TOP 100 PHARMACY SITES
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| Death rate 70 percent lower at top hospitals If all hospitals performed as well as 5-star facilities, as ranked by an independent healthcare ratings company, 237,420 U.S. Medicare patient deaths could have been prevented between 2005 and 2007. msnbc.msn.com |
F.D.A. Easing Access to ‘Morning After’ Pill The F.D.A. has lowered the age limit to 17, from 18, for sale of the emergency contraceptive pill Plan B. nytimes.com |
In Long Drive to Cure Cancer, Advances Have Been Elusive First article in series Forty Year's War, which will examine struggle to defeat cancer; Pres Richard Nixon set goal in 1971 to find cure for cancer by 1976, but cure has remained elusive despite billions spent; death rate from cancer dropped only 5 percent from 1950 to 2005; perception, fed by medical profession and its marketers, and by popular sentiment, is that cancer can almost always be prevented, and that if it cannot, it can usually be treated, even beaten; cancer treatments today tend t... query.nytimes.com |
Senate to vote on health overhaul Tuesday Buoyed by a new congressional report boosting President Barack Obama's prospects for overhauling the U.S. health care system, Senate leaders on Thursday scheduled a key committee vote on legislation for next week. msnbc.msn.com |
House, Senate Dems at odds on health care It's not just Democrats and Republicans who are at odds over health care reform. House and Senate Democrats are going after each other over the shape of the legislation too. msnbc.msn.com |