American Society of Hematology partners with major health organizations to launch patientINFORM.org
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...etailers, calling for milk carton labeling warning consumers that milk can cause serious digestive illness. Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest the milk sugar lactose, a normal process that occurs after the age of weaning. For those who are lactose intolerant, drinking milk can result in abdominal p...New book focuses on how to market better nutrition
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...profession leaders joined their policy colleagues, consumers and health academics from Australia and New Zealand to discuss ways of improving health care in Australia, including exploring alternative funding models to serve the needs of local populations. Consensus was reached that reform was needed through ...Study reveals $20 billion in untapped generic drug savings
ST. LOUIS, October 25, 2005 U.S. consumers could have saved $20 billion in 2004 and even more during this and future years by using more generic drugs, according to a new report by Express Scripts, Inc. Projectable to the U.S. commercially insured population, the study examined six major d...Growth hormone illegal for off-label anti-aging use, study warns
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