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Is Money Tainting the Plasma Supply?

New York Times - Sun Dec 6, 12:06 am ET

Plasma collection centers in the U.S. pay donors, some of them Mexican, leading to questions about an industry dependent on the blood of people hard up for cash.

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The almanac
UPI - 2 hours 38 minutes ago
By United Press International UPI Almanac for Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009.
McConnell leads GOP opposition to health bill
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 1 hour 21 minutes ago
November 21, 2009 - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), with a copy of the Senate's health care reform legislation in front of him, holds a news conference regarding the bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate is expected to cast a procedural vote on the measure later today after Senate Democrats said they secured enough votes needed to propel major health care legislation ...
NUTRITION QUIZ: What do you know about sugar substitute?
Detroit Free Press - 2 hours 28 minutes ago
We highly recommend the Tufts Health Letter as gripping bedtime reading. Recently it turned its attention to aspartame. Take our quiz on the popular sugar substitute.
Sick pets help vets test new drugs
The Tennessean - 2 hours 44 minutes ago
Seizure-free for eight weeks now, Elliot has become part of a growing trend of canine and furry friends joining clinical and treatment trials for new therapies or drugs that are more effective and sometimes more affordable.
ChemGenex Says Drug Rids Leukemia From Blood of 86% of Patients
Bloomberg - Sat Dec 5, 5:26 pm ET
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Ltd., an unprofitable Australian drugmaker, said its experimental leukemia drug cleared the disease in 86 percent of patients, confirming results under review by U.S. and European regulators.
Legal troubles for local billionaire
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Sat Dec 5, 9:17 pm ET
He is one of the world's richest men and one of its most generous.His $125 million gift to Harvard was that university's largest ever, besting even David Rockefeller, whose single biggest donation to the school was $100 million.
Speakes estate ruling disputed
The Clarion-Ledger - 13 minutes ago
Was former White House press secretary Larry Speakes, who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, abducted from his wife's care in 2008? Or had she already neglected and abandoned him?
Popular diet product recalled in US amid bacteria fears
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 4:49 pm ET
Cans of a popular, ready-to-drink weight loss product are being recalled in the United States after tests showed the liquid meals could be tainted with bacteria, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.
FDA warns of problems with sterilization device
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 4:27 pm ET
Doctors and hospitals should stop using a device from Steris Corp. to sterilize surgical tools after reports of malfunction, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
GOP: Dem is bad medicine
The Topeka Capital-Journal - Sun Dec 6, 1:37 am ET
Republicans working to elect Sam Brownback governor plan to invest considerable energy and money defining Democratic candidate Tom Wiggans as a longtime California pharmaceutical executive who moved back to Kansas amid furor over a class-action lawsuit alleging he engaged in securities fraud. read more
Drug Cos. on curbing painkiller abuse
KTVA Anchorage - 1 hour 30 minutes ago
Pharmaceutical makers presenting FDA with risk management plans to help prevent misuse of prescription painkillers.
MEDICALLY SPEAKING: Report estimates 6M tobacco-related deaths next year
Suburban Journals - 2 hours 11 minutes ago
As medical director for SSM St. Joseph Hospital West, the health and wellness of our community is of great interest to me.
Icon gets FDA warning over antibiotic studies
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 11:29 am ET
Clinical research company Icon PLC said Friday it received a warning from the Food and Drug Administration about its management of two studies between 2004 and 2006.
Roundup Ready alfalfa appeal made to Supreme Court
Iowa Farmer - 2 hours 57 minutes ago
Forage Genetics International, Monsanto and two alfalfa growers have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of Roundup Ready alfalfa.
Community blood drives in December to benefit cancer patients
The Sparta Independent - Sun Dec 6, 3:04 am ET
New Jersey Blood Services is conducting blood drives in the area which are open to the public. Here is a list of the following drives that are upcoming: