dBTechnoBush Says Drug Policy WorkingWashington Post -Dec 11, 2007By Debbi Wilgoren President Bush today hailed a decade-long decline in teen drug use as proof that his administration's drug interdiction efforts are working, citing an annual study that shows no dramatic drops from last year but confirmed a ...US teen drug use down, but problems remain -surveyReutersIllicit Drug Use by Teenagers DeclinesNew York TimesVoice of America - USA Today - Los Angeles Times - Chicago Tribuneall 380 news articles
Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesGenetic test info added to epilepsy drugs, US saysReuters -2 hours agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A genetic test can tell if patients of Asian ancestry are more likely to develop a life-threatening skin reaction to certain drugs that treat epilepsy and other conditions, US health officials said on Wednesday.Carbamazepine Receives FDA’s Black Box WarningeFluxMediaFDA Strengthens Warnings On Some Epilepsy DrugsWall Street JournalCNNMoney.com - United Press International - Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - FDA.govall 27 news articles
Canada.comMammogram accuracy varies by radiologist: studyReuters -23 hours agoBy Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women with lumps in their breasts rely on their radiologists to accurately read their mammograms, but the accuracy of those readings varies widely, US researchers on Tuesday.Detecting breast cancer depends on doctor, study findsChicago TribuneEven top docs missing signs of cancer on mammogramSeattle TimesU.S. News &World Report - Reuters UK - MedPage Today - AHNall 88 news articles
The Money TimesAnother Study Finds Heart Risks in a Diabetes DrugNew York Times -18 hours agoBy STEPHANIE SAUL An independent analysis of thousands of older people with diabetes found that those treated with the widely used drug Avandia had significantly elevated risks of heart attack and death.Glaxo diabetes drug raises heart risk in studyReutersNew Avandia study reaffirms heart riskUSA TodayChicago Tribune - Bloomberg - WebMD - Lawyers and Settlementsall 85 news articles
Salem-News.ComOhio ranked 14th in smoking-prevention program fundingBizjournals.com -48 minutes agoOhio might not be snuffing out underage smoking to national standards, but it's one of only 20 states meeting the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at least halfway, according to a report issued Wednesday.Anti-tobacco campaign praises Washington for opposing smokingSeattle Post IntelligencerMaine is tops in funding programs to keep kids from smokingWCAXSouthCoastToday.com - Winston-Salem Journal - Portsmouth Herald News - DetNews.comall 111 news articles
Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesPublic Not Ready for Over-the-Counter StatinsABC News -18 hours agoThe US Food and Drug Administration will decide whether consumers should have access to a cholesterol-lowering drug without a prescription.FDA Reviewer Raises Concerns Over Proposed Merck StatinWall Street JournalFDA panel weighing Merck's over-counter cholesterol drugChicago TribuneCNNMoney.com - Bloomberg - Bizjournals.com - Monterey County Heraldall 190 news articles
ABC NewsStudy: Fasting May Prevent Coronary DamageABC News -24 minutes agoMormons regimen of fasting once a month may decrease their chance of heart disease. (Rick Bowmer/AP Photo) Mormonism has topped the news again, but this time it has nothing to do with the presidential election and everything to do with diet.Study Reveals Monthly Fasting Beneficial To HeartAHNStudy: Monthly Fasting May Help HeartThe Associated PressKWTX - WLFI.com - abc7.comall 248 news articles
Agreement With China to Regulate Some DrugsNew York Times -19 hours agoBy JAKE HOOKER and WALT BOGDANICH BEIJING - American and Chinese regulators signed an agreement Tuesday to strengthen regulation of drugs and medical devices exported to the United States.Health Highlights: Dec. 12, 2007Washington PostImporting Medicine: Ill-Advised?Hartford CourantGlens Falls Post-Star - South China Morning Post (subscription) - Charleston Gazetteall 13 news articles
KQCA, My58.comSupervisors pick KaiserSacramento Bee -12 hours agoBy Loretta Kalb - lkalb@sacbee.com Kaiser doctors Richard Isaacs, left, and David Kissinger hug after Sacramento County supervisors voted to place a trauma center at their south Sacramento hospital.Video: Kaiser Designated For New Trauma CenterkcratvKaiser Gets Green Light for Trauma II CenterNews10.netKQCA, My58.com - KCRA.com - Phoenix Business Journal (subscription)all 20 news articles
NBC11.comNurses at Bay Area Sutter Health hospitals to strikeSan Jose Mercury News -7 hours agoAP Thousands of registered nurses at 13 Bay Area hospitals affiliated with Sutter Health plan are walking off the job today and Friday.Nurses at 13 Bay Area Hospitals Go on Two-Day StrikeeFluxMediaNurses prepare for two-day strike starting ThursdaySan Mateo County TimesTri-Valley Herald - Examiner.com - San Francisco Chronicle - Dog Flu Diet and Diseasesall 33 news articles
dBTechnoNew Medicare Rules Bar Cancer Drugs for PatientsABC News -Dec 10, 2007The high costs of health care in the United States put it out of reach for millions of Americans. (PhotoDisc) By AUDREY GRAYSON and MARK ABDELMALEK When Jacqueline Foster was 67 years old, she was diagnosed with orbital lymphoma, a non-Hodgkins form of ...Medicare Whacks Oncology DrugsMotley FoolBiogen Radiation Drug, a Single Shot, Halts Lymphoma (Update1)BloombergNPR - Cancerpage.com - dBTechno - Dog Flu Diet and Diseasesall 11 news articles
Granma InternationalDisability Cases Last Longer as Backlog RisesNew York Times -15 hours agoRichard and Vicki Wild of Hillsborough, NC, said they were mystified when their son Mark’s disability claim was rejected. “We had 10 years’ worth of hospital records,” Mr.Social Security delays cheat the disabledThe Virginian-PilotSocial Security disability cases are taking longerDallas Morning NewsSarasota Herald-Tribune - Granma International - Kaiser network.org - Huffington Postall 35 news articles
dBTechnoIn the Lab: Gene Study Helps Explain Link to Breast CancerNew York Times -Dec 10, 2007By NICHOLAS BAKALAR More than 10 years ago, scientists discovered that mutations in a gene called BRCA1 lead to a particularly deadly type of breast cancer.Mutated Suppressor Gene Leads to a Type of Breast CancerU.S. News &World ReportFinding Could Lead to More Effective Therapies for Women with ...ABC NewsNewsday - Bloomberg - NY1all 198 news articles
