Few universities make required reports to the government about the financial conflicts of their researchers, and even when such conflicts are reported, university administrators rarely require those researchers to eliminate or reduce these conflicts, government investigators found. . . .
The New York Times - November 19, 2009
Responding to news reports of unusually high wholesale price increases in brand-name prescription drugs, four House leaders and one senator asked for government reviews of the pricing practices. . . .
The New York Times - November 19, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/health/policy/19drugs.html
Hospital patients who suffer a side effect from treatment are more likely to give high ratings to their quality of care when hospital staff are up front about what went wrong, a new study suggests. . . .
Reuters - November 19, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5AI3DA20091119?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews
Evidence is mounting that morphine, commonly used to manage pain, may accelerate cancer growth, but a newly-approved drug that blocks its side effects could also keep tumors from spreading, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. . . .
Reuters - November 18, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5AH5GN20091118?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews
Medicare and private health insurers said they were unlikely to change coverage of breast cancer screenings after new guidelines recommended that women wait longer to have mammograms and have fewer of them. . . .
The New York Times - November 19. 2009
The Obama administration distanced itself Wednesday from new standards on breast cancer screening that were recommended this week by a federally appointed task force, saying government insurance programs would continue to cover routine mammograms for women starting at age 40. . . .
The New York Times - November 18, 2009
Vaccine makers praised the U.S. response to the swine flu pandemic on Wednesday but said regulatory delays and public suspicion have held up innovative ways to speed and stretch the U.S. influenza vaccine supply. . . .
Reuters - November 18, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5AH5EA20091119?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews
Many people in the United States are still not being screened for high levels of so-called bad cholesterol, and when they are found to have it, are often never treated, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. . . .
Reuters - November 17, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5AG5E220091117?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews
Most women should start regular breast cancer screening at age 50, not 40, according to new guidelines released Monday by an influential group that provides guidance to doctors, insurance companies and policy makers. . . .
The New York Times - November 17, 2009
The battery of tests given to a patient having a heart attack in a U.S. hospital adds up to a dose of radiation equivalent to 725 chest X-rays, researchers reported on Monday. . . .
Reuters - November 16, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE5AF4QB20091116?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews
