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The Great Drug Debate
Forbes - The battle between the drug industry and its critics over exactly how much companies must do to prove medicines are safe played out in microcosm at a two-day Food and Drug Administration meeting this week. FDA Panel Urges Upgrade Of Diabetes-Drug Standards UPDATE 1-US advisers urge more tests of diabetes drugs |
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Health Buzz: Waiting Room Death and Other Health News
U.S. News & World Report - The patient was dead for more than an hour, collapsed on the waiting room floor of a Brooklyn, NY, hospital, by the time workers checked on her, the Wall Street Journal's Health Blog reports. Video: Video Shows Woman Dying on NY Hospital Floor Kings County Hospital's psych chief, security boss ousted over death |
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Pfizer cuts funds for commercial doctor classes-DJ
Reuters - NEW YORK, July 2 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is eliminating direct financial support for medical-education courses that are offered by third-party companies in a bid to deflect criticism that it improperly … Pfizer to End Financial Support Pfizer to stop funding for-profit CME |
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Death initiative is on its way
The Olympian - By Adam Wilson | The Olympian • Published July 03, 2008 The arguments for and against Initiative 1000, which would allow doctors to prescribe lethal medicines to patients with six months or less to live, remain essentially the same as they were when … Death initiative petitions filed 320000 signatures for right to die initiative |
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State may face repeat of West Nile spike
Atlanta Journal Constitution - By ALISON YOUNG Cases of West Nile virus spiked in Georgia last year, likely fueled by drought conditions that allow the mosquito that spreads the disease to thrive. Remember West Nile Virus Safety This Fourth of July West Nile virus found in two birds |
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Predicting pregnancy odds
San Jose Mercury News - By Vianna Davila Stanford University researchers said they are one step closer to accurately predicting if in vitro fertilization will result in pregnancy, according to a study released Tuesday. New Method Better Predictor of In Vitro Fertilization Success Possible to Predict in Vitro Success? |
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President Breaks Ground on New Walter Reed Medical Center
Washington Post - By Dan DeVise President Bush broke ground this morning in Bethesda on a $970 million expansion of the National Naval Medical Center that will elevate the facility into the nation's premier military hospital. Bush breaks ground on Walter Reed replacement Military breaking ground for new Walter Reed facility |
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Few Sunscreens Offer Protection, Study Says
eFluxMedia - By Raoul Railey A study carried out by the environmental and advocacy group Environmental Working Group, found out that only about 15 percent of the sunscreens that are sold in the US offer sufficient protection to people using them. Study: Some sunscreens overpromise  Comment by Sonya Lunder Senior Analyst, Environmental Working Group |
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Low Levels of Good Cholesterol Linked to Alzheimer’s
eFluxMedia - By Raoul Railey A study made by researchers at the University College in London and the National Institute for Health and Medical Research in France has found that low levels of HDL (high density lipoproteins), also known as good cholesterol, … Researchers Link Low Levels Of "Good Cholesterol" To Memory Loss Memory in Old Age Linked to HDL Levels Now |
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New Drug Slows Thyroid Cancer
Washington Post - WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — An experimental drug that inhibits tumor blood vessel formation slows the progression of metastatic thyroid cancer in some patients, an international study finds. Tumor-starving pill helps thyroid cancer: study Research Says VEGF Inhibitor Can Help Slow Progress Of Thyroid Cancer |
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