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A court denied a request Tuesday by Pfizer Inc. to throw out a Nigerian government lawsuit seeking $7 billion in damages over allegations the company conducted a drug experiment that led to deaths and disabilities among children more than a decade ago.
Read More »AMA seeks probe of retail-based health clinics, says they could pose conflict of interest
The American Medical Association wants authorities to investigate whether quickie retail-based health clinics run by pharmacy chains pose conflicts of interest that put profits ahead of patient health.
Read More »Hospitals’ Rx for smoking
When St. Agnes Hospital in Catonsville followed in the footsteps of many of its peers and enacted a campus-wide smoking ban, it had a marked impact on many of its 3,000 employees.
Read More »Estrogen pills may lessen artery buildup for some younger women, study suggests
Five years after a landmark study scared millions of women off hormones for menopause symptoms, new research suggests the pills may offer some heart benefits for certain younger women who start taking them in their 50s.
Read More »Mercy to build $400M hospital downtown
Mercy Medical Center has become the latest Maryland hospital to announce a major construction project, unveiling plans for a $400 million facility to replace its aging hospital in downtown Baltimore.
Read More »SEIU hoping Baltimore meeting helps it to expand its reach
The local labor union that championed the
Read More »Additional Health Information
From the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists: Report Describes Chemotherapy Errors in Pediatric Patients, (5/29) From the NIH: Human Antibodies Protect Mice from Avian Flu, (5/28) From the American Hospital Association: U.S. traveler isolated with drug-resistant TB, (5/29) From the ...
Read More »Health insurer Humana plans $360M purchase of dental and vision benefits company CompBenefits
Health insurer Humana Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to purchase CompBenefits Corp. in a $360 million deal aimed at broadening its dental care offerings and allowing it to directly provide vision-care benefits.
Read More »Philippine government orders recall of Wyeth's contaminated infant formulas
The Philippine government has ordered the recall of millions of cans of infant formula made by U.S.-based company Wyeth because they may have been contaminated at a Philippine warehouse during a storm last year, officials said Wednesday.
Read More »Baltimore Cardinal Keeler to undergo brain surgery
Baltimore Cardinal William Keeler was scheduled to have surgery Monday at Johns Hopkins Hospital to remove fluid from his brain.
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