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Hot Sauce As Economic Driver

Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: For-Profit Universities, Hot Sauces, Generic Pharmaceuticals, Health, 3-D Printer, Generic Drugs, Solar Panels, Fastest-Growing Industries, Environment, Business News, Business News

Don't look now, but we just might be in the midst of a hot sauce recovery. Hot sauce production is actually one of the ten fastest growing industr...

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Six Ways You're Overspending On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Health Care Costs, Alcohol, Generic Drugs, Prescription Drugs, Health Insurance, Obesity, Tobacco, Health Care, Personal Finance, Radiation, Money News

There's no way around it: Health care costs a fortune. Insurance premiums, drug prices, the cost of doctor visits and hospital bills are getting b...

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What's Behind Our National Drug Shortages?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Drug Shortage Causes, Cancer Drug Shortages, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Cedars Sinai, National Drug Shortages, Brand Name vs Generic, Generic Drugs, Drug Shortage, Alternative Medications, Los Angeles News

It's easy to understand why millions of patients with cancer, infections, heart disease, central nervous system conditions and pain get riled up when they learn there are shortages of drugs for what ails them.

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Patient Safety Paramount for Cutting Edge Medicines

Gary Puckrein | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Affordable Care Act, Fda, Healthcare Reform, Medicine, Patient Safety, Healthcare, Biologics, Generic Drugs, Black Voices News

It is crucial that the health care communities in both the public and private sector transform their data collection and testing approaches to account for the overall changing face of the American population.

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Budget Now To Offset Holiday Spending

Jason Alderman | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Holidays, Holiday Shopping, Saving, Holiday Season, Holidays Canada Survival, Generic Drugs, America Saves, Aarp, Department of Energy, Personal Budget, Holidays Canada, Spending Money, Business News

If you sometimes fall prey to holiday overspending, you might want to look for ways to make small spending cuts in other areas of your life -- year round -- that, when added together, can result in big savings.

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Hospital Drug Shortages Present Deadly, Costly Crisis

AP | By LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Hospital Drug Shortage, Hospital Drug Crisis, Hospital Drugs, Chemotherapy, Cancer Treatments, Generic Drugs, Hospitals, Medication, Surgeries, Infections, Healthy Living News

TRENTON, N.J. -- A drug for dangerously high blood pressure, normally priced at $25.90 per dose, offered to hospitals for $1,200. Fifteen deaths in 15...

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Drug Prices To Plummet By Next Year

AP/Huffington Post | By LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Lipitor Costs, Lipitor, Generic Drugs, Generic Plavix, Drug Patents, Generic Drug Costs, Plavix Costs, Drug Patents Prices, Drug Prices, Drug Prices Plummet, Generic Lipitor, Video, Healthy Living News

(Associated Press) -- The cost of prescription medicines used by millions of people every day is about to plummet. The next 14 months will bring ge...

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Feeling The Pinch? Try These Expense-Trimming Tips

Jason Alderman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: America Saves, Energy Star, Aarp, Generic Drugs, Department of Energy, Personal Budget, Health Care, Personal Finance, Healthy Living News

Between holiday shopping bills now due, increased winter heating bills and the upcoming income tax season, many people are feeling the pinch right now. Your best bet for getting back on track is to trim expenses.

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The Generic Problem with Health Care Reform

Edward F. Blizzard | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Generic Drugs, Healthcare, Tardive Dyskinesia, Metoclopramide, Reglan, Healthy Living News

While making prescription medications more affordable for every American is a laudable goal, increasing the availability of these drugs raises serious concerns.

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Where to Get Cheap Rx Meds

Erin N. Marcus, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health, Brand Name vs Generic, Generic Medicine, Buy Generic, Generic Meds, Patient Assistance, Brand Name Generics, Generic, Cheap Generic, Generic Drugs, Buy Cheap Generic, Medication Cheap, Healthy Living News

I've learned to accommodate my patients' financial circumstances by using generic drugs when possible and letting patients know about pharmacies that sell these them at a relatively low cost.

