health - "medicine"

In a surprising about-face, health Minister Tony Clement has agreed to key demands of the natural health products industry after it launched a campaign against restrictions on homeopathic medicines and herbal ...

To encourage the biggest users of medical care to take cheaper medicines and stay on them, Independence Blue Cross will waive co-pays for six months on 75 generic drugs used to treat chronic conditions, the insurer said yesterday.

Screening for HIV/AIDS among people ages 55 and older is worthwhile in terms of the potential savings in health care costs and the years of life gained from early detection, according to a study published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal medicine, Reuters Health reports. CDC

People are using more prescription drugs than ever before. But taking a closer look at your daily dose may be the best medicine.

Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (Ranbaxy), announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Pfizer Inc. to settle most of the patent litigation worldwide involving Atorvastatin (Lipitor), the world's most-prescribed cholesterol-lowering medicine. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)

European pharmaceutical companies surpass their U.S. counterparts in making their medicines available and affordable to developing countries, according to an index released on Monday that ranks drug makers based on their corporate responsibility, the Financial Times reports (Jack, Financial Times, 6/15). The list, called the

Need a boost to get off the couch? A new study shows that a variety of interventions designed to promote walking can effectively motivate individuals to initiate walking behaviors. The results of the review are published in the July issue of medicine & Science in Sports and Exercise.

Discoveries by Indiana University School of medicine scientists have opened a promising door to new drugs for toxoplasmosis and other parasites that now can evade treatments by turning dormant in the body.Their findings help explain how the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis transforms into a cyst form that resists drugs and the body's immune system, yet can emerge from its dormant state to strike when a patient's immune system is weakened.Led by William J.

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced the release of a paper outlining incentives to encourage innovation for neglected diseases. The paper, written by BIO's health economist Ted Buckley, PhD, is being released during the 2008 BIO International Convention, taking place June 17-20, 2008 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif.

Researchers describe the first successful use of a human patient's cloned infection-fighting T cells as the sole therapy to put an advanced solid-tumor cancer into long-term remission. A team led by Cassian Yee, M.D., an associate member of the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, reports these findings in the June 19 issue of the New England Journal of medicine.