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Here is your daily news to keep you well-informed:
Tax deal reduces funds for hospitals The recent payroll tax cut package passed by Congress - heralded as a bipartisan nod to working families - has Massachusetts hospitals reeling over a little-noted section that will cost them tens of millions of dollars. The Boston Globe
Pills as good as stents for stable heart patients: analysis Treating stable heart patients with a handful of pills works just as well as propping open blocked heart arteries with a stent, U.S. researchers said on Monday, adding to evidence that less-invasive, less-costly drug treatment works as well as implanting a medical device in such patients. Reuters
Drugs, FDA and Pharma
Second Birth Control Pill Recall in Month Less than one month after Pfizer recalled nearly 1 million packages of faulty birth control pills, Glenmark Generics has recalled its version of the oral contraceptives because of a packaging error that landed the pills in the wrong order. ABC News
Cocktail of Popular Drugs May Cloud Brain Many people are unaware that dozens of painkillers, antihistamines and psychiatric medications -- from drugstore staples to popular antidepressants -- can adversely affect brain function, mostly in the elderly. Regular use of multiple medications that have this effect has been linked to cognitive impairment and memory loss. The Wall Street Journal
'Chemo brain' may last and last Chemotherapy patients have long complained of the mental fog that tends to accompany treatment, but a new study suggests that certain combinations of chemo drugs may have long-term effects on cognition. The Los Angeles Times
Fake Avastin Contained Cleaning Chemicals Roche's Genentech says salt, starch and chemicals found in animal feed, plastics and cleaners -- but no cancer-fighting ingredients -- were found in recently discovered counterfeit versions of Avastin. The Wall Street Journal
Many don't stick to bone drugs, despite counseling People with the bone-thinning condition osteoporosis often skip the drugs they are prescribed, and telephone counseling does little to change that, according to new research. Reuters
