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New U.S. fears emerge over tainted compounded steroids
Reuters(Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has received seven reports of illnesses in patients who took steroid injections compounded by a pharmacy in Tennessee. The FDA said full clinical information about the patients is still being...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Organizations
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Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year pneumonia and meningitis vaccine...Tags: Yeast Infection, Wyeth, Elections, MRSA, Disease Prevention
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U.S. lawmaker would give FDA more oversight of drug compounding
ReutersBy Toni Clarke WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Representative Edward Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, on Thursday became the latest lawmaker to propose legislation that would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration greater regulatory authority...Tags: Biotechnology, Justice System, Food and Drug Administration, Chemical Industry, AstraZeneca Plc
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Lawmaker would give FDA more oversight of drug compounding
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Edward Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, on Thursday became the latest lawmaker to propose legislation that would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration greater regulatory authority over drug compounding. U....Tags: Biotechnology, Justice System, Food and Drug Administration, Chemical Industry, AstraZeneca Plc
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Senate committee advances drug compounding bill
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation that would increase federal oversight for companies that compound and sell sterile drugs across state lines. The proposed legislation was introduced in response to...Tags: Tom Harkin, U.S. Congress, Food and Drug Administration, Drugs and Medicines, Politics
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Heart Disease, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Flu, Crime, Law and Justice
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Will County activates its West Nile virus hotline for mosquito season
The Will County Health Department has responded to the opening of the 2013 mosquito season by activating its annual telephone line to help zero in on potential West Nile virus hot spots by identifying birds that died from the disease. Launched in May...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health, West Nile Virus
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Bulls need time to rest and heal
Derrick Rose's health isn't the only injury situation the Bulls will focus on this offseason. Coach Tom Thibodeau said Thursday the team hopes to avoid surgery in the case of Joakim Noah's chronic plantar fasciitis, that Taj Gibson needs to strengthen...
Tags: Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Tom Thibodeau
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Pro basketball: Deng's illness more than flu
Chicago TribuneLuol Deng spent a good portion of Friday in the Rush University Medical Center emergency room after complications arose from a spinal tap he received Wednesday and didn't take the team flight to New York. Kirk Hinrich gingerly hoisted mostly set shots...Tags: Luol Deng, Nate Robinson, Chicago Bulls, Brooklyn Nets, Flu
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Bulls' Deng back in emergency room
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Bulls' Deng back in emergency room Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng tweeted that the viral flu that forced him to miss Game 6 against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday got worse on Friday, causing him to make another trip to the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, Chicago Bulls, Brooklyn Nets
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Deng out, Hinrich doubtful for Game 2
MIAMI -- The Bulls will be shorthanded once again Wednesday as they try to take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals series against the Heat. Luol Deng is resting at home in Chicago after experiencing serious complications...
Tags: Swelling, Miami Heat, Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, Chicago Bulls
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Bulls' Deng still not feeling well
Apparently, Tom Thibodeau's definition of improvement is no longer vomiting. Moments after the Bulls coach called Luol Deng "day to day" and left Deng's Game 4 availability open because "hopefully, with another 24 hours he's better," Deng painted a...
Tags: Luol Deng, Flu, Tom Thibodeau
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May 12, 2013
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