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  • Allergan Shares Fall After CEO Says Two Studies Delayed

    Allergan Inc., the maker of the Botox wrinkle treatment, fell the most in 13 years after saying it will delay final studies for drugs to treat age-related macular degeneration and baldness.

  • Hiring a Guide to the Medical Bill Maze

    When Annrose Isaac’s twins were born prematurely, she thought her insurer would cover their stay in the neonatal intensive care unit. “The hospital was in our network, but it turned out the physician in the NICU who saw our daughters didn’t participate with our insurer,” says the Westwood (New Jersey)-based financial planner. “All of a sudden we were getting bills for over $30,000.”

  • Hiring a Guide to the Medical Bill Maze

    When Annrose Isaac’s twins were born prematurely, she thought her insurer would cover their stay in the neonatal intensive care unit. “The hospital was in our network, but it turned out the physician in the NICU who saw our daughters didn’t participate with our insurer,” says the Westwood (New Jersey)-based financial planner. “All of a sudden we were getting bills for over $30,000.”

  • Scene Last Night: Bass Fetes Rome Muse; Tory Burch

    “The Rome Prize is a gateway drug, and it is downhill forever after, trying to get back to Rome,” said Adele Chatfield-Taylor, president and chief executive of the American Academy in Rome.

  • GN Tops OMXC20 as Morgan Stanley Sees Gains: Copenhagen Mover

    GN Store Nord A/S topped gainers in Copenhagen’s benchmark index after Morgan Stanley said Denmark’s second-largest hearing aid maker will perform better than rivals William Demant A/S and Sonova Holding AG.

  • Zurich Mayor Renounces U.S. Citizenship Amid Tighter Tax Rules

    The mayor of Zurich gave up U.S. citizenship, one of a growing number of Americans to do so after Switzerland agreed to implement tighter asset-disclosure rules.

  • WDH Falls as Government Cuts Hurt Device Sales: Copenhagen Mover

    William Demant Holding A/S fell the most in a week to become the second-worst performing stock in the Copenhagen benchmark index, after Exane BNP Paribas said government spending cuts are hurting sales.

  • Quest 5-in-1 Demential Test May Help Rule Out Alzheimer’s

    As Baby Boomers age, those everyday questions of life -- Where are the car keys? What was her name again? -- are increasingly followed by another: Can this be Alzheimer’s disease?

  • Obama Should End Political Fight Over Morning-After Pill

    Putting an age restriction on buying the most common emergency contraception over the counter was never sound from a medical point of view. Now a federal judge has upset the political calculus behind the restriction, as well.

  • Walgreen Clinics Add Care of Chronic Illnesses to Boost Sales

    Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, is expanding into treatment of diabetes, asthma and other chronic illnesses to lure new customers including millions gaining insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

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