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FDA Panel Discusses Food Dye's Possible Link to Hyperactivity
Wall Street Journal
By Stephanie Gleason Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SILVER SPRING, Md. (Dow Jones)--A Food and Drug Administration panel, opening a two-day meeting on artificial food dyes and hyperactivity in children, heard testimony Wednesday from groups that want the dyes ...
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KV shares drop on FDA's decision on Makena
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pharmacies face no regulatory action for producing cheap versions of KV Pharmaceuticals' pre-term birth drug, US health regulators said, sending the company's shares down more than 20 percent. The Food and Drug Administration ...
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Dendreon Prostate Cancer Drug Proposed in Medicare Coverage
Bloomberg
By Catherine Larkin - Wed Mar 30 20:22:16 GMT 2011 A handout photograph shows cell separation during the manufacturing process of Dendreon Corp.'s Provenge vaccine for prostate cancer. Source: Dendreon Corp. via Bloomberg Dendreon Corp. ...
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Spring Allergies Are In The Air
WCYB
By Angela Yingling If people in the region are sniffling and sneezing, there's a good reason why. This area is one of the worst spots for people with spring allergies. In a study by the Asthma and Allergy Toundation of America nearby Knoxville, ...
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Study: Eating Fresh Food Reduces Exposure to BPA
ABC News
By BEN FORER Exposure to hormone disrupting chemicals such as BPA, or bisphenol A, can be reduced significantly by eating fewer foods packaged in metal cans or plastic, according to a new report from the Breast Cancer Fund and the Silent Spring ...
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Combo Regimen Best to Keep Obese Seniors Going
MedPage Today
By Todd Neale, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Explain that physical function, balance, strength, and quality of life all improved significantly more in obese patients over 65 who participated in a combined diet and exercise program compared with those ...
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Health rankings: Sutter County better off than Yuba
Appeal-Democrat
By Ben van der Meer/Appeal-Democrat New health rankings of all counties nationwide put Yuba and Sutter counties in the middle or toward the bottom of the pack when compared to other California counties. Out of 56 counties, Yuba County ranked 52nd and ...
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Bacterial Contamination of TPN Bags Under Investigation
InjuryBoard.com
Contaminated intravenous feeding bags used for hospital patients receiving TPN (total parenteral nutrition) are the focus of an investigation by the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control. An infection outbreak in ...
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Johnson & Johnson to Reorganize Troubled Tylenol Unit
MarketWatch
By Jonathan D. Rockoff Johnson & Johnson is revamping the troubled unit that makes Tylenol and giving it new leadership, according to people familiar with the matter. The changes mark the latest effort by the New Brunswick, NJ, health-care-products ...
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Study: Beautiful people cash in on their looks
USA Today
By Sharon Jayson, USA TODAY Money may not buy happiness, but beauty buys both money and happiness, says a study published online today that gauged happiness and attractiveness among more than 25000 people worldwide. By BananaStock Better-looking people ...
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Exercise strategies for people with autism
Chicago Tribune
By Danielle Braff, Special to Tribune Newspapers For the typical adult, getting to the gym requires manipulation. You know it's good for you, that you'll feel better after you do it, and that you might actually lose weight and look great if you ...
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Morbidly Obese Man Dies After Two Years in the Same Chair
ABC News
By JESSICA HOPPER A morbidly obese man has died after being stuck in a chair at home that he had been unable to leave for two years, ABC affiliate WRTF reported and ABC News has confirmed. The Bellaire, Ohio man, who has not been publicly identified, ...
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'Facebook Depression': A Nonexistent Condition
Huffington Post (blog)
A clinical report released on Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics makes the claim that "researchers have proposed a new condition called 'Facebook depression." It develops, says the report, "when preteens and teens spend a great deal of time ...
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Amgen, Takeda's Lung Cancer Drug Fails Primary Goal Of Improving Survival Rate
RTT News
(RTTNews) - Amgen Inc. (AMGN: News ) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (TKPYY.PK,TKPHF.PK: News ), said Wednesday that a late-stage study of lung cancer drug motesanib failed to meet the primary endpoint of improving overall survival rate. ...
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Study: No significant health threat from TSA's full-body screening
Budget Travel
In response to the Christmas Day bomber in 2009, the Transportation Security Administration pursued its plan to place full-body scanners at all American airports. Since then, the TSA has faced a barrage of criticism regarding privacy and safety ...
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Raccoon meat at South Carolina store must go, officials say
Reuters
By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Looking for raccoon meat? You won't find it at a country convenience store in South Carolina after state health inspectors told employees to throw out their supply. Tipped off by a complaint, ...
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Local Bakeries Caught Up in Salmonella Scare
WLNE-TV (ABC6)
Local bakeries not involved in a salmonella outbreak involving zeppoles say they're getting caught up in it anyway and are losing customers. Salvatore Deluise, who owns Deluise Bakery in Providence, says he's been getting calls from worried customers ...
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Auditors: ERP Software Woes Could Cost Idaho Millions
PCWorld
By Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Idaho may be out millions of dollars due to problems with a new system for processing Medicaid claims, according to a legislative auditor's report released this week. Idaho's Department of Health and Welfare first ...
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Healthcare workers fired for sexual mistreatment of elderly
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four nursing home workers in upstate New York were fired for sexually humiliating two elderly patients with a history of mental problems, a state report revealed this week. The Department of Health document released to Reuters on ...
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Tonight at 5: Breakthrough Cancer Drug developed in Charlotte
WBTV
By Brigida Mack, Reporter - bio | email CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) -- It's being called a major breakthrough in the war on cancer. A new drug to treat melanoma, skin cancer, was developed right here in Charlotte. The Federal Drug Administration recently ...
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Screening Reduces Relative Risk for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Medscape
March 30, 2011 (Vienna, Austria) — Screening for prostate cancer using prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels has shown that the risk of developing metastatic prostate cancer is reduced by 31% compared with not screening at an average follow-up of 12 ...
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Tufts Health Plan to keep paying board members
Boston Globe
By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff Bucking the trend of nonprofit health insurers in Massachusetts halting compensation for board members, Tufts Health Plan today said its board members have decided to keep paying themselves double-digit annual fees ...
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Why Some May Avoid Type 1 Diabetes Complications
WebMD
By Kathleen Doheny March 29, 2011 -- After years of living with diabetes, complications can occur, including problems affecting the eyes, heart, kidneys, and nerves. However, some type 1 diabetes ''veterans'' seem to escape many or most of these ...
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