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Reglan Lawsuits Spark Debate Over Generic Preemption, Corporate Immunity

Edward F. Blizzard | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Preemption, Metoclopramide, Obama Administration, Wyeth, Generic Drugs, Reglan, Healthy Living News

The U.S. Supreme Court asked the Obama administration this week for its position on an appeal filed by generic drug manufacturers who argue that feder...

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A Clinical Failure

Liane Kupferberg Carter | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Epilepsy Foundation, Seizures, Fda, Bioequivalence, Generic Drugs, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Antiepileptic Drugs, Health Insurance, Epilepsy Drugs, Clinical Failure, Healthy Living News

The letter was terse. Our health insurance company would no longer cover our son's epilepsy medication unless we switched from the brand name drug ...

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Drugstore Owners Look to Cash in on Health Care Reform

Hilary Kramer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Independent Drugstore Owners, Pre-Existing Illness, Health Care Reform, Generic Drugs, Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, Health Insurance, Pharmacies, Health Care, Health, Business News

The American people need to realize that the price being paid for this health care reform is high.

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Dollars & Health: Cashing In On Generics

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Walletpop, Andrea-Chalupa, Andy-Miller, Generic Medication, Generic vs Namebrands, Generic Drugs, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, WalletPop.Com, Generic Versus Namebrands, Andy Miller, Buying Generic Prescription Drugs, Andrea Chalupa, Healthy Living News

Andy Miller, formerly a health care reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has joined Walletpop as a watch dog for all things health care and...

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Free Drugs for the Unemployed... Not the Fun Kind

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Unemployment plus artificially stimulated erectile function in the elderly and/or infirm can only lead to positive developments for society as a whole, right?

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Generic Swap Meet

Barbara Dehn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epilepsy-Drugs, Health Insurance, Generic Drugs, Generic Medication, Prescription Drugs, Insurance Companies, Prescription Meds, Prescriptions, Meds, Generic Prescriptions, Health Care, Patient-Care, Health-Insurance, Healthcare, Politics News

I understand the need to cut costs, but in my opinion, some insurance companies are practicing health care without a license. They have none of the liability and yet are part of the decision-making? What's up with that?

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Pfizer May Get Into Bidding For Ranbaxy, Generic Drug Maker

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Fizer, Ranbaxy, Generic Medication, Pfizer Generic, Fizer Generic, Generic Drugs, Pfizer, Business News

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Pfizer may bid for Ranbaxy Laboratories, countering a $4.6 billion (2.4 billion pound) offer by Japan's Daiichi Sankyo for the Indi...

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Pills, Placebos, and Prescription Drugs - Oh My!

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Do Placebo Drugs Work, Prescription Drugs, Placebo Effect, Generics Just as Good, Prescription Pills, Prescription Medication, Placebo Drugs, Placebo Nation, Generic Drugs, Placebo Pills, Effectiveness Placebo Drugs, Healthy Living News

It looks like pills are a popular subject this week. Yesterday, Newsweek dove in to the dangerous debate over placebo pills. No one is saying "posit...

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Wyeth Sues Teva Over Heartburn Drug

AP | DAMIAN J. TROISE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Protonix, Heartburn Medicine, Heartburn Medication, Generic Drugs, Teva, Wyeth, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Business News

A patent dispute over the heartburn drug Protonix escalated Monday when Wyeth said it will sue to recover lost profits from sales of Teva Pharmaceutic...

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Big Pharma Frets As Major Patent Expirations Loom

Wall Street Journal | BARBARA MARTINEZ, JACOB GOLDSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Plavix, Pharmaceutical Companies, Pharmaceutical Industry, Zyprexa, Genetic Competition, Big Pharma, Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly, Lipitor, Generic Drugs, Business News

Over the next few years, the pharmaceutical business will hit a wall. Some of the top-selling drugs in industry history will become history as patent...

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