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			<title><![CDATA[An insider's view of generic-drug pricing]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-25 18:50:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Bob Toomajian worked for 16 years as Kaiser Permanente's drug purchasing manager for Southern California, giving him an insider's knowledge of how medications are priced before reaching consumers. 

When it comes to patented name-brand drugs, he told me,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lipitor, best-selling drug ever, goes off patent]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-11-30 09:58:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Bob Toomajian worked for 16 years as Kaiser Permanente's drug purchasing manager for Southern California, giving him an insider's knowledge of how medications are priced before reaching consumers. 

When it comes to patented name-brand drugs, he told me,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drugs in pre-diabetics do little to slow progression to diabetes or to heart disease, study finds]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2010-03-14 16:32:34</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Bob Toomajian worked for 16 years as Kaiser Permanente's drug purchasing manager for Southern California, giving him an insider's knowledge of how medications are priced before reaching consumers. 

When it comes to patented name-brand drugs, he told me,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['Secret' fiber can make itself known through cramps, gas]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-06-06 18:59:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Q: If it hadn't happened to me, I wouldn't have believed it. Recently, several of my friends have reported bouts of extreme stomach cramps, severe bloating and uncontrollable gas. The common culprit in all these cases turned out to be snack bars with...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coumadin and cranberry: A dangerous combination?]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-06-27 17:09:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Q: I have had blood clots in my lungs, and I take Coumadin to prevent recurrences. When I drank 12 ounces of cranberry-grape juice, it sent my INR level (a measure of anticoagulation) to 16.4, compared with the previous day's level of 6.5. Both levels are...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Novartis plans 2,000 jobs cuts despite profit rise]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-10-25 03:28:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG said Tuesday it will cut 2,000 jobs as drug prices come under pressure from governments seeking to reduce health care budgets.

Novartis, which posted a 7 percent increased third-quarter net profit of $2.49 billion...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Air fresheners can irritate nasal passages]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-06-08 10:29:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Q: For years, I had woken up in the middle of the night unable to breathe through my nose. This disrupted a good night's sleep, as I would have to get up and sit for 20 to 30 minutes waiting for my sinuses to drain. I blamed it on lack of humidity,...]]></description>
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