Affordable Healthcare is one of the most critical health issues in American society today. It has been found that many American citizens are compromising on their health issues because of the economical crisis and rising prices of basic commodities of life. The situation becomes more critical when people opt to skip doses and neglecting health issues. What every American is looking forward to is an affordable healthcare solution.

In this regard many campaigns are ongoing with Teva Pharmaceuticals USA on the front line by launching its first awareness campaign all over the U.S. Whilst the U.S is going for possible healthcare reforms in 2009, Teva aims at making people understand generic drugs’ economical value. Generic drugs are quite valuable because of the savings they provide, said senior director of corporate communications, North America, Teva, Denise Bradley.

‘Year of Affordable Healthcare’ is a nationwide campaign headed by Teva Pharmaceuticals USA which is in coherence with Hatch-Waxman Act. Hatch-Waxman Act holds a turning point position in American healthcare history, as it gave birth to the today generic drug industry which has helped and is helping saving billions of dollars in health care.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) –Swedish researchers suggest that overweight patients with type 2 diabetes can control their weight and blood sugar for long time just by following a low-carbohydrate diet.

Dr. Jorgen Vesti Nielsen told that there was a possibility to have a long-term success in treatment of some type 2 diabetic patients.

In this study, the carbohydrate intake of the patients was limited to 20 percent of their total calories and the most significant noted effect of this low-carb diet was the absence of hunger, Nielsen further added.

The decrease in food intake offers body to utilize its own stored fat as a fuel and it causes weight reduction, said Nielsen from Blekingesjukhuset diabetes clinic, in Karlshamn, Sweden.

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