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Applegate and other high-risk women act fast against cancer - USA Today

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:19:10 -0700

Applegate and other high-risk women act fast against cancer
USA Today - 3 hours ago
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY Christina Applegate's choice to undergo a double mastectomy puts her in the company of a growing number of women taking aggressive steps to avoid dying of breast cancer.
Christina Applegate cancer free after double mastectomy Reuters
Those at risk for breast cancer are having mastectomies Newsday
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Vitamin B, Folate Supplements Won't Help Heart - U.S. News & World Report

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:09:33 -0700

Vitamin B, Folate Supplements Won't Help Heart
U.S. News & World Report - 7 hours ago
By Ed Edelson TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A study to determine whether folic acid and vitamin B supplements help the heart has been cut short, because the pills weren't doing any good and might have even caused participants harm.
B Vitamins Don't Help in Heart Disease WebMD
Researchers study amino acid linked to artery disease WRAL.com
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Researchers produce blood in lab from stem cells - Los Angeles Times

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:09:16 -0700

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Researchers produce blood in lab from stem cells
Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago
The discovery marks a technical advance but has a long way to go before it can be considered an alternative to donor blood. By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Scientists said today that they have devised a way to grow large quantities of ...
Stem cells could allow "blood farms," company says Reuters
Advanced Cell Makes Blood From Embryonic Stem Cells (Update1) Bloomberg
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Applegate and other high-risk women act fast against cancer - USA Today

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:09:16 -0700

Applegate and other high-risk women act fast against cancer
USA Today - 2 hours ago
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY Christina Applegate's choice to undergo a double mastectomy puts her in the company of a growing number of women taking aggressive steps to avoid dying of breast cancer.
Those at risk for breast cancer are having mastectomies Newsday
Christina Applegate cancer free after double mastectomy Reuters
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Christina Applegate cancer free after double mastectomy - Reuters

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:15:51 -0700

ABC News

Christina Applegate cancer free after double mastectomy
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Samantha Who?" star Christina Applegate, 36, is free of cancer after having both breasts removed to combat the disease, the actress told a US television news show on Tuesday.
What Christina Applegate Faces with Breast Reconstruction U.S. News & World Report
Christina Applegate Healthy After Cancer Surgery Actress Archives
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Christina Applegate cancer free after double mastectomy - Reuters

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:57:41 -0700

Washington Post

Christina Applegate cancer free after double mastectomy
Reuters - 3 hours ago
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Samantha Who?" star Christina Applegate, 36, is free of cancer after having both breasts removed to combat the disease, the actress told a US television news show on Tuesday.
Applegate calls double mastectomy a 'tough' choice The Associated Press
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Researchers produce blood in lab from stem cells - Los Angeles Times

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:57:41 -0700

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Researchers produce blood in lab from stem cells
Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago
The discovery marks a technical advance but has a long way to go before it can be considered an alternative to donor blood. By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Scientists said today that they have devised a way to grow large quantities of ...
Advanced Cell Makes Blood From Embryonic Stem Cells (Update1) Bloomberg
Stem cells could allow "blood farms," company says Reuters
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Arsenic in Drinking Water Raises Diabetes Risk - Washington Post

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:57:41 -0700

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Arsenic in Drinking Water Raises Diabetes Risk
Washington Post - 5 hours ago
By Amanda Gardner TUESDAY, Aug. 19 (HealthDay News) -- High levels of arsenic in urine may be linked with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, researchers report.
Arsenic Linked to Diabetes WebMD
Is Your Drinking Water Giving You Diabetes? U.S. News & World Report
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Doctors can't use bias to deny gays treatment - San Francisco Chronicle

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:02:23 -0700

BBC News

Doctors can't use bias to deny gays treatment
San Francisco Chronicle - 6 hours ago
(08-18) 12:53 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- California doctors who have religious objections to gays and lesbians must nevertheless treat them the same as any other patient or find a colleague in the office who will do so, the state Supreme Court ruled ...
Calif. Court Puts Gays' Care Over Doctors' Faith Washington Post
US lesbian wins fertility battle BBC News
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Christina Applegate is cancer free after surgery - Reuters

