NBC 4.comFDA Panel Sees Some EvidenceWall Street Journal -1 hour agoBy JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN WASHINGTON -- A US Food and Drug Administration panel said Friday there's some evidence the widely used decongestant phenylephrine works at recommended doses but called for more studies including ones looking at higher doses.UPDATE 1-US panel says data support cold medicinesReutersFDA Panel Favors New DecongestantsHouston ChronicleCNNMoney.com - Washington Post - NBC 4.com - Motley Foolall 58 news articles

  UC San Francisco Medical School Dean Leaves, Says He Was FiredWired News -1 hour agoBy David Jensen 12.14.07 | 4:30 PM David Kessler, dean of the University of California, San Francisco, medical school, says has been fired for investigating the university's finances.UCSF medical school dean David Kessler "terminated"Bizjournals.comEx-FDA commissioner resigns as med school deanUSA TodaySan Jose Mercury Newsall 11 news articles

  WSBT-TVVaccine Recall: What Parents Need to KnowTIME -Dec 13, 2007Merck announced that it is voluntarily recalling 1 million doses of two common childhood vaccines, routinely given to children under 5. Here's everything you need to know about the recall.UPDATE 3-Merck recalls 1.2 mln doses of children's vaccinesReutersDocs: Vaccine recall may delay, not halt, kid shotsNew York Daily NewsSan Jose Mercury News - Newsday - CNNMoney.com - Seattle Timesall 920 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesTest may spare many women chemotherapyChicago Tribune -11 hours agoBy Judy Peres | Tribune staff reporter December 14, 2007 SAN ANTONIO - A gene test can help doctors determine which breast cancer patients are likely to benefit from chemotherapy, even for those whose tumors are relatively more advanced, ...Sanofi announces more positive Taxotere resultsReutersTest Spots Women Who Can Skip ChemoWebMDABC News - Cancerpage.com - The Associated Press - AHNall 414 news articles

  eFluxMediaBush vetoes child health billCNN -Dec 12, 2007WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush vetoed an expansion of the federally funded, state-run health insurance program for poor children for a second time Wednesday, telling Congress the bill "moves our country's health care system in the wrong direction.Bush vetoes children's health bill a second timeReutersBush again vetoes kids health billSan Francisco ChronicleBloomberg - Medical News Today - CBS News - CNBCall 697 news articles

  Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesMcKenna calls for stricter law to keep guns from mentally illSeattle Times -Dec 13, 2007By Christina Siderius Prompted by recent shooting tragedies such as the Virginia Tech massacre last spring, the state attorney general wants to tighten Washington's law restricting firearm access of those who have had mental-health commitments.$40 Million Plan Parallels Ideas From Panel After Massacre at ...Washington PostWash AG: Limit firearms access for mental patientsSeattle Post IntelligencerDaily Press - KNDO/KNDU - WAVY-TV - WDBJ7.comall 33 news articles

  E Canada NowUS to do health tests on Katrina victims' trailersReuters -15 hours agoBy Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Federal health experts will begin testing for formaldehyde in trailers provided to people displaced by Hurricane Katrina after complaints of health problems, US officials said on Thursday.Air testing in FEMA trailers begins next weekUSA TodayCDC Will Test Formaldehyde Levels in FEMA’s Gulf Coast TrailersCQPolitics.comBiloxi Sun Herald - Washington Times - The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - WCBD-TVall 146 news articles

  New VisionEbola EpicenterNewsweek -Dec 12, 2007An on-scene report from the Ugandan town hit hardest by the latest outbreak of the deadly virus. By Andrew Ehrenkranz | Newsweek Web Exclusive Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link.Uganda: First Ebola Victims Ate Monkey - GovtAllAfrica.comCDC tries to limit Ebola outbreak in UgandaAtlanta Journal ConstitutionReuters South Africa - NewsOXY - AHN - AFPall 47 news articles

  San Mateo Daily JournalNurses strike Sutter hospitals over staffing, benefit levelsSan Jose Mercury News -12 hours agoBy Sandy Kleffman Hundreds of sign-carrying registered nurses formed picket lines in front of Bay Area hospitals Thursday morning to begin a two-day strike.Sutter nurses on strike againThe ArgusComment by Lisa Hartmayer, RN, UCSF Medical Center, Medical/Surgical Resource TeamSan Mateo County Times - Vallejo Times-Herald - KGAN - Bizjournals.comall 176 news articles

  CBC NewsDoctors Detail Face Transplant ResultsWashington Post -Dec 12, 2007By Rick Weiss A Frenchwoman who two years ago became the first person to receive a face transplant has recovered with remarkably good aesthetic results and has gradually regained normal skin sensation and control of her facial muscles, doctors reported ...First face transplant worth the fuss, patient saysReuters1st face transplant patient makes progressLos Angeles TimesU.S. News &World Report - New York Daily News - MedPage Todayall 194 news articles

  ABC NewsNew Jersey approves flu shots for preschoolersWOI -2 hours agoAP - December 14, 2007 4:03 PM ET TRENTON, NJ (AP) - New Jersey is the first state in the nation to require flu shots for preschool children.NJ Requires Flu Shots for PreschoolersThe Associated PressNJ mandates shots for preschoolersPhiladelphia InquirerNorthJersey.com - Newsday - West Milford Messenger - WXIA-TVall 224 news articles

  Washington PostStudy: Teen drug use declining; painkillers still popularSI.com -Dec 11, 2007WASHINGTON (AP) -- llicit drug use by teens continued to decline gradually overall this year, but the use of prescription painkillers remains popular among young people, according to a federally financed study released Tuesday at the White House.Illicit Drug Use by Teenagers DeclinesNew York TimesUS teen drug use down, but problems remain -surveyReutersSeattle Times - Los Angeles Times - Houston Chronicle - Bucyrus Telegraph Forumall 133 news articles

  Pfizer slips on Chantix, Sutent safety concernsReuters -7 hours agoNEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Shares of Pfizer Inc (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) fell on Friday after European regulators and US researchers highlighted concerns about the safety of the company's new anti-smoking medicine and recently approved ...EU Panel Wants More Side Effects Warning For Pfizer's ChampixCNNMoney.comChantix Suicidal Ideation Reports Doubled in Two MonthsInjuryBoard.comInternational Herald Tribune - FDA news (subscription) - CBS 11 - PerthNewall 23 news articles

  IndiaEduNews.netSmoking Linked To Type 2 DiabetesCBS News -Dec 12, 2007(WebMD) Smokers may be more likely than nonsmokers to develop type 2 diabetes , according to a new research review. The review included 25 studies of smoking and diabetes among a million people ages 16 and older in the US, UK, Europe, Japan, ...Smoking raises risk for diabetes, researchers sayReutersSmokers at much greater risk of developing diabetesGlobe and MailUnited Press International - BBC News - Xinhua - JoinTogether.orgall 107 news articles