NEW YORK (Reuters) – With 34 deaths and 474 cases of fungal meningitis linked to tainted steroids from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy, blame has fallen on everyone from the pharmacy to state and federal regulators. Now a new potential culprit has emerged: Medicare, which reimburses for almost all compounded drugs.“Medicare’s reimbursement policy...
Nov
19
Amid meningitis crisis, critics say Medicare may promote risky drug compounding
Label: Health
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A Short To-Do List for Intel’s Next CEO
Label: Business
With Paul Otellini heading in May to the nearest 18-hole course, speculation is rampant about who will replace him. That’s a parlor game this post isn’t going to get into (although you can see a good roundup of likely candidates here). But no matter who gets the job, the new chief executive officer of Intel (INTC) has a refreshingly brief and direct...
Turbulence on Cuba-Italy flight leaves 30 bruised
Label: World
ROME (AP) — An airliner flying from Havana to Milan abruptly plunged some 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) when it hit unusually strong turbulence over the Atlantic on Monday, terrifying passengers and leaving some 30 people aboard with bruises and scrapes, airline officials said.The flight continued to Milan’s Malpensa airport after the plane’s captain determined...
Nov
18
Android de Google resta cada vez más mercado a Apple
Label: Technology
Los teléfonos inteligentes y tabletas informáticas con el sistema operativo Android de Google están acaparando el mercado de dispositivos móviles y robando espacio a Apple al saciar el apetito por la innovación y los bajos precios, estiman analistas.El sistema operativo Android funciona en casi tres de cada cuatro teléfonos inteligentes vendidos en el...
Singing stars arrive for American Music Awards
Label: Lifestyle
Pink on a song with Lauryn Hill? The pop star hopes so.Pink said on the red carpet of the American Music Awards that she’d like to collaborate with the acclaimed singer-rapper.
Cyndi Lauper said her musical playlist includes Pink, Nicki Minaj and Carly Rae Jepsen‘s “Call Me Maybe.” Boy band The Wanted is excited to see...
Four year bans proposed under new WADA Code
Label: Health
(Reuters) – Athletes guilty of serious doping offenses will be suspended for four years from 2015 under proposals being considered by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), but there are no plans for a specific rule to ban offenders from the Olympics.Currently, athletes found guilty of a first major doping offense are handed a two-year ban with any subsequent...
Cameron pledges to lower hurdles to growth
Label: Business
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron promised on Monday to slash legal and regulatory obstacles to economic growth, seeking to ward off criticism that the government is doing too little to help companies and revive an ailing economy.Cameron said he was determined to cut through officialdom and change a risk-averse government culture...
Rebels in Congo reach door of Goma
Label: World
GOMA, Congo (AP) — A Rwandan-backed rebel group advanced to within 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) of Goma, a crucial provincial capital in eastern Congo, marking the first time that rebels have come this close since 2008.Congolese army spokesman Col. Olivier Hamuli said the fighting has been going on since 6 a.m. Sunday and the front line has moved to just a...
Nov
17
Wii U Will Launch With 24 Games This Sunday
Label: Technology
Assassin’s Creed IIIA version of the latest chapter in the Assassin’s Creed saga, a week after it was released on other console.Click here to view this gallery.
[More from Mashable: Xbox Live Celebrates 10 Years of Connecting Gamers]Nintendo’s newest console is out this Sunday, and there are already people lining up...
Roche’s Avastin misses key data point in brain cancer study
Label: Health
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Roche’s cancer drug Avastin failed to make a statistically significant difference to survival rates of patients with a common form of brain cancer in a late-stage study, the company said on Saturday.The Phase III AVAglio study presented at the Society for Neuro-Oncology congress in Washington on Saturday showed Avastin,...
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