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Seroquel user asks for side-effect documents
Lawyers for a Vietnam veteran who is among the thousands of patients suing AstraZeneca over claims that Seroquel caused diabetes…
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Advocates call for enhanced prosthetic insurance
Unlike Medicare or Medicaid, private insurers often cap annual coverage for prosthetics. In recent years, some insurers have reduced or…
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Obama announces FDA officials, food safety plan
In his weekly address, President Barack Obama announced new FDA leadership and a new Food Safety Working Group in which…
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Vegetables, healthy food on Obama agenda
In yet another break with the Bush family legacy, the Obamas, led by matriarch Michelle, have embraced broccoli and other…
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More M.D.s asking for deductible up front
Spurred by higher co-pays and the ability to estimate billing amounts faster, more doctors are requiring patients to pay their…
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Sunshine Week: Some hospital quality measures online
Felice Freyer, a medical writer at The Providence (R.I.) Journal and a member of AHCJ’s Right to Know Committee, writes…
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Sunshine Week: Online health data varies by state
The Sunshine Week 2009 Survey of State Government Information Online found that while more and more government records are being…
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FDA creates tipster Web page for alleged crimes
Do you know something about the sale of counterfeit prescription drugs or off-label promotion of medical devices? What if you came…
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Sunshine Week: Some hospital quality measures online but more could be done
The Internet offers vast new opportunities to answer every patient’s most pressing question: Am I entrusting my health to people…
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Fla. Medicare fraud flourished under lax oversight
Jay Weaver of the Miami Herald followed up on the Herald‘s investigations into widespread Medicare fraud in South Florida. Weaver…
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