Ins and Outs

June 11th, 2009 News

  • 615 PAGES OF GOOD INTENTIONS: Affordable Health Choices Act — “To make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce”… [Sen. Ted Kennedy (D., Mass)]
  • Dems double down on health care… [Politico]
  • AMA Opposes Public Insurance Plan [NY Times]
  • Grassley Scolds Obama on Twitter… [WSJ]
  • Health treaties are ‘window dressing’ to many nations; A majority of nations analyzed made no improvement to health services after signing up to treaties, analysis reveals… [New Scientist]
  • Congress Considers Partially Removing Tax Exemption On Employer Provided Health Benefits… [Consumerist]
  • Covidien Announces the Integration of the Nellcor(TM) OxiMax(TM) SpO2 System into Philips Patient Monitors… [Covidien]
  • Kamada Reports Positive Proof-of-Concept Data for Inhaled Alpha-1 Antitrypsin in Bronchiectasis … [Kamada]
  • FDA Approves 12-Month Labeling Update for EVOLENCE® Collagen-Based Facial Filler… [J&J]
  • Study Shows Consistent Use of Insulin Pump Therapy, Augmented with Continuous Glucose Monitoring, Results in Significant A1C Reductions… [Medtronic]
  • GSK to test Aposense technology in oncology studies… [Globes]
  • Genetic Variant Associated with Resistance to Chemotherapy Drug in Women with Breast Cancer… [NIH]
  • Muscle activity plays key role in joint formation… [Cordis EU]
  • Unexpected discovery can open a new chapter in the fight against tuberculosis… [Uppsala University]
  • A New Lead for Autoimmune Disease: A small-molecule drug inhibits Th17 cells, eases symptoms in mouse model… [Children’s Hospital Boston]
  • Proton radiation for localized prostate cancer… [Nature Reviews Urology]
  • Breaking Carbon-Carbon Bond: Researchers describe ‘implausible’ chemistry that produces herbicidal compound… [University of Illinois]
  • Time moves too slowly for hyperactive boys… [New Scientist]
  • Should Doctors Say How Often They’ve Performed a Procedure? [WSJ]

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