May 06 Watch New Medicare Drug Discount Cards for Seniors Senior citizens began sorting through the competing discounts offered by new Medicare drug cards this week. Health correspondent Susan Dentzer looks at the details of some competing discount-card plans. Continue watching
May 05 Two Past Foes of Drug Imports Say Legalization May Be Inevitable By PBS News Hour After a senior Bush administration official said that the legalization of prescription drug importation was inevitable, the head of CVS pharmacy broke with his industry Wednesday and called for temporarily allowing the cost-cutting practice. Continue reading
May 04 Seniors Can Now Sign Up for Medicare Drug Discount Cards Many seniors seeking help with rising drug costs can now register for a Medicare discount prescription drug card, but the vast array of some 73 different cards has some worried the program may be too complex for those it is… Continue reading
Apr 29 Tailored Lung Cancer Treatment May Be Possible for Some Patients Results from two promising, but small studies identified a genetic mutation present in some lung cancer patients that seems to make them more responsive to the drug Iressa, one of the few available treatments for the disease. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch Low Carb Craze Despite signs of a dieters' backlash, the low carbohydrate craze is changing the way American consumers eat and shop. Elizabeth Brackett of WTTW-Chicago reports. Continue watching
Apr 06 U.N., Other Groups Agree to Expand Access to Generic Aids Drugs The United Nations and other organizations said Tuesday they will use their resources to help people in poor countries get AIDS drugs through agreements with generic drug manufacturers. Continue reading
Mar 25 Army Strengthens Suicide Prevention Efforts in Iraq The Army highlighted ways it is intensifying suicide prevention efforts in Iraq after releasing a study Thursday showing the rate at which soldiers in that country take their own lives is higher than for the overall Army. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch Seeing Red Medicare trustees reported that unless major changes are made to the entitlement program, it will face insolvency by 2019, seven years earlier than previously projected. Gwen Ifill discusses the bleak new forecast with former Medicare trustee Marilyn Moon and Dan… Continue watching
Mar 22 FDA Backs Stronger Warnings for Some Antidepressants People on certain popular antidepressants should be monitored for signs of suicidal thoughts, the government warned Monday as it asked pharmaceutical companies to highlight a suicide warning on the labels of ten drugs. Continue reading
Mar 19 New Fish Guidelines Issued, Prompted by Mercury Concerns Worries that the mercury in certain fish could harm young children prompted the government Friday to issue new guidelines for eating fish. Continue reading