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Apr 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan and Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer are advocating a proposal to allow residents of the two states to buy less expensive prescription medicine from Canada

Apr 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Global pharmaceutical sales are expected to grow by an average of 5% to 8% annually over the next five years, with drugs to treat cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and HIV

Apr 21 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Playing memory, reasoning or other brain games won’t make you smarter or mentally stronger, researchers said.

Apr 21 2010

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

U.S. regulators will strengthen their oversight of medical devices used at home

Apr 21 2010

PRNewswire

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Transparency Web site today as part of the agency’s transparency initiative

Apr 20 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A new version of the Bluetooth wireless technology could expand what can be done by watches, toys, home sensors, medical monitors and other devices that typically have been limited in their functions because of battery life

Apr 20 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

So-called targeted therapies are only as good as tests to find their protein targets. And while most patients do not yet know it, those tests can be surprisingly unreliable.

Apr 20 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

With hospitals discharging patients after ever-shorter stays, more people are recovering and continuing post-operative care, or treating chronic conditions, with sophisticated medical equipment at home.

Apr 20 2010

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The individual mandate was created was to attract as many healthy people as possible to the individual market to offset the demands of the many sick people who will be buying in – yet no one really knows which way people struggling in a tough economy will go

Apr 20 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Drug companies sharply raised prices last year, ahead of increased rebates they must pay to Medicaid and other expenses tied to the federal health overhaul passed last month.

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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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