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Health NewsOwner’s Manual2007-12-18 06:01 - A tour of the human body from morning to night. Diagnosis: Gut Problem 2007-12-18 04:50 - A young girl with a stomach so upset that she was starving. Desperately Seeking a Kidney 2007-12-18 04:50 - What you learn about people ? and yourself ? when you need them to donate an organ. For Recipients of Medicare, the Hard Sell 2007-12-18 04:50 - Federal officials are trying to cut down on aggressive or deceptive sales pitches for Medicare Advantage plans. Ground Zero Health Program Hits a Setback in Washington 2007-12-16 04:50 - An abrupt move by the federal government has clouded the future of a national treatment program for ground zero workers outside the metropolitan area. Advertising: Campaign on Childhood Mental Illness Succeeds at Being Pr... 2007-12-15 06:01 - A provocative public service campaign on children’s psychiatric disorders has raised hackles as much as awareness. Lawmakers Seek Inquiry on F.D.A. Rejection of Cancer Drug 2007-12-15 06:01 - Lawmakers called for hearings to investigate the rejection of the Dendreon Corporation’s experimental prostate cancer drug. F.D.A. Panel Rejects Over-the-Counter Cholesterol Drug 2007-12-15 06:01 - Government advisers rejected Merck’s bid for over-the-counter sales of a cholesterol-lowering drug, saying that too many people would mistakenly use the drug if it no longer required a prescription. National Briefing | West: California: Ruling Against Marijuana Clubs 2007-12-15 06:01 - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld an 2002 injunction barring three California marijuana clubs from giving the drug to medical patients with a prescription. The ruling by judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with the Justice Department, which first sued the dispensaries in 1998 to stop sales of medical marijuana to patients with a doctor’s approval, as allowed under a California law approved by voters in 1996. The law has been at the heart of a series of legal battles over state and federal drug laws, which categorize marijuana as illegal. The ruling was likely the last legal recourse for the clubs. In 2001, the United States Supreme Court heard the case and ruled against the California cooperatives. Clinics That Offered Antifat Injections Close 2007-12-15 04:50 - A national chain of cosmetic medical clinics that popularized antifat injections denounced by medical groups shut its doors in the wake of dozens of complaints from consumers asking for their money back. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 |
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