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Study: Fish oil doesn't help prevent heart attacks

May 9th, 2013
FILE - This Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo shows fliets of Copper River Salmon from Alaska in Seattle. Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking...


Christie's surgery highlights weight-loss options

May 9th, 2013
Graphic shows a stomach- reduction surgery called Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding Graphic shows a stomach- reduction surgery called...

IMS: US medicine spending shows rare dip in 2012

May 9th, 2013
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. fell for the first time in decades last year, slipping as...

Hospital Bills Vary Widely Throughout U.S.

May 9th, 2013
(WGGB) -- For the first time, information has been made public regarding just how much hospital stays can cost across the country. The disparity, in...




AP Exclusive: Calif. exchange granted secrecy

May 9th, 2013
FILE - In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013 photo, California Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, speaks before the Sacramento Press Club in Sacramento, Calif. A California law that created an agency to oversee national health care reforms...




Baxter drug fails to slow Alzheimer's in big study

May 8th, 2013
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's...




Baxter drug fails to slow Alzheimer's in big study

May 8th, 2013
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's...








Baxter drug fails to slow Alzheimer's in big study

May 8th, 2013
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's...




Baxter drug fails to slow Alzheimer's in big study

May 8th, 2013
DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Baxter International Inc. says that a blood product it was testing failed to slow mental decline or to preserve physical function in a major study of 390 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's...




High hospital bills go public, but will it help?

May 8th, 2013
FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo medical bills are spread out on the kitchen table of a cancer patient in Salem, Va. Hospitals across the country, and even within the same city, sometimes charge tens of thousands of dollars more for...




High hospital bills go public, but will it help?

May 8th, 2013
FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo medical bills are spread out on the kitchen table of a cancer patient in Salem, Va. Hospitals across the country, and even within the same city, sometimes charge tens of thousands of dollars more for...




APNewsBreak: Wrigley halts caffeinated gum

May 8th, 2013
This product image provided by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company shows packaging for Alert Energy Caffeine Gum. (AP Photo/Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company) This product image provided by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company shows packaging for Alert Energy...




APNewsBreak: Wrigley halts caffeinated gum

May 8th, 2013
This product image provided by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company shows packaging for Alert Energy Caffeine Gum. (AP Photo/Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company) This product image provided by the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company shows packaging for Alert Energy...




Study: Fish oil doesn't help prevent heart attacks

May 8th, 2013
FILE - This Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo shows fliets of Copper River Salmon from Alaska in Seattle. Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking...




Study: Fish oil doesn't help prevent heart attacks

May 8th, 2013
FILE - This Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo shows fliets of Copper River Salmon from Alaska in Seattle. Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already taking...







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