Ins and Outs

June 17th, 2009 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]

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