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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/health/medications-drugs health Medications/Drugs News en-us Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:20:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/health/medications-drugs http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20120213/sc_livescience/whitneyhoustonsaddictionshowcouplessharetheirdrughabits livescience/20120213/whitneyhoustonsaddictionshowcouplessharetheirdrughabits LiveScience.com health Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:20:00 GMT LiveScience.com - Whether Whitney Houston, who died on Saturday (Feb. 11), had substance abuse problems before her marriage to the singer Bobby Brown, or whether she was influenced by his "bad boy" ways, one thing is clear: the fact that the couple shared a drug habit is not surprising, experts say. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/hl_nm/us_usa_budget_healthcare nm/20120213/us_usa_budget_healthcare Reuters health Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:01:53 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed more aggressive deficit reductions through savings from Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs than the White House put forward just five months ago. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/hl_nm/us_dc_usa_budget_healthcare nm/20120213/us_dc_usa_budget_healthcare Reuters health Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:51:20 GMT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed more aggressive deficit reductions through savings from Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs than the White House put forward just five months ago. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120210/hl_nm/us_fda_heparin nm/20120210/us_fda_heparin Reuters health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:35:24 GMT Reuters - Health regulators issued recommendations to ensure the safe production of the blood-clot prevention drug heparin, four years after a contamination involving the widely used product set off concerns about the global pharmaceutical supply chain. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_he_me/as_india_eu ap/20120210/as_india_eu AP health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:20:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_he_me/as_india_eu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.2fbc9ff7ac2e431bb425723f6e188fee-2fbc9ff7ac2e431bb425723f6e188fee-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=l7Vq1reqU.ucm6vW65Lm1g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A pharmacist near a tablet counting machine at a Cipla manufacturing unit on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, Thursday, Feb 9, 2012. Efforts by India and the European Union to strengthen trade are threatening India's ability to deliver life-saving medicines to the world's poorest, analysts say as the two sides resume protracted negotiations on a free-trade pact. Health industry workers and activists worry that India may bow to EU demands for strict intellectual property protections and investor guarantees, which could result in the slow poisoning of its own generic pharmaceutical industry. India's $26 billion drug industry has become an immense profit engine, growing at 15-25 percent a year &mdash; but also a lifeline for millions of patients in poor countries, many in Africa, unable to pay sky-high Western prices to treat illnesses that include HIV, malaria, asthma and cancer. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Efforts by India and the European Union to strengthen trade are threatening India's ability to deliver lifesaving medicines to the world's poorest, analysts say as the two sides push through protracted negotiations on a free-trade pact.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_he_me/as_india_eu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.2fbc9ff7ac2e431bb425723f6e188fee-2fbc9ff7ac2e431bb425723f6e188fee-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=l7Vq1reqU.ucm6vW65Lm1g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A pharmacist near a tablet counting machine at a Cipla manufacturing unit on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, Thursday, Feb 9, 2012. Efforts by India and the European Union to strengthen trade are threatening India's ability to deliver life-saving medicines to the world's poorest, analysts say as the two sides resume protracted negotiations on a free-trade pact. Health industry workers and activists worry that India may bow to EU demands for strict intellectual property protections and investor guarantees, which could result in the slow poisoning of its own generic pharmaceutical industry. India's $26 billion drug industry has become an immense profit engine, growing at 15-25 percent a year &mdash; but also a lifeline for millions of patients in poor countries, many in Africa, unable to pay sky-high Western prices to treat illnesses that include HIV, malaria, asthma and cancer. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120210/hl_hsn/stoppingbonedrugcutsriskofsecondthighfracturestudy hsn/20120210/stoppingbonedrugcutsriskofsecondthighfracturestudy HealthDay health Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:49:14 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- People who suffer a rare type of fracture of the thigh bone while taking bone-building drugs known as bisphosphonates can cut the risk of a second fracture by discontinuing the medication, a new study says. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120209/hl_hsn/genericdrugseasingoutofpocketmedicalcostsinus hsn/20120209/genericdrugseasingoutofpocketmedicalcostsinus HealthDay health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:47:06 GMT HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- More Americans are buying the generic forms of medications, and this practice has made their prescriptions more affordable, according to a new report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/hl_nm/us_sanofi nm/20120207/us_sanofi Reuters health Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:06:58 GMT Reuters - Sanofi said on Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration had approved a lotion to treat head lice after clinical trials, which compared it with a placebo. