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Wednesday,
19 November 2008
Cancer Drugs May Treat Type 1 Diabetes
By Steven Reinberg TUESDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Gleevec, a wonder drug that effectively treats leukemia and other cancers, may also reverse type 1 diabetes, University of California San Francisco, researchers report.
(Source: U.S. News & World Report) read more...
Wednesday,
19 November 2008
Locy Contempt Citation Overturned
A federal appeals court has vacated a lower judge’s contempt order against the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications’ Reynolds Professor of Legal Journalism, Toni Locy, arising from stories she wrote when she was working for...
(Source: Washington and Lee University News Office) read more...
Wednesday,
19 November 2008
UTMB to begin informing 3000 employees of layoffs
AP Texas News © 2008 AP GALVESTON, Texas - The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, heavily damaged by Hurricane Ike, will begin notifying 3000 workers on Tuesday that they will be laid off, officials announced.
(Source: Houston Chronicle) read more...
Wednesday,
19 November 2008
NH prescription privacy law upheld
CONCORD, NH (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of New Hampshires first-in-the-nation law that restricts drug company access to some information about doctors prescription writing habits.
(Source: The Associated Press) read more...
Wednesday,
19 November 2008
Vote delayed on possible closing of birth center
By AP BEVERLY - Trustees of the North Shore Birth Center have put off a vote on whether to stop doing deliveries at the facility because of a sharp rise in malpractice premiums.
(Source: Boston Herald) read more...
Wednesday,
19 November 2008
FDA Panel Wants More Warnings On Wrinkle Fillers
By JENNIFER CORBETT DOOREN WASHINGTON -- Product labels on popular cosmetic wrinkle fillers should be strengthened to warn consumers about scarring and other problems that can crop up weeks or years after receiving the treatments, a...
(Source: Wall Street Journal) read more...
Wednesday,
19 November 2008
Canola Oil May Affect Breast Cancer Risk
By Salynn Boyles Nov. 18, 2008 -- Could the type of oil a woman consumes during pregnancy influence her daughters breast cancer risk years later
(Source: WebMD) read more...
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