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Making the Shift from Raising Awareness to Raising Healthy Kids

Our healthcare system is criticized for a greater focus on treating versus preventing disease and for not always supporting behavioral changes that lead to positive health outcomes. But many diseases, such as type II diabetes, heart disease, overweight and obesity, are complex societal issues, which many facets of society, and not just the…

Opiate overdoses fall after debut of abuse-resistant OxyContin

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Opiate prescriptions and overdoses in the U.S. have declined since the debut of an abuse-resistant version of the painkiller OxyContin and the market withdrawal of the narcotic Darvon, a study finds. Researchers reviewed insurance claims records with data on prescriptions and hospitalizations for more than 30 million adults covered by UnitedHealthCare from 2003 to 2012. In the two years after OxyContin was reformulated and

Teva to pay $512 million to settle claims of delayed generic Provigil

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has agreed to pay $512 million to settle a class action claiming that Cephalon Inc, which Teva bought in 2011, used anticompetitive settlements to delay generic versions of its wakefulness drug Provigil, according to court papers. The settlement is the largest ever to be paid to drug buyers that bought directly from manufacturers over allegations of delaying generic drugs, according to a motion to approve the

Substandard drugs, not fakes, undermine fight against malaria

By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Poor quality drugs, not fake medicines, are the real threat in fight against malaria, causing deaths and increasing the risk of drug resistance, researchers said on Monday. While previous reports have suggested that up to a third of malaria drugs could be fake, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine who analyzed anti-malaria drugs in Cambodia and Tanzania, found

Japan's Daiichi Sankyo to sell up to $3.6 billion Sun Pharma stake

By Abhishek Vishnoi MUMBAI (Reuters) – Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo Company Ltd is selling shares worth up to $3.6 billion in Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd , setting it on course to retreat from India after a rollercoaster seven years. Daiichi Sankyo bought India’s Ranbaxy Laboratories in 2008, betting on growing global demand for generic drugs, but found itself saddled with a company battling complaints and sanctions from the U.S.

3 Secrets to Health Maintenance Success

by guest blogger Pam Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP, best-selling author and expert on health, fitness, and nutritionLet’s say you’re at a point in your wellness journey where you are gradually and proudly hitting critical milestones: You can briskly walk two miles without speed-dialing 911; you can zip up pants and jackets all the way (it’s no longer…

Teva shares slide on generic Copaxone fears

By Steven Scheer and Tova Cohen TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries shares slid five percent on Sunday after U.S. regulators approved a generic version of its top-selling multiple sclerosis drug and amid reports it was mulling a bid for rival Mylan. Teva’s Tel Aviv shares fell to 249.80 shekels ($64) late on Sunday, the first day of trading since both news hit the market on Thursday after Israel’s