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Merck Hits Another Delay For Wider Gardasil Use - CNNMoney.com Posted: 09 Jan 2009 10:06 AM CST Current World News Merck Hits Another Delay For Wider Gardasil Use CNNMoney.com - 6 hours ago By Peter Loftus Merck & Co. (MRK) has hit another setback in its effort to widen the use of the Gardasil cervical-cancer vaccine to women up to age 45. Merck gets 2nd FDA delay on Gardasil expansion Forbes Gardasil again denied approval for women 27-45 Reuters Wall Street Journal - Wall Street Journal Blogs - Philadelphia Inquirer - FierceVaccines all 165 news articles

Report: COBRA cost outweighs Florida jobless benefit - Bizjournals.com Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:25 PM CST ABC News Report: COBRA cost outweighs Florida jobless benefit Bizjournals.com - 1 hour ago Florida is one of nine states in which the average premium for COBRA, providing health care coverage for laid-off workers and their families, equals or exceeds the average unemployment benefits, according to a study by Families USA. Unemployed: Out of Luck, Out of Health Care ABC News Health insurance no bargain for unemployed: group Reuters The Associated Press - Asheville Citizen-Times - Baltimore Sun - CBS News all 165 news articles

Officials Still Seek Source of Salmonella Outbreak - Washington Post Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:46 PM CST CTV.ca Officials Still Seek Source of Salmonella Outbreak Washington Post - 1 hour ago By Steven Reinberg FRIDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened almost 400 Americans in 42 states remains unknown, US health officials said Friday, adding that more cases are expected. New Salmonella Outbreak: Here's How to Reduce Your Risk U.S. News & World Report 3 cases of salmonella confirmed in state Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Asheville Citizen-Times - The Chattanoogan - PRWeek - TopNews all 1,020 news articles

Antipsychotics Up Death Risk in Alzheimer's Patients - Washington Post Posted: 09 Jan 2009 09:06 AM CST dBTechno Antipsychotics Up Death Risk in Alzheimer's Patients Washington Post - 7 hours ago By Steven Reinberg FRIDAY, Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Alzheimer's patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs face a higher risk of death than similar patients not given these medications do, British researchers report. Antipsychotics for Alzheimer's up death risk-study Reuters Antipsychotic Drugs Put Alzheimer's At Risk I Really Should Study BBC News - Wall Street Journal Blogs - FierceBioResearcher - The Associated Press all 228 news articles

Patients off hook in emergency room fee dispute - San Francisco Chronicle Posted: 09 Jan 2009 01:42 AM CST dBTechno Patients off hook in emergency room fee dispute San Francisco Chronicle - 14 hours ago Emergency room doctors who think a patient's HMO has underpaid them can't bill the patient for the difference and must seek whatever redress they can from the health plan, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a big-money dispute in the medical ... Ruling removes billing headache from emergency room visits Los Angeles Times Top California Court Disallows 'Balance Billing' for ER Treatment MedPage Today Wall Street Journal - Sacramento Bee - Bizjournals.com - ModernHealthcare.com all 121 news articles

Early Elective C-Sections Produce Complications - San Francisco Chronicle Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:35 PM CST SmartAboutHealth Early Elective C-Sections Produce Complications San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago Doctors are now recommending that women and their obstetricians wait until the 39th week of pregnancy before scheduling elective cesarean sections. Early Caesareans Pose Risks to Newborns New York Times Early Planned C-Sections Put Baby at Risk WebMD HealthNews - I Really Should Study - BusinessWeek - SmartAboutHealth all 304 news articles

Health Buzz: Flu Drug Failure and Other Health News - U.S. News & World Report Posted: 09 Jan 2009 11:10 AM CST Boston Globe Health Buzz: Flu Drug Failure and Other Health News U.S. News & World Report - 5 hours ago The flu strain circulating this year is resistant to the oft-used antiviral drug Tamiflu, but people shouldn't worry too much, government health officials said yesterday. Common Flu Strain Resistant to Popular Antiviral Drug Washington Post Tamiflu most common strain circulating WFIE-TV TIME - Houston Chronicle - Bloomberg - New York Times all 115 news articles

