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  • Lundbeck and several drug firms fined for pact to delay generic drugs Lundbeck and several drug firms fined for pact to delay generic drugs

    BRUSSELS - European Union in its first case over pay-for-delay deals that held back sales of cheaper generic drugs Wednesday fined Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck 93.8 million euros and imposed fines totaling 52.2 million euros on several other producers of generic medicines. The European Commission, the EU's antitrust regulator, said the companies had reached agreements that may ...

  • UN iLanceti journal to hold meeting on AIDS response and global health UN iLanceti journal to hold meeting on AIDS response and global health

    19 June 2013 150 Heads of State, policymakers, scientists, advocates and private sector leaders will come together for the first time this month to explore how the AIDS response can be used to shape the future of global health in a United Nations-led meeting in Lilongwe, Malawi. Organized in conjunction with the Lancet medical journal, the UNAIDS and Lancet Commission: from AIDS to ...

  • American Medical Association Obesity is a Disease

    The largest U.S. doctors' group said obesity is a disease. The decision, announced this week by the American Medical Association at its annual meeting, could lead to increased funding for obesity research and help people obtain insurance coverage for treatment for obesity. The AMA said obesity requires a range of medical interventions for treatment and prevention. Most insurance companies ...

  • US Cervical Cancer Vaccines Cut Rates of HPV Infections

    CHICAGO The U.S. introduction of a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer in 2006 has reduced infections with the human papillomavirus or HPV - the sexually-transmitted virus that causes the disease - by more than half among girls and young women, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday. The results were better than expected and may even suggest that unvaccinated individuals are benefiting ...

  • Letting other system doctors give allopathic drugs dangerous IMA

    The Indian Medical Association (IMA) Wednesday opposed a health ministry directive allowing practitioners of homeopathy, ayurveda and siddha to dispense allopathic medicines for common health problems, saying it could prove to be dangerous. At a press conference here, the IMA said the notification is an apparent attempt by the ministry to play with the lives of the innocent citizens in the garb ...


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  • Weekend lie-in can prevent diabetes

    If you happen to be one of those who prefer staying asleep up till late on the weekend, you could be actually doing a great service to your health, suggests an Australian study. The study found sleeping longer at the weekend can help those who burn the candle at both ends during the working week. Insulin in the body worked better after a weekend of lie-ins - especially for those lacking in ...

  • Getting enough sleep may help prevent diabetes in men

    Men who lose sleep during the work week may be able to lower their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by getting more hours of sleep, a new study has revealed. The research conducted by Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute has found that insulin sensitivity, the body's ability to clear glucose (blood sugar) from the bloodstream, significantly improved after three nights of "catch-up sleep" ...

  • How aspirin can effectively battle cancer

    Aspirin lowers the rate of the accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells in at least one pre-cancerous condition, a news study has claimed. Carlo Maley, PhD, a member of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, said that aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which are commonly available and cost-effective medications, may exert cancer-preventing effects ...

  • Exposure to high pollution levels during pregnancy may double risk of having autistic kids

    Women exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant were up to twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in areas with low pollution, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). It is the first large national study to examine links between autism and air pollution across the U.S. The researchers examined data from Nurses' Health Study II, ...

  • Proper sleep lowers risk of diabetes in men

    Scientists have found that adequate sleep can reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in men, says a US study. The findings of the research, carried out by Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed), were presented at the Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco Tuesday. The study by Peter Liu, an LA BioMed lead researcher, found that insulin sensitivity - the ...

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