine-spending-rare-dip-2012.html 2013-05-09T15:45:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2071444-high-hospital-bills-public-will-help.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city. Why does a joint replacement cost 40 times as much at one hospital as at another across the country? It's a myst... Wed, 08 May 2013 23:53:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2071444-high-hospital-bills-public-will-help.html 2013-05-08T23:53:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2069516-syrian-women-birth-exile-refugee-camp.html ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) — In a tent hospital bed, a Syrian woman who was four months pregnant when she fled her country's civil war cradles one of the newest residents of this dust-swept refugee camp: Her newborn son, just delivered by cesarean. Around a dozen babies are born every day in Zaatari camp, which is home to 120,000 Syrians and counting — and ther... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:11:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2069516-syrian-women-birth-exile-refugee-camp.html 2013-05-07T20:11:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2068228-africa-riskiest-place-to-born-report.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than 1 million babies die the day they are born every year, and the 14 countries with the highest rates of first-day deaths are all in Africa, according to a new report released Tuesday. Somalia, Congo, Mali, Sierra Leone and Central African Republic are the five countries with the highest rates of such deaths, according to the ... Tue, 07 May 2013 15:18:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2068228-africa-riskiest-place-to-born-report.html 2013-05-07T15:18:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2068290-baxter-drug-fails-to-slow-alzheimers-big-study.html DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. The company says that people who received 18 months of infusions with its drug, Gammagard, fared no better than others given inf... Tue, 07 May 2013 13:48:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2068290-baxter-drug-fails-to-slow-alzheimers-big-study.html 2013-05-07T13:48:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2067040-bashful-men-buy-blue-pill-online.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Men who are bashful about needing help in the bedroom no longer have to go to the drugstore to buy that little blue pill. In a first for the drug industry, Pfizer Inc. told The Associated Press that the drugmaker will begin selling its popular erectile dysfunction pill Viagra to patients on its website. Men still will need a prescript... Mon, 06 May 2013 21:09:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2067040-bashful-men-buy-blue-pill-online.html 2013-05-06T21:09:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2066560-fda-warns-pregnant-women-migraine-drug-risk.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are warning doctors and women of child-bearing age that half-a-dozen medications used to treat migraine headaches can decrease children's intelligence if taken while their mothers are pregnant. The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that the drugs, including Depakote and Depacon, should never be taken by preg... Mon, 06 May 2013 18:41:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2066560-fda-warns-pregnant-women-migraine-drug-risk.html 2013-05-06T18:41:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066544-pentagon-chinese-government-waging-cyberattacks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon for the first time used its annual report on China to directly assert that Beijing's government and military have conducted computer-based attacks against the U.S., including efforts to steal information from federal agencies. In a new report on the Chinese military, the Defense Department goes a small step further than it h... Mon, 06 May 2013 18:08:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2066544-pentagon-chinese-government-waging-cyberattacks.html 2013-05-06T18:08:14Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2062498-fear-losing-aid-uninsurables.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people with serious medical problems are in danger of losing coverage under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul because of cost overruns, state officials say. At risk is the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, a transition program that's become a lifeline for the so-called uninsurables — people with serious medi... Sat, 04 May 2013 14:45:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2062498-fear-losing-aid-uninsurables.html 2013-05-04T14:45:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2058640-decades-old-question-antibacterial-soap-safe.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a chemical that's been in U.S. households for more than 40 years, from the body wash in your bathroom shower to the knives on your kitchen counter to the bedding in your baby's basinet. But federal health regulators are just now deciding whether triclosan — the germ-killing ingredient found in an estimated 75 percent of antibacteria... Fri, 03 May 2013 03:04:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2058640-decades-old-question-antibacterial-soap-safe.html 2013-05-03T03:04:16Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2057866-sanofi-earnings-slashed-quarter.html PARIS (AP) — French drug maker Sanofi said Thursday its net profit was slashed in the first quarter from a year earlier as falling sales and patent losses on key drugs combined to hammer earnings. Sanofi's net profit was €1 billion ($1.3 billion) in the January-March quarter, down 45 percent from €1.8 billion a year earlier. Revenue from Plavix, which had... Thu, 02 May 2013 06:55:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2057866-sanofi-earnings-slashed-quarter.html 2013-05-02T06:55:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055688-cvs-caremark-1q-profit-soars-23-percent.html CVS Caremark's first-quarter net income jumped 23 percent to top Wall Street's expectations, as generic drugs continued to improve profitability even though those prescriptions hurt revenue. Generic drugs, which are cheaper, copycat versions of brand-name medicines, help a drugstore's bottom line because they provide a wider margin between the cost for th... Wed, 01 May 2013 22:28:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055688-cvs-caremark-1q-profit-soars-23-percent.html 2013-05-01T22:28:02Z