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Health NewsAgency Approves Drug to Treat Genetic Disorder That Can Lead to Retard...2007-12-15 04:50 - The drug, called Kuvan, is intended to help people who have phenylketonuria, or PKU, which requires those who have it to adhere to a strict low-protein diet. Small Businesses Oppose Mandates for Health Plans 2007-12-14 06:01 - The small business lobbying group that had a big part in derailing Hillary Clinton’s effort to overhaul health care in the early 1990s has staked out its position for the 2008 political season. Canada Acts to Reopen Reactor Producing Medical Isotope 2007-12-14 06:01 - The Canadian government is rushing through legislation to reopen a nuclear reactor that produces most of the world’s supply of a medically important diagnostic isotope. Officials See No Public Health Threat in Shortage of a Meningitis Vacc... 2007-12-14 04:50 - A developing shortage of vaccine against childhood meningitis is expected to inconvenience some pediatricians and parents, but should not become a public health threat, officials said. Fitness: Get Them Hooked and They?ll Reel Themselves In 2007-12-14 04:50 - Johnny Goldberg, widely known as Johnny G, the creator of Spinning, is now trying to grab more attention with the Krankcycle. Many Paths but One Goal 2007-12-14 04:50 - Just as varieties of yoga exist, so do styles of facial acupuncture, each with a different emphasis. Skin Deep: Hold the Chemicals, Bring on the Needles 2007-12-14 04:50 - More and more women are using facial acupuncture instead of Botox to attack wrinkles. Patients Wonder Whether to Replace a Wire That Might Fail 2007-12-14 04:50 - Thousands of patients with failing hearts must decide whether to heed a warning from Medtronic and replace a defibrillator in their chest that has a potentially faulty wire. Mayo Clinic Study Links Anemia Drugs to Leukemia Risk 2007-12-13 06:01 - Anemia drugs from Amgen and Johnson & Johnson may raise the risk that patients with a bone marrow disease will later develop leukemia. Trial of Cholesterol Drug Gets House Scrutiny 2007-12-13 04:50 - A Congressional committee is investigating Merck and Schering-Plough for their handling of a critical clinical trial of Zetia, their blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug. 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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