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Major pharmacy chains expected to merge this week

by
Bob Moon
Apr 2, 2012
Express Scripts is looking to close a deal to takeover Medco Health Solutions this week. The combined companies will handle the prescription drugs of 135 million Americans. What effect will that have on pharmacy drug prices?

The effort to keep the small town doctor around

by
David Weinberg
Mar 18, 2012
As more and more people move to urban areas, how do you keep doctors down on the farm?

Need a new jaw? Just print one up

by
John Moe
Feb 21, 2012
Medical breakthrough in Belgium could provide for new possibilities in cosmetic medical work.

Shoot 'em up video games - good for the eyes

by
Marc Sanchez
Feb 21, 2012
See, MOM?!

"I know what's under that cast" - Future Doctor, MD

by
Marc Sanchez
Feb 17, 2012
The medical miracles keep on coming

In the future, you'll take medicine without taking medicine

by
John Moe
Feb 17, 2012
Scientists working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have successfully tested a system to deliver medicine into a patient's body thought an implanted chip.

Excedrin, Gas-X and other Novartis drugs recalled

by
John Dimsdale
Jan 9, 2012
The Swiss drugmaker Novartis has just issued a recall of certain bottles of some very common over-the-counter drugs, including Excedrin, NoDoz, and Gas-X.

Plan B could go O.T.C.

by
Bob Moon
Dec 7, 2011
Today, the FDA decides whether to sell the morning after pill over-the-counter. Over-the-counter drugs can often make drug makers a lot more money than prescriptions.

On World AIDS Day, generics lacking

by
Bob Moon
Dec 1, 2011
Activists are using the date to push for generic AIDS drugs, but the generics might not be economically worth it to companies that would produce it.

Would you let your doctor own what you say online?

by
John Moe
May 3, 2012
Patients are beginning to challenge the legality of the "privacy agreements" that some medical offices are enforcing as a way for doctors to control what's said about him or her online.

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