Medford cop helps save infant 
Born with a cluster of birth defects, little Alexander Stephens has had plenty of medical problems in his 41 2 months of life open-heart surgery, acid-reflux disease, a feeding tube and several bouts of pneumonia.
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Eating Healthy Can Be Tasty, Too 
So here’s the thing: We all know we should eat the “right” foods. But we all grew up eating the wrong ones _ like meat and potatoes, pasta and meatballs, bacon and eggs _ and that’s what we like best. While we were younger, we could “burn it off” with exercise and an active metabolism.
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Omnicare To Pay Federal Government, 43 States $49.5M To Settle Allegations It Overcharged Medicaid For Prescription … 
Omnicare, a Kentucky-based prescription drug and medical services supplier for nursing homes, this week agreed to pay $49.5 million to the federal government and 43 states to settle Medicaid prescription drug fraud allegations, CQ HealthBeat reports (CQ HealthBeat, 11/15). The allegations resulted from whistleblower lawsuits filed in U.S. [click link for full article]
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com

Analysts wary of drug maker’s future 
NEW YORK — Pfizer Inc.’s decision to scrap development of a crucial medicine sent its shares plummeting Monday as analysts fretted about its future and speculated about which companies it might purchase to shore up its pipeline.
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Analyst Report: AstraZeneca 
A UBS analyst on Monday downgraded AstraZeneca PLC, saying the U.K. drug maker faces five crucial tests and is only likely to pass three of them.
Source: biz.yahoo.com