IMS Health stock falls, as data mining ban pitched – WTOP Radio
Herb Kohl of Wisconsin and Dick Durbin of Illinois said the measure will “restrain undue influence” of pharmaceutical salespersons. Norwalk, Conn.-based IMS Health runs a multimillion-dollar business around gathering prescription data and selling the
Senate health care bill would allow insurers to limit coverage for – Minneapolis Star Tribune
We don’t know who put it in, or why it was put in,” said Stephen Finan, a policy expert with the cancer society’s advocacy affiliate. Democratic officials of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee would not comment publicly but
Health reforms may not be enough to change bad habits – AZCentral.com
Americans are unfit, unhealthy and costing the nation billions of dollars to treat illnesses that could easily be prevented. And health experts believe it’s only going to get worse. Already, more than 67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese
Report: Health care overhaul may be more costly in long run – New Haven Register
health care overhaul plan through the Senate got a sober warning Friday that costs will keep going up and proposed Medicare savings may harm the program. A new report from government economic analysts at the Health and Human Services Department
Few attend area health conference – Havasu News-Herald
Rows and rows of seats faced a panel of state legislators Saturday, but they were mostly filled with the Arizona Rural Health Policy Assembly programs instead of people. A handful of area health leaders turned out for the only health event to be held
Cook County Health Department to Offer H1N1 Vaccinations at Malls – Chicago Public Radio
The Cook County Department of Health is offering H1N1 vaccinations to the general public beginning Saturday. That follows nearly two months of priority vaccinations for high-risk patients. Health officials say anyone over six months can now get vaccinated. Spokeswoman Amy Poore says they’re setting
FDA panel backs Gilead’s inhalable drug for lung infection – San Jose Mercury News
WASHINGTON — Federal health advisers are recommending the use of an experimental Gilead Sciences drug to treat a form of lung infection. A Food and Drug Administration panel voted 15-2 in favor of the safety and effectiveness of the inhalable drug Cayston. Cayston is intended to treat chronic lung
Nursing home heads rarely disciplined – Chicago Sun-Times
Illinois nursing home administrators are rarely disciplined when things go wrong — including violent assaults on elderly patients — even though the state Health Department, which investigates nursing home care, refers dozens of cases a year to the
