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<title>Bulgaria Marks First Anniversary since Release of Libya Jailed Medics</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180010399</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 07:58 GMT</pubDate>
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... The five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor were welcomed  ...  all the promises it gave to the medics a year ago. After that the Bulgarians will head to Saint Sofia church. Relatives, Bulgarian  ...
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<title>Glaxo deal opens way for Aspen to grow</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180000806</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  distribution deal with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline that will see its products enter a host of  ...  emerging markets, where demand for cheap generic medicines is growing. Emerging markets are expected to  ...  markets Aspen does not reach, such as eastern Europe. Glaxo will sell the generics, made by  ...
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<title>Ambient assisted living set for growth</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179984127</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  will be a key to reduce the medical and financial burdens of an ageing society.  ...  the VDE paper. In an interview with E-Health Europe, Czogalla stressed that if AAL could  ...  way into the national standard organisations. In Central Europe, it will be available as DIN EN  ...
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<title>IMF loans &apos;lead to TB deaths&apos;</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179983419</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  data in 21 countries in central and eastern Europe that were involved with the IMF for  ...  Therapy, or DOTS. DOTS is the World Health Organisation&apos;s recommended method of managing TB, in  ...  ensure that TB outpatients always take their medicine. The technique requires investment in public health  ...
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<title>Dental patient travels to Hungary for treatment</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179979806</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 03:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  told this week how he was so Hungary for dental treatment that he went to  ...  than 2,500 miles last October after so-called health tourism had been recommended to him by  ...  Hungary cost him around 3,500, that was still around 7,000 cheaper than the equivalent private  ...
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<title>TB Cases in U.S. Mostly Among Foreign-Born</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179975484</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 02:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Kevin P. Cain of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta examined the  ...  published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found 12,928 cases, or 28 percent,  ...  entry, while individuals born in Central America, Eastern Europe, the Pacific Islands, and Southeast and Central  ...
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<title>Giants recall backup catcher Holm</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179974384</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, one of the top-selling medicines in the world. SAN DIEGO&amp;mdash;The most passionate  ...  victory against 11th-seeded Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic in the second round of the  ...  camp on Wednesday with many questions that will begin to be answered once practices start.  ...
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<title>Pfizer earnings boosted by prescription drugs sales and cost-cutting</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179973096</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 02:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  emerging markets, namely countries in Latin America, eastern Europe, and Asia. The world&apos;s largest drugs maker  ...  noted that sales of Lipitor, the cholesterol-lowering medication, were much weaker than expected. Lipitor&apos;s revenues  ...  Zyrtec, its allergy medication, and Camptosar, the cancer drug. The company&apos;s revenue increased 9 per  ...
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<title>Keeping in step with focus on off-patent medicines</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179973094</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 02:30 GMT</pubDate>
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... Keeping in step with focus on off-patent medicines Published: July 24 2008 03:00 | Last  ...  of France is bidding for control of Czech-based Zentiva, emphasising profits and important growth by  ...  important growth by generics in eastern and central Europe. And Fresenius of Germany this month published  ...
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<title>Kate Mortimer</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179971945</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 02:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Soviet Union and the countries of eastern Europe, in particular promoting technical projects in Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Albania and Russia. She had traversed the contemporary history of development cooperation, from  ...
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<title>Local families host kids from Chernobyl</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179956183</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 23:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  way across the world to receive needed medical care. For five young children from Klintsy,  ...  respite and medical evaluation to children whose health continues to be affected by the 1986  ...  and eight translators to the U.S. from Belarus and Russia to consult with and learn  ...
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<title>Estelle Getty</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179955306</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and Sylvester Stallone (Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot, 1992). She was born Estelle Scheer  ...  East Side. Her parents were immigrants from Poland who started a glass business. Estelle was  ...  the Golden Palace, working until 1995. Her health began to decline in 2000; she was  ...
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<title>Adore Your Skin at Any Age with Adorage Skin Couture Line Made in Paris</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179944903</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 22:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  post-operative remedy. Arnica, which is grown in Central Europe, is known long ago to relive pain&gt;  ...  arthritis, to relieve Herpes symptoms and even kill herpes virus, to promote bruises and scars  ...  is a reflection of the body&apos;s overall health. Adorage produced the special Skin Formula, consisting  ...
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<title>Rome census reveals the hopes and fears of gypsies</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179944552</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 22:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Italy&apos;s policy towards immigrants -- notably ethnic Romanians, many of them Roma -- has come  ...  &quot;They are here to provide us with medical help, milk for the children, not turn  ...  After being photographed, they are given a health card. &quot;With this document they can go  ...
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<title>Weak dollar, surge in foreign sales boost second-quarter results as drugmakers beat forecasts</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179934072</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 20:53 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and other payers seeking to hold down health spending. It&apos;s been much the same at  ...  Securities. &quot;What foreign exchange giveth, foreign exchange will eventually take it away,&quot; he said, adding  ...  revenue in emerging markets in Latin America, Eastern Europe and parts of Asia, where analysts see  ...
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