Ins and Outs

Google reveals plans for health database… [The Financial Times]

… Google has no plans to sell advertising around the health service, Mr Schmidt said. Instead, it hopes to raise awareness of the Google brand and encourage greater use of its search engine.

Baxter Pulls Remaining Heparin From the Market … [WSJ]

Intensive insulin therapy may be harmful to the critically ill… [Critical Care]

Scientist: Turn Gitmo Into Disease Research Center … [WSJ]

New data show a declining incidence of cystic fibrosis since introduction of prenatal carrier screening … [Children’s Hospital Boston]

Panel finds hydroxyurea treatment is underutilized for sickle cell disease… [NIH]

FDA Approves Nexium for Use in Children Ages 1-11 Years … [FDA]

Researchers demonstrate smallest possible carbon nanotube… [Nanowerk]

FDA Approves New Orphan Drug Arcalyst (rilonacept, an Interleukin-1 blocker) for Treatment of Rare Inflammatory Syndromes… [FDA]

Seeking schizophrenia genes… [RIKEN Research]

Protein protects lung cancer cells from efforts to fix or kill them… [University of Florida]

Focus: Allergy and Asthma… [Nature Reviews Immunology]

Thiazolidinediones: effects on insulin resistance and the cardiovascular system… [British Journal of Pharmacology]

HIMSS 08 Redux: Swimming in the same pond… [Microsoft Health Blog]

Aetna Retreats on Anesthesia Limits During Colonoscopy … [WSJ]