Business news in brief

Business news in brief
Drug developer Pfizer Inc. says it named George A. Lorch as its new chairman of the board. Pfizer has major operations in the Philadelphia area because of its acquisition last year of Wyeth.
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DBS targets same class of neuronal cells that respond to physical exercise and drug Prozac
Shooting steady pulses of electricity through slender electrodes into a brain area that controls complex behaviors has proven to be effective against several therapeutically stubborn neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. Now, a new study has found that this technique, called deep brain stimulation (DBS), targets the same class of neuronal cells that are known to respond to physical …
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Efforts being made to reduce jail health care costs
LA PORTE — When a jail inmate needs dialysis several times a week for his failing kidneys, or a woman gives birth to a drug-addicted baby while she’s incarcerated, county taxpayers are usually the ones who have to foot the bill. And in La Porte County this year, they did.
Read more on The Michigan City News-Dispatch