Medicine NewsAP – Republicans argued health legislation would hurt seniors and Democrats said it would do nothing of the sort as the Senate Finance Committee resumed debate Wednesday on a bill to remake the nation’s health care system.
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AP – It’s lurking in that awesome party just off the quad, hiding in the shot glasses passed from person to person and in the make-out sessions in the hallway.
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AP – Drugmaker Wyeth on Wednesday sued the Food and Drug Administration to block the sale of a generic rival to its intravenous antibiotic Zosyn, claiming the generic is not an equivalent product and could harm critically ill patients.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the awarding of three grants to stimulate the development and availability of medical devices for children. A panel of six experts with experience in medicine, business, and device development reviewed 16 applications for the grants, which will be administered by the FDA’s Office of Orphan Products [...]
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As the health care reform debate turns to cutting costs and improving treatment outcomes, two professors at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are expanding a study that shows promise for reducing both the expense and suffering associated with chronic asthma. Thomas Ritz and Alicia Meuret, both in SMU’s Psychology Department, have developed [...]
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Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) launches a major new awareness raising campaign aimed at gay men in London. ‘Assumptions’ is aimed at men who don’t use condoms because they think they have correctly identified their partner’s status. This campaign urges men not to assume that they ‘know’ the HIV status of a new partner. [...]
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