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Archive for March 11th, 2008
U.S. drug sales grew at slowest rate since 1961: IMS (Reuters)
Reuters - Sales of prescription drugs in the
United States grew by just 3.8 percent in 2007, marking the
lowest growth rate since 1961, according to data compiled by
IMS Health.
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Teen honored for advancing cancer study (AP)
AP - A North Carolina high schooler beat out 1,600 others nationwide to win a $100,000 scholarship Tuesday for developing a model she used to identify stage II colon cancer patients at a high risk for recurrence.
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1 in 4 teenaged US girls have had sexually-transmitted disease: study (AFP)
AFP - One in four teenaged girls in the United Sates has been infected with at least one sexually transmitted disease, according to a study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Health views differ along ethnic lines (AP)
AP - Minorities are more likely than white patients to rate their health care as fair or poor, a view that is particularly true among Chinese-Americans, blacks born in Africa and Vietnamese-Americans.
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Scientists Spot Biochemical Sign of Depression (HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) — Researchers say they’ve
discovered a biomarker for depression that could lead to a quick lab test
to determine whether a particular antidepressant is making headway against
the disease.
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