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By Peter Loftus Pfizer Inc. (PFE) agreed to pay $894 million to settle the bulk of litigation and state government probes surrounding its pain
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by the FDA this weekend, in a new quarterly exercise
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It sounds great, but it’s already way out of date. The current list covers the period January to March. Heparin, a blood thinner,  is already subject
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, saying only that it has begun an analysis on each drug to determine if there is a safety problem, and that patients should see their doctors before taking any action.
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Texans with mental health conditions will get insurance coverage in parity with people with other health conditions, thanks to a provision in the $700 billion financial bailout legislation passed and signed into law on Friday.
The federal provision, years in the making, will prohibit insurers from charging higher co-pays or deductibles for mental health treatments or limiting patient visits to mental health practitioners any more than their caps Read the rest of this entry »

ROBSTOWN — County and health officials hope a new family health center will answer a growing need for primary care in western Nueces County.
Nueces County commissioners, hospital district officials and Christus Spohn Health System representatives joined Friday to open the 13,000-square-foot Family Health Center in Robstown to provide care to residents there and in neighboring communities.
The center will keep residents healthy by focusing on Read the rest of this entry »

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By Peter Loftus
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
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Merck & Co.
(MRK) said Tuesday it
formed a new division that’s developing versions of leading biotechnology drugs,
a category seen as a big growth area in coming years.
unveiled the new division at a meeting with analysts and investors at
company headquarters, where executives also reviewed the company’s Read the rest of this entry »

October 15, 2008 06:29 am
BOSTON — Former Swampscott Patrolman Thomas Wrenn was sentenced to six months’ home confinement and two years’ supervised probation in U.S. District Court yesterday for possessing drugs, cocaine and oxycodone, with intent to sell.
Wrenn, 37, pleaded guilty to the charge last June, admitting that he dealt drugs even while he was a working police officer. Court papers revealed that Wrenn sometimes stored pills inside Read the rest of this entry »

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12:46am UK, Thursday October 16, 2008
British men are putting their health at risk because they are too macho to admit they are ill, new research reveals.
Experts say ‘tough-living’ Brits prefer to suffer than go to a doctor.
A nationwide survey, carried out for Bioforce UK to discover more about men’s attitudes to urinary problems, found seven in ten men would wait to see if a problem died down before seeking medical assistance.
One in ten Read the rest of this entry »

If you¿re like the vast majority of the population, buying a home is the largest personal investment you will ever make.
You’re buying something that¿s many times your yearly salary with the intention of holding onto that home for many years.
The
bank you’re going to get the money from to buy that home knows that, too. And if you’re going to get a mortgage on a home,
the bank wants to know how you’re Read the rest of this entry »

10:49 PM CST on Tuesday, January 6, 2009
A veteran Dallas gang-unit officer was shot and killed Tuesday night while trying to make an arrest at an apartment complex in east Oak Cliff.
Senior Cpl. Norman Smith, 43, was with several other officers serving an aggravated assault warrant in the 4900 block of Wadsworth Drive. Smith knocked on the door of an apartment about 6:15 p.m. and came under fire almost immediately.
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