Monday, August 8th, 2011
Poorly controlled asthma more than doubles healthcare costs associated with the disease and threatens educational achievement through a dramatic increase in school absence, according to researchers at National Jewish Health. The research team reported in the August 2011 issue of The Archives of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology that children with ...
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
Regulators looking to rein in risk-taking reached a compromise in Switzerland yesterday that more than doubles capital requirements for the world’s banks while giving them as long as 8 years to comply
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Friday, September 3rd, 2010
The number of people in the USA who took one prescription medication in a one month period rose 10% during the decade up to the end of 2008. Americans spent US234.1 billion on prescription medications in 2008, more than double the figure in 1999, according to a report published by ...
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
BYD Co., the Chinese automaker backed by Warren Buffett, reported first-half profit more than doubled as vehicle demand rose in the world’s biggest auto market.
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Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation ("Novartis") announced that results of a Phase III study show Afinitor® (everolimus) tablets plus best supportive care (BSC) more than doubled progression-free survival, or time without tumor growth, versus placebo plus BSC in patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NET). The study, RADIANT-3 (RAD001 In Advanced Neuroendocrine ...
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