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BALTIMORE, Jan. 31 (UPI) — Some 80 million U.S. adults experience dry, itchy or scaly skin during the winter due to blasts of cold, dry air; sun exposure and overheated homes.
“Winter is no friend to the skin any more than summer is,” says Dr. Rebecca A. Kazin, assistant professor of dermatology and director of […]
By STEVE MITCHELL UPI Senior Medical Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) — Schering-Plough impressed analysts with fourth-quarter profits that surged 75 percent and were driven by robust sales of its cholesterol drug joint venture with Merck.
Credit Suisse analyst Catherine Arnold applauded Schering-Plough's performance, particularly the Merck joint venture, which includes the drugs Vytorin and […]
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31 (UPI) — U.S. researchers said Wednesday studies with fruit flies indicate that a mutated gene kills dopamine cells, resulting in Parkinson's disease.
In humans, a lack of the neurotransmitter dopamine has long been known to play a role in Parkinson's disease. It is also known that mutations in a protein called […]
NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (UPI) — U.S. drug powerhouse Pfizer said Wednesday it has prevailed in its patent dispute with Synthon over the anti-hypertension drug Norvasc.
The company said that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found Synthon obtained by inequitable conduct two U.S. patents alleged to cover a process and […]
By CHRISTINE DELL’AMORE UPI Consumer Health Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) — A new study that shows a powerful connection between particulate pollution and the risk of cardiovascular disease and death should motivate policymakers and health officials to limit Americans' exposure to air pollution, a burgeoning public-health danger.
Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle […]
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