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:02:23 -0700

BBC News

Christina Applegate is cancer free after surgery
Reuters - 46 minutes ago
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Samantha Who?" star Christina Applegate, 36, is free of cancer after having both breasts removed to combat the disease, the actress told a US television news show on Tuesday.
Applegate has double mastectomy BBC News
Applegate calls double mastectomy a `tough' choice The Associated Press
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Novo Nordisk Falls on Concern Drug May Face Scrutiny (Update1) - Bloomberg

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:56:20 -0700

ABC News

Novo Nordisk Falls on Concern Drug May Face Scrutiny (Update1)
Bloomberg - 31 minutes ago
By Frances Schwartzkopff Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Novo Nordisk A/S, the world's biggest insulin maker, fell to its lowest level in three weeks in Copenhagen trading after a drug similar to its experimental diabetes treatment liraglutide was linked to two ...
FDA Notes 2 Byetta Deaths WebMD
UPDATE 1-Novo sees no rise in pancreatitis from liraglutide Reuters
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FBI admits error but stands by anthrax probe - CNN

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:56:20 -0700

FBI admits error but stands by anthrax probe
CNN - 4 hours ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- FBI officials, while admitting a mistake, are offering more evidence to support their assertion that government scientist Bruce Ivins was responsible for the anthrax-laced mailings that killed five people in 2001.
FBI Stands by 'Powerful' Evidence in Anthrax Case Washington Post
Scientists elaborate on the case against Bruce Ivins Los Angeles Times
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FDA Notes 2 Byetta Deaths - WebMD

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:30:43 -0700

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FDA Notes 2 Byetta Deaths
WebMD - 1 hour ago
By Miranda Hitti Aug. 18, 2008 -- The FDA today said it plans to strengthen warnings about life-threatening pancreas problems linked to the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta after getting two more reports of deaths and four other hospitalizations in Byetta ...
Novo Nordisk Expects Stronger Warning Requirements From FDA Bloomberg
UPDATE 1-Novo sees no rise in pancreatitis from liraglutide Reuters
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Merck Vioxx study was for marketing: researchers - Reuters

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:30:41 -0700

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Merck Vioxx study was for marketing: researchers
Reuters - 58 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The primary purpose of a 1999 clinical study that Merck & Co Inc said was done to test side effects of Vioxx was actually to support a marketing campaign before the now-withdrawn painkiller's launch, according to US researchers.
Report Says Merck Vioxx Study Wall Street Journal
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Applegate calls double mastectomy a `tough' choice - The Associated Press

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:30:40 -0700

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Applegate calls double mastectomy a `tough' choice
The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) - Christina Applegate is taking the long view of her battle with breast cancer - the really long view. Speaking on ABC News' "Good Morning America" in her first interview since announcing her diagnosis earlier this month, the "Samantha ...
Applegate has double mastectomy BBC News
Applegate has double mastectomy, now '100 percent clear and clean' International Business Times
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UPDATE 1-Merck Vioxx study was for marketing -researchers - Reuters

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:36:13 -0700

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UPDATE 1-Merck Vioxx study was for marketing -researchers
Reuters - 2 hours ago
LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A 1999 clinical study that Merck & Co Inc (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said was done to test side effects of its now-withdrawn painkiller Vioxx was done primarily to support a marketing campaign before its ...
Report Says Merck Vioxx Study Wall Street Journal
Merck Vioxx Trial Was Strategy to Boost Sales, Researchers Say Bloomberg
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US lesbian wins fertility battle - BBC News

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:36:12 -0700

Boston Globe

US lesbian wins fertility battle
BBC News - 1 hour ago
California's highest court has ruled that doctors in the US state cannot discriminate against gay patients on the basis of religious belief.
State Supreme Court says doctors must treat gays and lesbians San Francisco Chronicle
Another win for gay rights San Jose Mercury News
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Novo sees no rise in pancreatitis from liraglutide - Reuters

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:36:11 -0700

ABC News

Novo sees no rise in pancreatitis from liraglutide
Reuters - 41 minutes ago
By Karin Jensen COPENHAGEN, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Denmark's Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said it has seen no evidence of a statistically significant increase in cases of pancreas inflammation in trials of drug candidate ...
FDA: Amylin's Byetta Killed 2 Forbes
Novo Nordisk Shares Fall on Concerns New Drug May Face Scrutiny Bloomberg
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Calif. Court Puts Gays' Care Over Doctors' Faith - Washington Post

