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Financially speaking, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are hugely successful for pharmaceutical companies. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals had worldwide sales of $12.7 billion in 2007 of atorvastatin (Lipitor). Now Pfizer has launched an aggressive marketing campaign to convince doctors and patients that an 80-mg dose...
My eyebrows went up when I read recently about a North Carolina insurance program that saved $6.6 million over a three-year...
Older adults following a medication regimen are less likely to miss doses when reminded by an electronic pillbox that both beeps at...
Medication compliance means taking all your prescription drugs as directed by your doctor—at the right times...in the right dosages...every...
You're in the gynecologist's office, feeling vulnerable as can be-naked except for that flimsy gown...feet up in...
Did you tell any white lies at your last doctor visit? Maybe you were too embarrassed to mention a sexual problem or...
Telemedicine is a cost-effective way to replace more than a quarter of all visits to the pediatric emergency department, according to a...
Imagine this: On a Saturday night, a 70 year-old man who is vacationing in a small resort town feels weakness in his...
For generations, people dutifully obeyed medical authority-the doctor was always right. Then, medical consumers were urged to take control of their own...
Don't overlook your eyes when you're thinking about ultraviolet (UV) protection while spending time outdoors, experts say. Overexposure...
People with a family history of shingles may have increased susceptibility to the disease, say researchers at the University of Texas Medical...
The discovery last fall that toddlers toys were causing lead toxicity called attention to a problem many people thought was behind us....