Reuters – Pfizer Inc agreed on Wednesday to plead guilty to a U.S. criminal charge relating to promotion of its now-withdrawn Bextra pain medicine and will pay a record $2.3 billion to settle allegations it improperly marketed 13 medicines.
Reuters – President Barack Obama will seek to boost flagging support for healthcare reform next week with a rare speech to Congress after a rocky summer raised questions both about his leadership and legislative program.
Reuters – Injections of an enzyme that breaks up collagen can unlock permanently curled fingers for people with a common disabling condition known as Dupuytren’s contracture, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
Reuters – The Obama administration will spend an additional $2.7 billion to buy swine flu drugs and vaccines, just days after White House science advisers called the pandemic “a serious threat to our nation.”
Reuters – An experimental cancer pill made by Roche’s Genentech shrank tumors in patients whose skin cancer had spread, raising hope for a new class of drugs that may have an affect on many other cancers as well, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
Reuters – Jurors heard sharply different closing arguments on Wednesday in a trial over whether or not Merck & Co’s Fosamax drug treatment for osteoporosis caused a Florida woman’s jaw damage.
AP – Why do scientists warn it may take two doses of vaccine to protect against swine flu when one dose is the norm in a regular flu season? Blame your naive immune system.
HealthDay – TUESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) — Monkeys prefer silence to
Mozart, but new research suggests they can appreciate music inspired by
the sounds they themselves make.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — While fish and shellfish may be delectable
and in many cases, part of a healthy diet, they often contain mercury.
HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Everyone has an occasional restless night,
but persistent insomnia can make you both sick and tired.