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:55:05 -0700

Metro Weekly

Calif. Court Puts Gays' Care Over Doctors' Faith
Washington Post - 3 hours ago
By Ashley Surdin LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 -- Doctors may not refuse medical treatment to gay men or lesbians for religious reasons, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday.
Doctors Can't Deny Lesbians Care on Religious Grounds ABC News
State Supreme Court says doctors must treat gays and lesbians San Francisco Chronicle
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Report Says Merck Vioxx Study - Wall Street Journal

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:55:04 -0700

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Report Says Merck Vioxx Study
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
By RON WINSLOW and JACOB GOLDSTEIN A 1999 clinical study that Merck & Co. said was done to test side effects of the painkiller Vioxx was, in fact, conducted primarily to support a marketing campaign before the drug's launch, according to a study being ...
Merck Vioxx study was aimed at marketing: report Reuters
Merck Vioxx Trial Was Strategy to Boost Sales, Researchers Say Bloomberg
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Calif. Court Puts Gays' Care Over Doctors' Faith - Washington Post

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:39:08 -0700

Metro Weekly

Calif. Court Puts Gays' Care Over Doctors' Faith
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By Ashley Surdin LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 -- Doctors may not refuse medical treatment to gay men or lesbians for religious reasons, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday.
California: Gays and Medical Treatment New York Times
California Supreme Court Rules Doctors Cannot Deny Treament To Gay ... AHN
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FDA Notes 2 More Byetta Deaths - WebMD

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:39:07 -0700

ABC News

FDA Notes 2 More Byetta Deaths
WebMD - 7 hours ago
By Miranda Hitti Aug. 18, 2008 -- The FDA today said it plans to strengthen warnings about life-threatening pancreas problems linked to the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta after getting two more reports of deaths and four other hospitalizations in Byetta ...
FDA seeks stronger warnings for Amylin's Byetta Reuters
FDA: Amylin's Byetta Killed 2 Forbes
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FBI Elaborates on Anthrax Case - Washington Post

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:39:07 -0700

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FBI Elaborates on Anthrax Case
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By Carrie Johnson and Joby Warrick FBI officials attempted to bolster their case against researcher Bruce E. Ivins yesterday by presenting experts who said that a lone scientist working for three to seven days with readily available equipment could ...
FBI Presents Anthrax Details but Says It Can’t Erase Doubts New York Times
Anthrax Scientist Aided FBI's Probe ABC News
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One-Year Recovery for West Nile Virus - WebMD

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:27:22 -0700

TheMedGuru

One-Year Recovery for West Nile Virus
WebMD - 3 hours ago
By Kelley Colihan Aug. 18, 2008 -- West Nile virus is sneaky and can be stealth-like. It's hard to even know you have it. Most infected people do not have symptoms.
Long-term, West Nile patients recover, study finds Reuters
Human West Nile Virus Cases Growing NBC Sandiego.com
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FBI Elaborates on Anthrax Case - Washington Post

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:27:22 -0700

Reuters South Africa

FBI Elaborates on Anthrax Case
Washington Post - 37 minutes ago
By Carrie Johnson and Joby Warrick FBI officials attempted to bolster their case against researcher Bruce E. Ivins yesterday by presenting experts who said that a lone scientist working for three to seven days with readily available equipment could ...
Anthrax Scientist Aided FBI's Probe ABC News
FBI admits missteps in anthrax probe Reuters
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FDA Notes 2 More Byetta Deaths - WebMD

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:27:21 -0700

ABC News

FDA Notes 2 More Byetta Deaths
WebMD - 3 hours ago
By Miranda Hitti Aug. 18, 2008 -- The FDA today said it plans to strengthen warnings about life-threatening pancreas problems linked to the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta after getting two more reports of deaths and four other hospitalizations in Byetta ...
FDA: Amylin's Byetta Killed 2 Forbes
FDA seeks stronger warnings for Amylin's Byetta Reuters
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