Ins and Outs January 26th, 2010 Medgadget Editors News FDA Schedules Public Meeting on Premarket Clearance Process for Medical Devices… [FDA] MassMEDIC to Sen.-elect Brown: Put your money where your mouth was… [MassDevice] Obama on Health Bill: ‘I Wish We Had Gotten It Done Faster…’ [WSJ] From absurdity to reality: Medical device tax jolts Invacare CEO Malachi Mixon… [MedCityNews] Democrats May Table Big Health Goals … [WSJ] Health at risk as climate aid spending increases, warns Bill Gates… [The Great Beyond] Can Miromatrix “regenerate” Minnesota’s medical industry? [MassDevice] Healthy prions protect nerves… [Nature] Mixed-handed children more likely to have mental health, language and scholastic problems… [Imperial College London] More on that McNeil Consumer Healthcare Recall… [JNJBTW] Nanny mayor: salt is like asbestos… [Salt Institute] FDA Approves Victoza (liraglutide) for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes… [FDA] FDA Approves Ampyra to Improve Walking in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis… [FDA] Court Finds J&J Patents Invalid… [Boston Scientific] Helicos loses a lap to Illumina in race for cheap genome sequencing… [MassDevice] Adidas adds coaching to wireless fitness device… [mobihealthnews] Mayo Clinic Apps Diagnose Ills and Soothe Mind, Spirit… [Smarter Tech] 12 EMRs with remote access iPhone apps… [mobihealthnews] MicroCHIPS Advances Platform for Monitoring and Therapy Solutions; Secures $16.5M in equity financing… [MicroCHIPS] St. Jude Medical Announces Approval and Launch of Neurostimulation System in Japan… [St. Jude Medical] Protalix to trial nerve gas treatment… [Globes] The role of microparticles in the pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases… [Nature Reviews Rheumatology] Newly Identified Genes Influence Insulin and Glucose Regulation… [NIH] Liver Cell Culture System Might Test New HCV Drugs… [MedPageToday] Researchers explain the shape of membrane vesicles containing two different fluids… [Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science] Painless ‘Plasma Jets’ Instead of Dental Drill? [HealthDay News] Johns Hopkins investigates: ‘Poop’ dermatitis linked to fashionable toilet seats, harsh chemicals… [Johns Hopkins] Pseudoscience vs Politiscience: ‘Association between exposure to political violence and intimate-partner violence in the occupied Palestinian territory: a cross-sectional study’… [Lancet]