Ins and Outs

For your consideration, here are the latest hand-picked links that didn’t make to our posts:

Home birth risks under scrutiny… [BBC]
More: Planned home births associated with tripling of neonatal mortality rate vs. planned hospital births… [American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology]

Chronic-Fatigue Link to Virus Disputed… [WSJ]

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on the Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobials in Food-Producing Animals… [FDA]

Poll: Health-Care Overhaul Law More Popular, But Still Divisive… [WSJ]

US obesity keeps on rising… [NewScientist]

ACCORD Eye Study Finds Two Therapies Slow Diabetic Eye Disease Progression… [NIH]

Researchers Discover How Folate Promotes Healing In Spinal Cord Injuries… [NIH]

Lawsuits pile up over DePuy hip implant… [MassDevice]

UnitedHealth tries to catch the telemedicine wave… [MassDevice]

Boston Scientific Announces FDA Approval and Launch of Lead Splitters for the Precision Plus™ Spinal Cord Stimulator System… [Boston Scientific]

St. Jude Medical Announces Japanese Approval of the Therapy Cool Path Ablation Catheter… [St. Jude Medical]

Biosense Webster Receives FDA Clearances for the CARTOXPRESS™ Software Module and LASSO® NAV Catheter for its CARTO® XP System… [J&J]

Del Palma Orthopedics bags $1.4 million… [MassDevice]

FDA Approves First Generic Effexor Extended Release Capsules to Treat Major Depressive Disorder… [FDA]

FDA Approves Rapid Test for Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus… [FDA]

Teva gets FDA nod for breast cancer treatment … [Globes]

How to Build a Better DNA Search Engine… [arXiv]

Delivery Method Influences Microbial Communities in Newborns… [HHMI]

Environmental causes of cancer: endocrine disruptors as carcinogens… [Nature Reviews Endocrinology]

‘Copy and paste DNA’ more common than previously thought… [University of Leicester]

Subtle Mutations in Immune Gene May Increase Risk for Asthma… [Johns Hopkins]

Bursting bubbles with sound offers new treatments for cancer… [University of Leeds]

Asymmmetric nanostructures for early and more accurate prediction of cancer… [IMEC]

Carbon nanotubes turn glass fibers into multifunctional sensors… [Nanowerk]

Emotion Affects Memory’s Reliability… [NSF]

From M.S. Patients, Outcry for Unproved Treatment… [NYTimes.com]

Major League Baseball working to address players’ mental-health issues… [SCOPE]

Ozzy Osbourne: From rockstar to health-advice columnist… [SCOPE]