AP - Children suffered higher rates of fever-related convulsions when they got a Merck & Co. combination vaccine instead of two separate shots, according to a new study presented Wednesday.
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Reuters - Alcoa has been accused of a
15-year conspiracy involving overcharging, fraud and bribery by
a company controlled by Bahrain, according to the Wall Street
Journal on Thursday.
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AP - Aetna Inc. said Wednesday it will delay a proposed policy that would stop covering the cost of using anesthesiologists during colonoscopies. The policy had been opposed by a group of New Jersey doctors who said denying coverage of anesthesiologists to anxious patients would lead to fewer cancer screenings.
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AP - A clinic may have infected a handful of patients with hepatitis C but about 40,000 more should be tested for that virus, as well as for HIV, health officials said Wednesday.
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NewsFactor - Move over, Best Buy. Watch out, Wal-Mart. Apple’s iTunes Store is now the number-two music retailer in the U.S., behind only Wal-Mart, based on the latest data from the NPD Group MusicWatch survey, which tallied the amount of music sold during 2007. Apple sold more than four billion songs, with 20 million sold on Christmas day.
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Reuters - Taking the herbal supplement
ginkgo biloba may help delay the onset of cognitive impairment
in normal elderly adults, according to a study published online
Wednesday.
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Reuters - AstraZeneca Plc is stopping a clinical
trial of Recentin as a treatment for lung cancer after a
mid-stage study failed to meet its main goal, although trials
in colorectal cancer will move ahead.
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) — A small U.S. study found that
obese Hispanic children and adolescents with normal blood sugar levels had
elevated markers for blood vessel inflammation that may put them at risk
for both type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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