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European rules limiting trainee doctors from working more than 48 hours a week have come into force.
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Irish Times

Royal Caribbean Crew Striken By H1N1; Docked In France-BBCWall Street JournalA Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) ship has made an unscheduled stop in the south of France after some 60 of its crew were diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, with another 70 of their colleagues also showing signs of infection, the BBC reported Friday. …Royal [...]

Globe and Mail

Bad flu in bad economy creates challenges: CDCReutersORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The US government on Friday began distributing millions of dollars to help cash-strapped states respond to the H1N1 pandemic amid a deep economic recession that has decimated local health budgets. …Swine flu vaccines on way, limitedChattanooga Times Free Press2 more swine flu-related [...]

dBTechno

Forehead Lift Cures Migraine PatientsWebMDJuly 31, 2009 – Stacy Porter, 29, can't remember a time when she didn't suffer from crippling, relentless migraines before having the surgery that changed her life eight years ago. “I was diagnosed with migraines when I was 2 years old …Look years younger! Get rid of your headaches! (True, or [...]

Washington Post

Report: Tanning Beds As Bad As SmokingWDSUThe World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer announced that it moved ultraviolet tanning beds to its highest cancer risk category, along with arsenic and cigarettes. "I was checked or screened in February and they found a …Tanning bed users ignore cancer riskFood ConsumerIs your teen [...]

Mass High Tech

Genzyme says FDA will reinspect Allston plantBoston GlobeGenzyme Corp., which reopened its Allston Landing plant this week after a virus temporarily halted production of two drugs, said yesterday that US inspectors will pay another visit to the drug-making site. Shares of Cambridge-based …FDA to re-inspect GenzymeBoston HeraldGenzyme:FDA To Reinspect Allston Production PlantWall Street [...]

Washington Post

Lawmaker 'Skeptical' Of Anthrax ResultsWashington PostBruce E. Ivins, shown in an undated photo, killed himself a year ago as authorities targeted him as the prime suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks. (Associated Press) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or …Anthrax investigation too narrow, congressman saysLos Angeles TimesReview begins [...]

Business Wire (press release)

New Type 2 Diabetes Drug Onglyza ApprovedWebMDJuly 31, 2009 – The FDA today approved Onglyza, a once-daily treatment for type 2 diabetes to be taken in combination with diet and exercise. Onglyza, made by Bristol-Myers Squibb and distributed by Bristol-Myers Squibb and …Onglyza Sanctioned for Type 2 DiabetesU.S. News & World ReportFDA [...]

FOXNews

Obama's Pledge to Tax Only the Rich Can't Pay for Everything …New York TimesWASHINGTON — Behind Democrats' struggle to pay the $1 trillion 10-year cost of President Obama's promise to overhaul the health care system is their collision with another of his well-known pledges: that 95 percent of Americans “will …Lawmakers Ready Health-Care Reform PitchesWashington [...]

guardian.co.uk

Sen. Dodd has prostate cancerSan Jose Mercury NewsWASHINGTON — Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., announced Friday that he had prostate cancer, in an early, treatable form, and that he would press ahead with his re-election campaign. Dodd, 65, a five-term incumbent, …Dodd reports he has cancer of the prostateBoston GlobeSen. Dodd to Undergo Cancer SurgeryWashington [...]