Teen Sex and Pregnancy: Part of a Bigger Problem - U.S. News & World Report Posted: 09 Jan 2009 01:42 PM CST That Happened! Teen Sex and Pregnancy: Part of a Bigger Problem U.S. News & World Report - 2 hours ago By Bernadine Healy, MD There is nothing worse for any physician than to find a dangerous medical problem in a patient and feel powerless to help. Highest US birth rate in four decades United Press International Teen Births increasing again TopNews HealthNews - dBTechno - USA Today - The Mississippi Press - gulflive.com all 675 news articles

FDA Mismanagement, Gaza’s Ambulance Runs and New Support for a ... - New York Times Posted: 09 Jan 2009 11:49 AM CST SmartAboutHealth FDA Mismanagement, Gaza's Ambulance Runs and New Support for a ... New York Times - 4 hours ago By RONI CARYN RABIN A group of federal scientists has written a letter to the transition team of the incoming Obama administration complaining of widespread managerial misconduct in a division of the Food and Drug Administration, the Associated Press ... FDA Backs Cholesterol Drug Vytorin Washington Post US FDA backs Merck, Schering-Plough's Vytorin Reuters CNNMoney.com - The Associated Press - TheHeart.Org - Cortlandt Forum all 183 news articles

J&J-Vanderbilt in unusual schizophrenia drug deal - Forbes Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:21 PM CST J&J-Vanderbilt in unusual schizophrenia drug deal Forbes - 1 hour ago By LINDA A. JOHNSON , 01.09.09, 04:10 PM EST Johnson & Johnson has made an unusual $10 million deal with Vanderbilt University, whose researchers will work on development of a potential new schizophrenia treatment, all the way up to creating a compound ... Vanderbilt, drugmaker partner to develop schizophrenia drugs The Tennessean J&J, Vanderbilt Team Up on Schizophrenia Drugs Wall Street Journal Bio-IT World - Reuters - FierceBiotech - Vanderbilt University News all 16 news articles

If smoking is so bad for you, who still does it? - CNN Posted: 09 Jan 2009 08:48 AM CST Media Life Magazine If smoking is so bad for you, who still does it? CNN - 7 hours ago By Andrea M. Kane It seems that studies on the dangers of smoking come out every week. Just recently, after an article appeared in the journal Pediatrics, we were introduced to the concept of third-hand smoke, the potentially toxic residue that lingers ... Smoking stinks Shelby Township Source Newspapers No Smoking BusinessWorld Online Thunder Bay's Source - Khaleej Times - The Ledger - Media Life Magazine all 19 news articles

Industry Opponent Wolfe Named to FDA Seat - Newsinferno.com Posted: 09 Jan 2009 01:01 PM CST Wall Street Journal Blogs Industry Opponent Wolfe Named to FDA Seat Newsinferno.com - 3 hours ago On the heels of news that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is riddled with corruption and all sorts of routine inappropriate and unethical practices, a key drug industry opponent has been appointed to its Drug Safety and Risk Management ... Video: Pharmaceuticals Rebel with a Cause WSJDigitalNetwork FDA under fire for $1.5 million morale-boosting contract FierceHealthcare TheHeart.Org - Wall Street Journal - SmartBrief - Wall Street Journal Blogs all 9 news articles

Lab sent out number of flawed Vitamin D test results - USA Today Posted: 08 Jan 2009 06:05 PM CST SmartAboutHealth Lab sent out number of flawed Vitamin D test results USA Today - 22 hours ago By Mary Brophy Marcus, USA TODAY Quest's laboratories are scattered throughout the country, and in June 2008, when physicians started calling to question some patients' test results, the company began investigating the issue, says Wael Salameh, ... Flawed Results on Some Vitamin D Tests WebMD Suspicious Vitamin D test results given by lab TopNews Reuters - New York Times - Bizjournals.com - Newsinferno.com all 148 news articles

