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Anthem to buy Cigna, creating biggest U.S. health insurer
Jul 27, 2015Anthem Inc said on Friday it would buy Cigna Corp for about $54.2 billion, creating the...
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Health in the Community
Case of low-risk H7N7 bird flu found at German poultry farm
Jul 27, 2015A case of the low-risk bird flu strain H7N7 has been found on a poultry farm...
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Advancements and Breakthroughs
Online symptom-checkers are often wrong
Jul 27, 2015(Reuters Health) – Online symptom checkers often misdiagnose patients’ problems, often encouraging people to seek care...
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Today On HBS
New heart drugs come in more expensive than expected
Jul 27, 2015wo of the most anticipated new heart drugs to be launched in recent years have been...
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Your Health and Nature
Nutrition Labelling
Jul 27, 2015The Nutrition Facts label is seen on a box of Cereal Bars at a store in...
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Health in the Community
Health Care REIT, Revera to buy Regal Lifestyle Communities for $309 million
Jul 27, 2015Health Care REIT Inc (HCN.N) and Revera Inc [PSPENR.UL] agreed to buy assisted living services provider...
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Health in the Market Place
Teva to buy Allergan generic drug business for $40.5 billion, drops Mylan bid
Jul 27, 2015Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has agreed to buy Allergan Plc’s generic drugs business for $40.5 billion in...
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Health in the Community
Nigeria marks polio-free year, raising global eradication hopes
Jul 24, 2015Nigeria marked its first year without a single case of polio on Friday, reaching a milestone...
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Hospital Practice
Activists urge U.S. states to pass laws banning FGM
Jul 23, 2015NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rights activists have called on all U.S. states to adopt...
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Dear Health Professional
Healthcare students often uninformed about smoking dangers, cessation
Jul 2, 2015(Reuters Health) – Nursing and physiotherapy students may be smoking less than they were a decade...
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Roche CEO attacks Britain’s ‘stupid’ cancer drug system
Sep 10, 2015Roche Chief Executive Severin Schwan criticized Britain’s health system on Tuesday after two of the company’s...
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Dear Health Professional
Concussions may linger among professional baseball players
Apr 27, 2015(Reuters Health) – Professional baseball players may not be fully recovered when they return to play...
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Dear Health Professional
Bristol pairs Yervoy safely with Opdivo vs lung cancer
Sep 9, 2015An early-stage study shows Bristol-Myers Squibb Co’s Opdivo treatment can be safely and effectively paired with...
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Health in the Community
New Sierra Leone Ebola cases frustrate efforts to end outbreak
Sep 9, 2015Sierra Leone has recorded four new cases of Ebola in a village on its northern border...
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Health in the Community
Glowing in the dark, GMO chickens shed light on bird flu fight
Sep 10, 2015In the realm of avian research, the chicks with the glow-in-the-dark beaks and feet might one...
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HBS Reporting
Independent group finds new cholesterol drugs far too costly
Sep 9, 2015An independent non-profit organization that evaluates clinical and cost effectiveness of new medicines said announced prices...
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Internet based Health Information in Context
High schoolers use e-cigarettes to vape marijuana: U.S. study
Sep 10, 2015Nearly one in five high school students who said they used electronic cigarettes to vaporize nicotine...
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Dear Health Professional
CVS: ‘all bets are off’ for new cholesterol drug contracts
Aug 10, 2015CVS Health Corp, the No 2 manager of drug benefit plans for U.S. employers and insurers,...
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Hospital Practice
Activists urge U.S. states to pass laws banning FGM
Jul 23, 2015NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rights activists have called on all U.S. states to adopt...
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Health in the Community
Child death rates cut by half, but U.N. target missed
Sep 9, 2015Children are half as likely to die before their fifth birthday now than they were in...
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Advancements and Breakthroughs
7 Steps to Stroke Recovery
Aug 4, 20157 STEPS TO STROKE RECOVERY” EDUCATIONAL DVD INTRODUCTION The main question facing stroke survivors and caregivers...
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