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Reuters and the Reuters sphere logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Reuters group of companies around the world. © Reuters 2013 LONDON (Reuters) - Turning around drugmaker AstraZeneca will be a long haul, with a strategy of revamping research and boosting acquisitions set to take up to four years to pay off, its chief executive said on Tuesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-astrazeneca-ceo-idUSBRE95H0X020130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-astrazeneca-ceo-idUSBRE95H0X020130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews healthNews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:50:35 -0400 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. hospital operators have been on a tear this year, on average posting triple the gains of the broader stock market, as investors tallied up the benefits of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-hospitals-stocks-analysis-idUSBRE95I05L20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-hospitals-stocks-analysis-idUSBRE95I05L20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews healthNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:44:50 -0400 LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb's diabetes drug Onglyza failed to reduce heart risks in a large clinical study, disappointing investors who had thought it might demonstrate an edge over rivals. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-astrazeneca-diabetes-idUSBRE95I06Y20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-astrazeneca-diabetes-idUSBRE95I06Y20130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews healthNews Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:07:54 -0400 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Enroll America, a nonprofit group at the center of the political fight over President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, launched a multi-state grassroots campaign on Tuesday to help sign up millions of uninsured Americans for health coverage in the coming months. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-usa-healthcare-outreach-idUSBRE95H16D20130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-usa-healthcare-outreach-idUSBRE95H16D20130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews healthNews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:07:30 -0400 LONDON (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical companies need to boost the benefits of drug research by working with regulators and healthcare providers to overhaul the way medicines are approved and paid for, a thinktank backed by investors says. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-pharmaceuticals-model-idUSBRE95H1F020130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-pharmaceuticals-model-idUSBRE95H1F020130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews healthNews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:03:40 -0400 LONDON (Reuters) - The marketing of unhealthy foods to children has proven "disastrously effective", driving obesity by using cheap social media channels to promote fat-, salt- and sugar-laden foods, the World Health Organisation's Europe office said on Tuesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-obesity-who-europe-idUSBRE95H0F220130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-obesity-who-europe-idUSBRE95H0F220130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews healthNews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:29:12 -0400 CHICAGO (Reuters) - A swine virus deadly to young pigs, one never before seen in North America, is spreading rapidly across the United States and proving harder to control than previously believed. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-usa-hogs-virus-spreads-idUSBRE95I01820130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/us-usa-hogs-virus-spreads-idUSBRE95I01820130619?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews healthNews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:35:56 -0400 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Studies that are funded by pharmaceutical companies or involve industry-backed scientists tend to be more prominent at cancer meetings than independent studies, a new report suggests. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-health-industry-study-idUSBRE95H16R20130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-health-industry-study-idUSBRE95H16R20130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews healthNews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:11:24 -0400 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Large independent doctor practices that focus on primary care tend to spend less money and are more likely to meet guidelines for Americans on Medicare than smaller groups, according to a new study. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-obamacare-lower-costs-idUSBRE95H19320130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-obamacare-lower-costs-idUSBRE95H19320130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews healthNews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:23:28 -0400 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If a person doesn't have much success with one pain treatment, they may say the next one they try doesn't work so great either, suggests a new study from Germany. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-health-pastcare-futuretreatment-idUSBRE95H1AN20130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-health-pastcare-futuretreatment-idUSBRE95H1AN20130618?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews healthNews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:46:36 -0400