Call for ‘rapid’ hospital inquiry
More than 100 senior medical staff call for the “rapid completion” of an investigation into a hospital boss.
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Archive for September, 2008
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Names New President – Washington Post
UC Berkeley
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Names New PresidentWashington Post -12 hours agoBy Philip Rucker The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, one of the world's richest philanthropies and a leading funder of US biomedical research, announced today it has tapped a biochemistry and molecular biology professor as its new president.UC Berkeley Professor Named President of National Medical InstituteDaily [...]
Jenny McCarthy Vs Amanda Peet Saga Continues – Actress Archives
New York Daily News
Jenny McCarthy Vs Amanda Peet Saga ContinuesActress Archives -1 hour agoTwo months after referring to all parents unwilling to vaccinate their children as “parasites,” Amanda Peet is receiving return fire from former Playboy playmate and Autism United advocate Jenny McCarthy, despite Peet’s apology over the comments.Jenny McCarthy and Amanda Peet duke it [...]
Emergent's Anthrax Vaccine Effective With Fewer Doses in Study – Bloomberg
Emergent's Anthrax Vaccine Effective With Fewer Doses in StudyBloomberg -6 hours agoBy John Lauerman Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — A shortened course of vaccination with Emergent BioSolutions Inc.'s anthrax vaccine could be just as effective and less painful, researchers said.Fewer doses of anthrax vaccine protect just as wellReutersFewer Doses, Intramuscular Injection Cut Anthrax Shot Side EffectsU.S. News [...]
Knee Arthritis: Supplements May Not Help – WebMD
Chatter Shmatter
Knee Arthritis: Supplements May Not HelpWebMD -5 hours agoBy Salynn Boyles Sept. 30, 2008 – Results are in from a national study examining whether two popular supplements slow the progression of knee arthritis, but they are far from conclusive.Popular Supplements Don't Work Against Arthritis: StudyU.S. News & World ReportSo much for those knee supplements — [...]
Child mental health care warning
Mentally ill children are still being failed by the NHS in England, with many treated on adult wards, the children’s commissioner says.
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Antisocial behaviour hormone link
Low levels of the stress hormone cortisol have been linked to antisocial behaviour in adolescent boys.
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Vitamin ‘may blunt cancer drugs’
Vitamin C supplements may reduce benefit from wide range of anti-cancer drugs, research suggests.
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Genetic link found to colon cancer in study – Reuters
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Genetic link found to colon cancer in studyReuters -7 hours agoBy Andrew Stern CHICAGO (Reuters) – A gene related to a hormone secreted by the body's fat cells may lower the risk of colon cancer, a discovery that could reassure people with a family history of the disease, researchers said on Tuesday.Gene Could Link [...]
Life After Double Mastectomy: New Mom Talks About Battling Breast … – FOXNews
Chatter Shmatter
Life After Double Mastectomy: New Mom Talks About Battling Breast …FOXNews -8 hours agoBy Jessica Ryen Doyle It should have been the happiest time of Theresa Patchen’s life. Newly married and eight months pregnant, she certainly wasn’t expecting to hear the news any woman would dread: that she had breast cancer.Raising awareness of breast cancerRichmond [...]
