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DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL WINS HR AWARD The Doylestown Hospital Human Resources Department was recognized with the annual Human Resource Department of the Year Award at a recent awards dinner in Philadelphia. The award recognizes local HR departments that...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) _ European patients had to pay some euro3 billion ($3.87 billion) more for medicines in 2000-2007 because pharmaceutical companies deliberately stalled the sale of cheaper generic versions, EU antitrust regulators said Friday. An...

LONDON (AP) _ AstraZeneca PLC could have to delay the rollout of its new infant lung drug in the United States because the Food and Drug Administration has asked for more information about the medicine before allowing it on the market. AstraZeneca said...

Some advanced lung cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive,...

Long Island doctors agree with new research that lays the groundwork for expanding the number of people who should be taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins. Scientists have found prescribing a statin to certain healthy people who do...

Some advanced lung-cancer patients already treated with chemotherapy might be able to skip some of the bad side effects of another series of chemo by taking a pill instead, a study suggests. An international study showed patients on Iressa, an expensive,...

Abbott Laboratories could get a boost from a high-profile new study that suggests Crestor and other statin drugs may help millions of Americans who have low cholesterol reduce their risk of a heart attack, stroke or death. The North Chicago-based drug...

Broadcast decency Re “Curses,” editorial, Nov. 8 The Times suggests that broadcast decency enforcement in connection with Bono's use of a "fleeting expletive" is "frivolous." An overwhelming majority of Americans might disagree. Rather than...

Stent patients who take the blood thinner Plavix along with certain heartburn drugs may face a greater risk of heart attack, stroke and other dangerous events, according to a study released Tuesday. Researchers found that patients who were taking...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ People with low cholesterol and no big risk for heart disease had dramatically lower rates of heart attacks, death and stroke if they took the cholesterol pill Crestor, a large study found. The results, reported Sunday at an American...

A highly anticipated study has produced powerful evidence that a simple blood test can spot seemingly healthy people who are at increased risk of a heart attack or stroke and that giving them a widely used drug offers potent protection against the nation'...

In results from an eagerly anticipated study that could dramatically change the treatment of cardiovascular disease, researchers have found that statin drugs -- now given to millions of people with high cholesterol -- can halve the risk of heart attacks...