DaVita Celebrates Extraordinary 2012

DaVita Celebrates Extraordinary 2012

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The Atlas covers population and treatment data available in 2010; for that year, DaVita had the lowest standard mortality rate in the industry (along with DCI).1 According to internal data, in 2011 gross mortality rate at DaVita fell to the lowest …
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AMAG Pharmaceuticals Submits sNDA for Feraheme

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… a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to the FDA for Feraheme (ferumoxytol) Injection; the sNDA seeks to expand the drug's indication to all adult patients with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) who have failed or could not tolerate oral iron …
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Pharma groups hope for diet drugs binge

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… whetted for a fresh surge in business. After years of caution and setbacks, several drug companies are preparing to capitalise on what they hope will be a surge in sales from prescription medicines linked to the growing global trend of obesity …
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DermTV – Are Long Term Antibiotics Safe for Acne Treatment [DermTV.com Epi #352] – Antibiotics are for many cases a very effective cure for emotionally debilitating acne. However, whenever Dr. Schultz recommends antibiotics, his patients almost always first ask, “Are they safe?” In this episode of DermTV, Dr. Schultz discusses the safety of taking antibiotics to treat acne. DermTV.com Connect with DermTV www.facebook.com www.twitter.com [TRANSCRIPT] For most of us, when we look better we feel better. And when you have acne breakouts, you not only don’t look your best but it can have an important emotional impact as well. Fortunately, as a result of both the topical and internal medicines available today, for most people acne is easily controlled, but many of the medicines require long term treatment for months and even years. Of the three types of internal medicines available, antibiotics are the most common drugs used, and many patients ask if taking antibiotics for acne, especially for years or even just months, is safe. To answer this question, we need to discuss two issues. First… Is long term antibiotic use dangerous to my system? When taken as prescribed, since in the United States, oral antibiotics require a prescription from a physician, when taken as prescribed, long term use is generally safe. Some antibiotics require occasional blood tests to monitor that there are no adverse effects from the pills and in the rare events that there are, stopping the antibiotics usually allows those side effects to resolve by themselves. Of course, as with