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	Two Pfizer Execs Retire With a Combined $56.8 Million
	Date: 2008-03-15 01:39:20 Clicks: 7
Research chief John LaMattina left Pfizer last year, after the failure of the cholesterol drug torcetrapib left the company��s pipeline of experimental drugs looking pretty thin. But LaMattina


	As Auction Gavel Comes Down, Interest Rates Go Up for Hospitals
	Date: 2008-03-15 01:38:03 Clicks: 0
What are non-profit hospitals doing investing in the obscure �� and lately troubled �� credit products known as auction-rate securities?


	Baxter��s Other Heparin Problem: Dennis Quaid
	Date: 2008-03-15 01:36:26 Clicks: 0
Baxter��s problems with the blood thinner heparin aren��t limited to contamination and a recall.


	High-Tech Medicine Chips Away at the Art of Diagnosis
	Date: 2008-03-12 14:02:17 Clicks: 0
You want the medical truth? You may not be able to handle it, but here goes. More times than you might imagine, your doctor is racked with uncertainty about what��s wrong with you.


	High-Tech Medicine Chips Away at the Art of Diagnosis
	Date: 2008-03-12 14:02:17 Clicks: 0
You want the medical truth? You may not be able to handle it, but here goes. More times than you might imagine, your doctor is racked with uncertainty about what��s wrong with you.


	AP probe finds drugs in drinking water
	Date: 2008-03-10 10:32:35 Clicks: 1
A vast array of pharmaceuticals �� including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones �� have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.


	More Nevada surgery clinics to be cited
	Date: 2008-03-09 02:08:33 Clicks: 0
LAS VEGAS - A statewide inspection of outpatient surgery centers like the one believed to have spread hepatitis C to its patients has uncovered dangerous practices at four other clinics, a health official said Friday.


	Who Are You Calling Doctor?
	Date: 2008-03-08 02:27:22 Clicks: 0
A handful of scientists who earned PhDs at places like CalTech are facing criminal charges in Germany for using the title ��Dr.�� Apparently, German law forbids using that honorific unless you��ve earned your doctorate at a university in EU.


	When the Elderly Drink Too Much
	Date: 2008-03-08 02:25:10 Clicks: 0
Nearly one in 10 people over 65 drinks too much, a study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggests


	When the Elderly Drink Too Much
	Date: 2008-03-08 02:25:10 Clicks: 0
Nearly one in 10 people over 65 drinks too much, a study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggests


	LabCorp CEO: Tests Could Slice Market for Cancer Drugs
	Date: 2008-03-08 02:24:24 Clicks: 0
Some drug companies are betting on the future of targeted medicine, hoping to improve outcomes by using high-tech tests to figure out which patients could benefit from a given drug. But what if a diagnostic test comes along and shows that a drug that


	Father in Autism Case Doesn��t Oppose Vaccines
	Date: 2008-03-08 02:23:34 Clicks: 0
The father of a girl who developed autism-like symptoms after receiving several vaccinations in a single sitting doesn��t oppose vaccines.


	Time for Pfizer to Make a Big Deal?
	Date: 2008-03-08 02:20:20 Clicks: 0
It didn��t take long after Pfizer management��s tepid briefing on the company��s outlook for some on Wall Street to renew calls for a Big Deal to shore up the drug giant


	Heparin Problems Emerge in Germany
	Date: 2008-03-08 02:17:37 Clicks: 0
The heparin situation, which looked to be clearing up earlier this week, got a bit murkier yesterday with the news that a German company is recalling batches of its blood thinner


	Parents speak out on vaccine settlement
	Date: 2008-03-08 02:16:38 Clicks: 0
ATLANTA - The parents of a girl who won a government settlement described how their hearts were broken as they watched their healthy, red-haired toddler transformed into an irritable, odd-behaving child after she got several childhood shots.

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