Express Scripts 2015 Medicare drug plans to be available at Walgreen

(Reuters) - Express Scripts Holding Co, the largest U.S. pharmacy benefit manager, said its two Medicare Part D prescription drug plans would be available at Walgreen Co as part of Express Scripts' preferred pharmacy network. Beneficiaries of Express Scripts' Medicare Value or Choice plans for 2015 could pay as little as $0 or $1, respectively, out of their own pockets for Tier 1 generic drugs when buying from pharmacies in the preferred network. Enrollment for the 2015 plan year will begin on Oct. 15 and end on Dec. 7, with coverage beginning on Jan. 1, 2015, Express Scripts said. ...



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Portola Pharma drug reverses effect of anti-clotting drugs in study

(Reuters) - Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc said its drug met the main goal of reversing the effect of anti-coagulant drugs in a late-stage study. Data showed that an intravenous shot of the drug, andexanet alfa, immediately reversed the effect of Eliquis, an anti-clotting drug by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Pfizer Inc. Andexanet alfa is also being tested against Xarelto, a drug made by Bayer Healthcare and Johnson & Johnson's unit Janssen, Portola said in a statement. (Reporting by Vidya L Nathan in Bangalore; Editing by Kirti Pandey)



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Coping When A Family Member Has Alzheimer's

By Natalie Papailiou for KnowMore.tvI first knew my grandmother's Alzheimer's had gotten bad when she tried to feed my one-year-old black olives with the pits still in them. She thought they were grapes. We had moved in with my folks (my grandmother lives with them) for a few months before our new house was ready and the olive incident was a...

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US Ebola case is first diagnosed outside Africa

Washington (AFP) - The United States has diagnosed its first case of Ebola in a man who was infected in Liberia and traveled to Texas, US health officials said, pledging to contain the virus that has killed more than 3,000.

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The Brighter Side of Living With Chronic Illness: 6 Amazing Things You Know Better Than Most

The diagnosis of any chronic illness comes with much you wish you didn't have to carry, and suffer with, for the rest of your life.You learn the scales of pain, you learn the bureaucracy of the health care system, you learn to grieve for abilities and opportunities lost, and so much more.

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Special Report: In foreign hands, British automakers overtake France

By Costas Pitas and Gilles Guillaume LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - When Britain lost its last native car company 20 years ago, it was lamented across the political spectrum as a national catastrophe. "The sheer stupidity and immorality of this betrayal is too scandalous to be ignored," wrote a columnist in the conservative Times of London. The left-leaning Guardian bemoaned: "No one can conceive of Renault, Fiat or indeed BMW fattening themselves up after years of emaciation, ready for sell-off to a foreign rival. ...

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Heavyweight South African state union demands 15 pct pay rise

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's top public health worker union said on Wednesday it wanted a 15 percent across-the-board wage increase and would begin a series of protest marches over poor government services this week. National Education Health & Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU), which has around 280,000 members, said in a statement there was a public health "crisis" in Africa's most developed economy because of government outsourcing. ...



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