Merck Statement on Article in The Archives of Internal Medicine Involving VIOXX
News | www.merck.com | 2 hours 17 minutes ago
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., November 23, 2009 – Merck believes the article published in The Archives of Internal Medicine in today’s issue related to VIOXX used unreliable methods and reached incorrect conclusions.
http://www.merck.com/newsroom/news-release-archive/corporate/2009_1123b.html?src=rss
New Discount Drug Program Benefits the Growing Unemployed
Press Release | www.prweb.com | 2 hours 51 minutes ago
PR: MedSaverCard, a free program providing discounts on prescription drugs for people without health insurance, wants the growing number of unemployed workers to know they have options when it comes to buying prescription drugs. Orange, CA (PRWEB) November 23, 2009 -
70% of GPs forecast to be female
News | www.healthcarerepublic.com | 3 hours 54 minutes ago
General practice is on track to become 70% female, according to national director for health and work Dame Carol Black.
http://www.healthcarerepublic.com/news/rss/968970/70-GPs-forecast-female/
Painkiller risks 'emerged earlier'
News | uk.news.yahoo.com | 4 hours 8 minutes ago
Evidence that the painkiller Vioxx might increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes emerged nearly four years before the drug was voluntarily withdrawn from the market,
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20091124/thl-painkiller-risks-emerged-earlier-d831572.html
Merck Wins Summary Judgment in Second Federal Bellwether Case Involving FOSAMAX® (alendronate sodium) (Business Wire)
News | finance.yahoo.com | 4 hours 13 minutes ago
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck said today that U.S. District Court Judge John F. Keenan granted summary judgment in Merck's
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Merck-Wins-Summary-Judgment-bw-1052689577.html?x=0&.v=1
Make cancer and Aids wonderdrug available on NHS, ministers told
News | news.scotsman.com | 4 hours 14 minutes ago
Make cancer and Aids wonderdrug available on NHS, ministers told - A DRUG that helps treat auto-immune diseases as well as HIV/Aids and cancer should be readily available on the NHS, according to a new petition that is to go before the Scottish Parliament.
http://news.scotsman.com/health/Make-cancer-and-Aids-wonderdrug.5850323.jp
Water Purification Accessory for Trace Elemental Analysis
News | www.pharmaasia.com | 4 hours 14 minutes ago
Millipore Corporation has announced the availability of the Q-POD Element unit.
http://www.pharmaasia.com/article-8090-waterpurificationaccessoryfortraceelementalanalysis-asia.html
Avoiding Workplace ConflictCould Lead to MI (CME/CE)
News | www.medpagetoday.com | 5 hours 14 minutes ago
Men who habitually walk away from conflict at work could be setting themselves up for a myocardial infarction, researchers said.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/MyocardialInfarction/17161
Lincoln, Healthcare and the Antebellum Lawsuit Problem
News | www.surgistrategies.com | 5 hours 27 minutes ago
This is the first in a series of three articles addressing medical malpractice-related issues. The number of frivolous malpractice lawsuits is on the rise. Physicians are altering their behavior as a result, some even abandoning their practices out of fear of being sued. Sound familiar? It was the
Vioxx risks could have been detected earlier: study
News | www.reuters.com | 5 hours 41 minutes ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Heart risks from taking Merck & Co Inc's painkiller Vioxx could have been detected more than three years before the company withdrew the drug from the market in September 2004,
