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Health

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 2 hours ago - 35 Documents (in Environment)
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US Department of Agriculture
Corn Genome Successfully Sequenced
WASHINGTON—USDA scientists have completed a four-year effort to sequence the genome of corn. The work is expected to lead to development of corn varieties with higher yields and better tolerance of droughts, pests and diseases. It also should help scientists ... [Food Product Design - 2 hours ago]
First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 20 mins ago - 11 Documents (in Health)
Swine flu may be peaking in U.S. (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the United States, health experts said on Friday.But they stressed that influenza, especially a pandemic, could hit several peaks in a single season. They said weeks or months more ... [Yahoo! News - 20 mins ago]
First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 53 mins ago - 11 Documents (in Health)
H1N1 intensifying in Canada but subsiding elsewhere: WHO
H1N1 appears to have peaked in parts of western Europe and the United States, but transmission continues to intensify in Canada, the World Health Organization said Friday."In Canada, influenza transmission continues to intensify without a clear peak in ... [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - 53 mins ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 5 hours ago - 18 Documents (in Health)
H1N1 vaccine running out in Winnipeg
The adjuvanted form of the H1N1 vaccine is expected to run out at Winnipeg's 12 vaccination clinics. (CBC)Swine flu vaccine clinics in Winnipeg are likely to run out of one type of vaccine dose on Friday, say officials.The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority ... [CBC - 5 hours ago]
First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 10 Documents (in Health)
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA approves injection formula of Revatio
NEW YORK (Nov. 20) The Food and Drug Administration has approved an injected formulation of a drug for pulmonary arterial hypertension.Pfizer announced Friday the approval of Revatio (sildenafil) for injection, saying the approval makes it the only FDA-approved ... [Drug Store News - 2 hours ago]
First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 6 Documents (in Health)
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu hits UK hospitals
A strain of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu has spread between patients in a hospital. Published: 6:20PM GMT 20 Nov 2009 Five patients on a unit for people with severe underlying health conditions at the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff, were diagnosed ... [Telegraph - 1 hour ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 22 hours ago - 38 Documents (in Health)
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World Health Organization
WHO: H1N1 vaccine safety akin to seasonal counterpart
(CIDRAP News) - Early experiences with pandemic vaccines in several countries suggest they have a similar safety profile to seasonal flu vaccines, an official from the World Health Organization (WHO) said today.Dr Marie-Paule Kieny, director of the WHO ... [Centre For Infectious Disease Research and Policy - 22 hours ago]
First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 22 mins ago - 4 Documents (in Health)
Three-Month Supply Lowers Drug Costs
Consumers save up to one-third buying 90-day supply, study findsFRIDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Buying a three-month supply of prescription drugs is up to one-third cheaper than buying a one-month supply, according to a new study.U.S. researchers ... [Forbes.com - 22 mins ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 2 hours ago - 6 Documents (in Health)
WHO denies deaths caused by flu jabs
GENEVA About 40 people have died after being inoculated against H1N1 pandemic flu, but investigations so far show the fatalities were not caused by the vaccine, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.WHO reaffirmed that the pandemic vaccine ... [Oman Tribune - 2 hours ago]
First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 6 Documents (in Medicine)
Medco Reforming Healthcare with 'Smarter Medicine'; Wired, Transf...
Company: Medco Health Solutions Inc (MHS) "Our clients are not waiting for healthcare reform. They're aggressively seeking solutions that can be immediately implemented," Medco Chairman and CEO David B. Snow Jr. told those attending the company's annual ... [Zibb - 2 hours ago]
First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 7 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Peruvian gang killing for fat, cops say
LIMA, Peru - A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged yesterday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed skepticism that a major ... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 3 hours ago]
First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 47 mins ago - 4 Documents (in Health)
Ottawa adds extra weekend H1N1 vaccine clinics
Health officials say the city received 100,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine this week and more is on the way. (CBC)Ottawa Public Health will open two additional H1N1 vaccination clinics this weekend to provide the public with more opportunities to get the ... [CBC - 47 mins ago]

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George Hanna, a consultant surgeon at St Mary's Hospital, London UK, agrees that this could be possible, saying "[this technique] has the potential to change clinical practice being a simple non-invasive test. It is ideally placed to be a practical screening test that changes clinical practice."
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Doctor shortage is good news for nurses [MarketWatch - 10 mins ago]
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Swine flu may be peaking in U.S. (Reuters) [Yahoo! News - 20 mins ago]
Guidelines for Cancer Screening Differ by Group [ABC News - 21 mins ago]
Three-Month Supply Lowers Drug Costs [Forbes.com - 22 mins ago]
Ritalin? But my sons only two [Times Online - 22 mins ago]
Document Security Systems Announces Ruling in P... [FinanzNachrichten.de - 22 mins ago]
Canada: No more H1N1 deaths than from seasonal flu [Digital Journal - 24 mins ago]
Reasonable alternative to invasive biopsy of pa... [Science Daily - 24 mins ago]
Role of gene in tumor development, growth and p... [Science Daily - 24 mins ago]
Insurance Mandate Could Spur Walk-In Clinic Boom [NPR - 25 mins ago]
Opening the Screening Door [Slate Magazine - 28 mins ago]
US sees fall in swine flu rate [France24 - 29 mins ago]
eSeminar: Automating Genomics Applications on B... [Laboratory Equipment - 32 mins ago]
3-Month Prescriptions Reduce Costs [Red Orbit - 33 mins ago]
Why Pharma Doesn't Twitter [BusinessWeek - 35 mins ago]
Adverse events in orthopedic surgery persist de... [Orthopedics Today - 40 mins ago]
Star Jones Hosts a News Exclusive on Obesity in... [Urban Mecca - 42 mins ago]
Fort Jackson starts H1N1 vaccinations [GlobalSecurity.org - 44 mins ago]
UPDATE 1-Swine flu may be peaking in US, report... [FinanzNachrichten.de - 44 mins ago]
A Fine Balance [Tehelka - 45 mins ago]
Ottawa adds extra weekend H1N1 vaccine clinics [CBC - 47 mins ago]
Revised Cancer Screening Recommendations [Suite101.com - 47 mins ago]
US sees fall in swine flu rate [France24 - Africa - 49 mins ago]
US sees fall in swine flu rate [France24 - Science - 49 mins ago]
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Ashley Koff: Death By Movie Popcorn? Possibly [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 39 mins ago]
This week the Center for Science in the Public Interest updated the findings of its' historic study about the caloric and fat overload found in many a ...
Did U.S. make mistake in skipping vaccine addit... [Economy-Finance - 1 hour ago]
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic ...
Book Review Monday: Intellectual Property Right... [Patent Baristas - 2 hours ago]
I aim to shed light on the extent to which advance in the life sciences was directed by the profit motive and the availability of the patent system … and on the ...
Beverlye Hyman Fead: How "Nana, What's Can... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 2 hours ago]
I was given the worst possible diagnosis--4th stage metastasized, inoperable, uteral sarcoma. Two months to live. The first doctor told my family and ...
Paying for what does not work remains popular [ZDNet Blogs - 4 hours ago]
We imagine a simple formula. Get tested and if there is cancer get treated. But what scientists are trying to tell us is there is a different formula. Get healthy ...
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Dr. Robert Jacobson - Vaccines & Autism.wmv [Mayo Clinic - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
'No Homework' Contract [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 2 hours ago]
Chat_WMV_2048_HD.wmv [CDC Streaming Health - YouTube - 3 hours ago]
Relief from Psoriasis [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 5 hours ago]
Rare Vaccine Side Effect? [CBS - YouTube - 5 hours ago]
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