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Moles' Split Personality
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWe've long been told to keep an eye on our moles lest they progress to melanoma, a form of skin cancer that's treatable if caught early, deadly if not. But not all moles are equal -- some are risky; others can be safely left alone. The biological roots of...Tags: Mole (lesion), David Fisher, Squamous Cell Cancer, Leukemia, Intestine
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Studies: 1 Dose of Swine Flu Vaccine Works
(AP)Good news in the world's flu fight: One dose of the new swine flu vaccine looks strong enough to protect adults -- and can spark protection within 10 days of the shot, Australian and U.S. researchers said Thursday. Australian shot maker CSL Ltd....Tags: American Medical Association, Seattle, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Clubs and Associations, Washington (U.S. state)
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Protein Sciences Corp. In Meriden Gets Federal OK To Begin Clinical Trials Of Swine Flu Vaccine
egershon@courant.comProtein Sciences Corp. said Thursday that it has received federal approval to conduct clinical trials of its H1N1 swine flu vaccine, an essential step in the drug approval process. Chief Executive Dan Adams said the company has been cleared by the Food...Tags: Meriden, Science, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemics and Plagues
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H1N1 Now a Pandemic
Medical ReporterOn the Medical Watch -- swine flu is a pandemic ... but what does that mean for you. The World Health Organization says updating the status will speed a vaccine to the public. For the first time in 41 years health officials utter the word pandemic ......Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rush University Medical Center, Epidemics and Plagues, Swine Flu
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Swine flu activity continues to be low as WHO defends actions
Booster ShotsActivity of the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus continues to ebb in the United States, with no states reporting widespread flu activity in the week ending Jan. 23 and only five states reporting regional activity. Hospitalization rates have leveled off, and.... -
Be careful which Maalox you pick up, FDA says
Booster ShotsThe packages say Maalox Advanced and Maalox Total Relief, and consumers might justifiably think that they are simply two versions of the same product. But they are not, and mix-ups have resulted in at least five reports of serious adverse...... -
FDA: Questions of protocol, conflict
The Swampby Andrew Zajac The Obama Administration has made increased transparency a priority, and few government agencies are in greater need of it than the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA's recent handling of conflict of interest allegations against the...Tags: Deerfield, Heart Attack, Corruption, Washington (U.S. state), Corporate Crime
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Drugs in pre-diabetics do little to slow progression to diabetes or to heart disease, study finds
Booster ShotsA combination of drugs that researchers hoped would delay progression to diabetes and/or heart disease in people with impaired glucose tolerance provided little benefit, researchers reported Sunday at an Atlanta meeting of the American College of... -
Take your pills, ignore your belly
Greg Critser is the author of "Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Bodies, Minds and Lives."LAST WEEK, stock market analysts parsed the latest sales reports from the nation's biggest drug companies in search of why profits in the normally high-performing industry have plummeted. Good luck finding anything new. Pharma chief executives offer...Tags: Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Health, New Products, Cancer, Drugs and Medicines
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Ready to Quit Smoking?
It's one instance where quitting isn't the easy way out.
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Zyban: In Monday's Health section, an article on quitting smoking said that the smoking-cessation medication Zyban might act by blocking the brain chemicals...Tags: Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Seizures, Nabi, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Travel
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Diabetes pill's sales health in question
Heading into this weekend's American Diabetes Association meeting in Chicago, industry analysts are predicting a continued decline of the diabetes pill Avandia. Avandia, sold by British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline PLC, has been losing market share in...Tags: Heart Attack, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Finance, Obesity, Avandia (drug)
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