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News briefs for employers, pharmacy providers, consumers, health care brokers, consultants and other interested readers highlighting health care and medication information.


	Chinese cupping catching on in the U.S. 02/03/2012 Cupping, an old Chinese traditional medicine technique, is used to alleviate muscular pain as well as internal disorders like stomachache, vomiting, diarrhea, asthma, or cough.
	Stem cells partially restore vision 02/02/2012 A recent study has shown that stem cells have helped restore sight in two people who were suffering from progressive blindness...
	Pure hydrocodone pill may be introduced to market 02/01/2012 Several companies have developed a new pain medication that contains 10 times the amount of hydrocodone found in other common prescription pain medications like Vicodin...
	Bird flu research creating controversy 01/31/2012 Since 2003, there have been 578 confirmed bird flu cases, with a total of 340 of those cases resulting in patient death....
	Common chemical may lower vaccine efficacy 01/30/2012 A recent study suggests that a chemical used in a variety of products from water-resistant clothing to microwave popcorn may actually lower the efficacy of certain childhood vaccines...
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