by Research Team | Jun 30, 2015 | Health News
” The makers of the potent painkiller OxyContin have pulled out of a federal meeting to review the company’s harder-to-abuse version of the much-debated drug. An executive for Purdue Pharma says the company wants more time to review and analyze its...
by Research Team | Jun 29, 2015 | Health News
Global M&A value in the first half of this year hit an eight-year high, second only to the all-time record set in 2007, according to new data from Dealogic. America is especially hot.
by Research Team | Jun 29, 2015 | Health News
As many as two-thirds of older adults will experience hearing loss, but many won’t do anything about it, says Dr. Carrie Nieman, a resident at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. For some, hearing aids are too expensive and too difficult to obtain,...
by Research Team | Jun 29, 2015 | Health News
In this photo taken Nov. 10, 2014, Neera Tanden, president of Center for American Progress, speaks in Newark, N.J. The nation has an opportunity to finally change the subject on health care now that the Supreme Court has again upheld President Barack Obama’s...
by Research Team | Jun 29, 2015 | Health News
The ongoing bird flu outbreak has forced competitors at the Linn County Fair and other poultry events in the state to prepare educational displays and leave their birds at home. Northey visited the fair Saturday to speak about poultry health and the bird flu.
by Research Team | Jun 29, 2015 | Health News
You’ve probably heard the old saying, “you are what you eat,” but new research shows it’s not only what we eat but when we eat. Second cousins Amy Hill and Suzie Irons have a lot in common.