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Leftover Turkey Recipes: A Pressing Health Issue

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Before the Health Blog signs off for the day, we thought we’d consult with the American health establishment on a pressing question: What to do with leftover turkey. The establishment didn’t ...

From JACOB GOLDSTEIN, Wall Street Journal,  28 Nov 2008

Indonesia to Drugmakers: Build Factories Here, Or Get Out

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Want to sell prescription medicines in Indonesia? Better start building a factory there. The nation’s health ministry recently decreed that foreign drug makers will only be allowed to sell products in ...

From JACOB GOLDSTEIN, Wall Street Journal,  28 Nov 2008

Study Found Cheap Blood Pressure Meds Are Best. No One Cared

There’s a lot of talk these days about comparative effectiveness — trying to figure out how existing drugs stack up against one another, in an effort to both save money and improve patients’ health. But, as this morning’s New York Times notes, a big ...

From JACOB GOLDSTEIN, Wall Street Journal,  28 Nov 2008

Is CyberKnife Ready for Prime Time in Prostate Cancer?

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. A fancy new device adds a novel twist to an existing treatment. It seems like a good idea, but there’s not enough evidence to know for sure. It’s one of the classic stories of modern medicine, told ...

From JACOB GOLDSTEIN, Wall Street Journal,  28 Nov 2008

From Patent Thickets to Payoffs: How Big Pharma Fights Generics

Remember that big raid back in January, when European officials swooped into drug-company offices around Europe to investigate whether the companies were pushing their fight against generics too far? A report out today suggests that, as a result of the ...

From JACOB GOLDSTEIN, Wall Street Journal,  28 Nov 2008

A Pound of Flesh: How Much Weight You’ll Gain Over the Holidays

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Worried about holiday weight gain? Apart from the obvious — eat a little less, exercise a little more — the Health Blog can’t help you. But, thanks to the magic of science, we can tell you just how ...

From JACOB GOLDSTEIN, Wall Street Journal,  26 Nov 2008

Health Bloggers Want You to Talk About Death

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. We’re all going to die. The least we can do — for ourselves, and for those who may be charged with making decisions on our behalf — is be clear about how we’d like to be cared for in our final ...

From JACOB GOLDSTEIN, Wall Street Journal,  26 Nov 2008

Men Quit Smoking and Cancer Rate Falls

For the first time on record, the rate of new cancer cases and the cancer death rate are both falling in this country. There appear to be several reasons why this is happening, but perhaps the most important is also the simplest: Over the past several ...

From JACOB GOLDSTEIN, Wall Street Journal,  26 Nov 2008

Maybe AIDS Treatment Is Also AIDS Prevention

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Two of the great hopes for AIDS prevention — vaccines and microbicides — have yet to pan out. So researchers are looking more closely at the hiding-in-plain sight prevention option: The antiretroviral ...

From JACOB GOLDSTEIN, Wall Street Journal,  26 Nov 2008

Tom Daschle’s Blueprint for Health Reform

WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. The former Senator who will be Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services shares a lot of his new boss’s views. But in his recent book on health reform, Tom Daschle goes beyond Obama’s agenda. ...

From JACOB GOLDSTEIN, Wall Street Journal,  20 Nov 2008

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