Consumer watchdog Public Citizen is seeking a ban on ‘Avandia’, a pill prescribed to Type 2 diabetes patients. The drug has been linked with a number of deaths resulting from liver-failure and other complications.
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Leading credit card network American Express Co. said the customer-led recession has compelled it to carry out a restructuring plan that included cutting 7,000 jobs or 10% of its global workforce.
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Healthcare seekers in the US are not satisfied with the quality of pain-management provided by their hospitals, a survey has found.  Hospitals fell disappointingly short of providing standard pain management. They lagged also in hospital discharge instructions.
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Star, actor, film-maker, musician, composer, politician… how do you honor an icon, a multi-talented and hugely successful Hollywood personality? Monday night was occasion for another career milestone for Mr Clint Eastwood. The Director of the most recent Angelina Jolie film ‘Changeling’ received ‘Director of The Year Award’ at the annual Hollywood Film Festival Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, CA. The award was presented to him with a bouquet of adulatory words by none other than Jolie herself who took time out to pay the tribute to Eastwood.
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US doctors continue to be unsure whether oral medication prescribed for glucose control has good or bad effect on the patient’s heart. Research efforts to determine the relationship with various diabetes drugs over the past year have also proved largely inconclusive, with the exception of metformin, a generic drug.
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Elderly people require four times the normal dose of flu vaccine to be adequately protected from the virus, a recent study has revealed. A team of researchers from the University of Rochester said they found the bigger dose more effective in people aged 65yrs and older.
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BEIJING: The global economic crisis demands urgent financial reforms from nations, according to world leaders who arrived here for the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) today. Collectively, the leaders were in agreement over the pressing concern and called for “effective and comprehensive reform” of the world’s financial systems.
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London: Sanofi-Aventis, world’s leading insulin and anti-diabetes drug manufacturer, received a major setback when European authorities ordered the withdrawal of an anti-obesity drug from the market saying it had side-effects on mental health.
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The headlines screamed “Hockey mom’s expensive wardrobe”, “Your Extravagant ‘Pal In’ Washington” and “voters slam Republican hypocrisy”.  While the controversy raged over the prospective veep’s clothing bill, it hasn’t slowed down her campaigning. Her supporters and the GOP remain particularly unmoved despite rival presidential candidate Barack Obama scoring double digit lead in a recently conducted opinion poll.
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Researchers continue to discover more truth in grandma’s innumerable health tips. The latest finding provides evidence that vitamin D provides a host of health benefits one of which is preventing rickets. A report released Monday in Boston by the American Academy of Pediatrics said children must get at least 400 international units (iu) daily of the vitamin. Previous recommendations had limited the intake to only 200iu.
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