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]

    • Medical technologies transform the world! Join us and see the progress in real time. At Medgadget, we report the latest technology news, interview leaders in the field, and file dispatches from medical events around the world since 2004.

    © Medgadget, Inc. All rights reserved. | The Medical Revolution Will Be Blogged.
    Holler Box
    X