Orexigen Falls After Weight-Loss Pill Fails to Meet FDA Goal - Bloomberg Posted: 08 Jan 2009 08:37 PM CST dBTechno Orexigen Falls After Weight-Loss Pill Fails to Meet FDA Goal Bloomberg - 19 hours ago By Rob Waters Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. fell 34 percent in Nasdaq extended trading after releasing study results on its Contrave obesity pill that failed to show enough difference between patients taking the drug and those taking ... Orexigen Phase III obesity drug meets endpoints FierceBiotech Orexigen Obesity Drug Works, But Fails To Meet FDA Standards SmartAboutHealth Reuters - RTT News - Forbes - San Diego Union Tribune all 58 news articles

Long Island could get extra $104M in federal stimulus - Newsday Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:05 AM CST Long Island could get extra $104M in federal stimulus Newsday - 14 hours ago BY RIDGELY OCHS | ridgely.ochs@newsday.com Nassau and Suffolk could get an extra $104 million as part of a federal stimulus package if a proposal by Sen. Charles Schumer is adopted. Schumer Backs Aid for New York WNED Schumer Says Stimulus Money Headed to Upstate NY WTEN The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com - Buffalo News - Mid-Hudson News - Jamestown Post Journal all 30 news articles

Folic Acid Important for Healthy Pregnancies, but Many Women Don't ... - Voice of America Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:16 PM CST San Francisco Chronicle Folic Acid Important for Healthy Pregnancies, but Many Women Don't ... Voice of America - 2 hours ago By Faiza Elmasry Women of child-bearing age are urged to get an adequate daily amount of folic acid, a form of vitamin B. Health experts say it reduces the risk of birth defects. County health unit focuses on importance of folic acid Vallejo Times-Herald Can you OD on folic acid? San Francisco Chronicle MedPage Today - Chattanooga Times Free Press - eMaxHealth.com - Kaiser network.org all 15 news articles

Lifeblood of local Red Cross collection efforts steps down - Delaware News Posted: 09 Jan 2009 11:38 AM CST WOWK Lifeblood of local Red Cross collection efforts steps down Delaware News - 4 hours ago * Lewis Center's Kathy Culp has been organizing blood drives for six years -- and giving to them for far longer. By GARTH BISHOP Kathy Culp may be stepping back from organizing blood drives in Orange Township, but her dedication to providing blood for ... Red Cross representative asks students to be 'heroes' Log Cabin Democrat Red Cross Sends Out Urgent Request For Blood WRTA MSNBC - LeRoy Independent - News Sentinel - Bizjournals.com all 80 news articles

Hormone therapy may cut colorectal cancer risk - MSNBC Posted: 09 Jan 2009 11:56 AM CST eFluxMedia Hormone therapy may cut colorectal cancer risk MSNBC - 4 hours ago NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The long-term use of hormone replacement therapy, which older women abandoned in droves following the news that it may increase the risk of breast cancer, may substantially cut the risk of colorectal cancer, research shows. Study Links Obesity to Ovarian Cancer New York Times Obesity Linked with Increased Risk of Ovarian Cancer Cancer Consultants WFIE-TV - U.S. News & World Report - HealthNews - Bloomberg all 191 news articles

Richard Price joins AdvaMed's Payment & Health Care Delivery ... - SmartBrief Posted: 09 Jan 2009 10:45 AM CST Richard Price joins AdvaMed's Payment & Health Care Delivery ... SmartBrief - 5 hours ago AdvaMed announced Jan. 8 that Richard Price has joined the association as vice president of payment and health care delivery policy. The Value of Innovation in Health Care Galen Institute • Letter: Phony health care campaign under way MLive.com Minneapolis Star Tribune - Columbia Daily Tribune - News-Leader.com - DOTmed.com (press release) all 15 news articles

Positive step for drug from engineered goat - USA Today Posted: 07 Jan 2009 05:22 PM CST ABC News Positive step for drug from engineered goat USA Today - Jan 7, 2009 By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY In a surprise move, it seems likely the first genetically engineered animal approved for commercial use won't be a fast-growing salmon, as was expected, but a goat that produces an anti-clotting drug in its milk. US FDA staff backs CSL, GTC blood clot drugs Reuters Drug from genetically engineered goats a first The Associated Press TopNews - RedOrbit - United Press International - Nature.com (subscription) all 412 news articles

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