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  • Medicare coverage of evidence-based tobacco-cessation counseling expanded

    WASHINGTON The Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday expanded Medicare coverage of evidence-based tobacco-cessation counseling, removing a barrier to treatment for all tobacco users covered by Medicare, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced.

     

  • Teva launches generic version of popular antidepressant

    NORTH WALES, Pa. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has launched a generic version of a weekly formulation of a popular antidepressant, the generic drug maker said.

     

    Teva announced the launch of fluoxetine delayed-release capsules, a generic version of Eli Lilly’s Prozac Weekly.

     

    NORTH WALES, Pa. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has launched a generic version of a weekly formulation of a popular antidepressant, the generic drug maker said.

     

  • GlaxoSmithKline introduces ‘Nicorette Makes Quitting Suck Less’ ad campaign

    PITTSBURGH To help raise awareness around Commit Lozenge, which has been folded into the Nicorette franchise, GlaxoSmithKline earlier this week introduced a new commercial to its “Nicorette Makes Quitting Suck Less” campaign, the company announced Wednesday.

    PITTSBURGH To help raise awareness around Commit Lozenge, which has been folded into the Nicorette franchise, GlaxoSmithKline earlier this week introduced a new commercial to its “Nicorette Makes Quitting Suck Less” campaign, the company announced Wednesday.

  • Hyland’s introduces two homeopathic kids’ remedies for cough-cold/allergy season

    WESTLAKE, Ohio Joining parents this fall in the fight against kids’ cough-cold and allergy symptoms are two new products from homeopathic-medicine provider Hyland’s: Nighttime Cold ’n Cough 4 Kids and Complete Allergy 4 Kids.

    WESTLAKE, Ohio Joining parents this fall in the fight against kids’ cough-cold and allergy symptoms are two new products from homeopathic-medicine provider Hyland’s: Nighttime Cold ’n Cough 4 Kids and Complete Allergy 4 Kids.

  • Gallup: Take Care Clinics top in customer service

    CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. The results are in, and Take Care Health Systems has good reason to celebrate. Recent Gallup research on customers and customer engagement found that Take Care Clinics rank among the top 10% of all organizations globally in engaging their customers.\

  • Nutramax launches dietary supplement for liver health

    EDGEWOOD, Md. Nutramax Labs on Monday launched its Samsyl dietary supplement for liver health. Samsyl contains a blend of S-adenosylmethionine, or SAMe, along with a highly bioavailable silybin-soy phosphatidylcholine complex.

    EDGEWOOD, Md. Nutramax Labs on Monday launched its Samsyl dietary supplement for liver health. Samsyl contains a blend of S-adenosylmethionine, or SAMe, along with a highly bioavailable silybin-soy phosphatidylcholine complex.

  • Drug ads linking disease risk with family history influence medication choice

    PHILADELPHIA Drug advertisements that tie disease risks with family history can influence consumers' choice of medications and have a beneficial effect on those consumers' lifestyle choices, according to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of Applied Communication Research.

     

  • Teva introduces generic drug that lowers blood pressure

    NORTH WALES, Pa. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has introduced a generic drug for lowering patients’ blood pressure, the world’s largest manufacturer of generic drugs said Monday.

    Teva introduced clonidine transdermal system, a generic version of Boehringer Ingelheim’s Catapres-TTS. The drug is available in 0.1 mg, 0.2 mg and 0.3 mg strengths and comes in the form of a patch designed for daily application.

    The drug has annual sales of around $297 million, according to IMS Health.

  • Survey: Adolescent vaccination on the rise

    ATLANTA A recent survey out of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that adolescent vaccination at the national, state and selected local area levels are all on the rise.

     

    Continued increases — as much as 15% — were made in nationwide coverage for vaccines specifically recommended for pre-teens, according to 2009 National Immunization Survey-Teen estimates released Thursday by the CDC.

     

     

  • Study: Diabetes incidence may depend on socioeconomic status

    TORONTO It seems that women that make less money than their counterparts are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes, Canadian researchers found in a new study.

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