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120207/hl_nm/us_roche_breast nm/20120207/us_roche_breast Reuters health Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:15:24 GMT Reuters - Health regulators granted a priority review for an experimental Roche breast cancer drug that in clinical trials added six months to the time before the disease worsened. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/hl_nm/us_dea_raids nm/20120206/us_dea_raids Reuters health Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:19:07 GMT Reuters - The Drug Enforcement Administration said on Monday it raided two CVS pharmacies over the weekend as part of an effort to curb the abuse of prescription painkillers and other potentially addictive substances. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120206/hl_nm/us_medco_expressscripts_antitrust nm/20120206/us_medco_expressscripts_antitrust Reuters health Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:54:49 GMT Reuters - Objections to Express Scripts' $29 billion plan to buy rival pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions are accumulating as U.S. antitrust regulators weigh whether they have enough evidence to stop the megamerger. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120204/hl_hsn/manystrokevictimsstilldontgettreatedfastenoughstudy hsn/20120204/manystrokevictimsstilldontgettreatedfastenoughstudy HealthDay health Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:47:12 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- While a clot-busting medication can often help stop a stroke in its tracks if it's given promptly, a new study finds that a high number of stroke victims continue to fail to get to the emergency room quickly enough to get the drug. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120203/hl_hsn/newanticlottingdrugmaycutbrainbleedingriskstudy hsn/20120203/newanticlottingdrugmaycutbrainbleedingriskstudy HealthDay health Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:46:47 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A new medication that helps prevent strokes in people with the abnormal heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation poses less risk of bleeding in the brain than a commonly used drug, research comparing rivaroxaban (Xarelto) and warfarin suggests. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20120202/sc_livescience/brainchangescausedrugaddictionresearcherssay livescience/20120202/brainchangescausedrugaddictionresearcherssay LiveScience.com health Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:21:00 GMT LiveScience.com - Drug addicts and their nonaddict siblings share the same brain abnormalities linked with poor self-control and drug dependence, a new study suggests. &nbsp; http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120202/hl_nm/us_brain_addiction nm/20120202/us_brain_addiction Reuters health Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:09:54 GMT Reuters - Drug addicts and their non-addicted siblings share certain features in the brain, suggesting a susceptibility to addiction is inherited but is also a flaw that can be overcome, scientists said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120202/hl_hsn/heartburndrugsmayraisefractureriskinolderwomen hsn/20120202/heartburndrugsmayraisefractureriskinolderwomen HealthDay health Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:47:02 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Older women who take popular medications to control indigestion and heartburn may put themselves at higher risk for hip fractures, researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120201/hl_nm/us_arena_fda nm/20120201/us_arena_fda Reuters health Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:51:39 GMT Reuters - An FDA advisory committee will meet in the second quarter to discuss Arena Pharmaceutical Inc's experimental obesity drug following the company's recent resubmission of an application seeking its approval, Arena said on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120201/hl_nm/us_illinois_governor_stateofstate nm/20120201/us_illinois_governor_stateofstate Reuters health Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:48:25 GMT Reuters - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Wednesday said the state must make changes to its pension system and to Medicaid this year, while also insisting that spending cuts alone will not fix the state's budget. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20120201/hl_ac/10910435_health_officials_want_suicide_warnings_on_kids_adhd_medications ac/20120201/10910435_health_officials_want_suicide_warnings_on_kids_adhd_medications ContributorNetwork health Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:46:52 GMT ContributorNetwork - Several children's health experts are pushing the Food and Drug Administration to put "black box" suicide risk warning labels on Focalin, a drug commonly used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children as young as 6, Reuters reports. Here are details about ADHD drugs and associated safety concerns. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/meds/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20120201/hl_hsn/populardiabetesdrugmightcutpancreaticcancerriskstudy hsn/20120201/populardiabetesdrugmightcutpancreaticcancerriskstudy HealthDay health Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:47:02 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- A new Swiss-American study indicates that long-term use of the popular diabetes medication metformin may lower the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, at least among women.