Ins and Outs June 17th, 2009 Medgadget Editors News FDA Chief Eyes Device Group… [WSJ] YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK: $2.5 billion spent, no alternative cures found…; Video… [AP] Health insurers refuse to limit rescission of coverage… [LA Times] The FDA as a Public Health Agency… [Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., and Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D. @ NEJM] The Price of Life: When healthcare meets money… [New Scientist] GOP focus is on public option and comparative effectiveness… [Dana Blankenhorn] Indictment says Synthes Inc. tested cement on patients…; West Chester firm hit for unlawful clinical trials…[Philly.com] Serotonin Gene’s Link With Depression Not Valid, Says Study… [WSJ] AMA: the White Coats Are Going, the White Coats Are Gone… [WSJ] Warnings on Three Zicam Intranasal Zinc Products… [FDA] FDA Warns Web Sites against Marketing Fraudulent H1N1 Flu Virus Claims… [FDA] Hunch: Web-based decision-making in medicine and genetics? [ScienceRoll] Covidien Announces License Agreement with Nuvo Research Inc…. [Covidien] Less invasive CT-scan based colorectal cancer screening method shows good accuracy… [JAMA] Approaches to safe nanotechnology… [Nanowerk] Test detects molecular marker of aging in humans… [UNC] Researchers ‘All Aglow’ Over New Test of Toxin Strength… [NIST] Plant Microbe Shares Features with Drug-Resistant Pathogen… [Brookhaven National Laboratory] Alcohol’s Good for You? Some Scientists Doubt It… [NYT] What Would We Do Without The Experts? Top 10 Most Creative People in Health Care… [FastCompany] Do fathers spend more time with children who resemble them? [CNRS] Premature babies’ posture points to IQ… [New Scientist]