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Genome work is closer to improving health care

Denver Post - Sun Nov 22, 3:28 am ET

A whirlwind of activity is underway to apply the findings of the $3 billion Human Genome Project to improve health care in the United States and around the world.

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Oyster taste test highlights importance of where they are harvested
New Orleans Times-Picayune - 2 hours 58 minutes ago
Daniel Erath/The Times-Picayune These fresh raw oysters were offered at the St. Cletus Oyster Festival in Gretna last month.
Processed oysters have a niche in national market
New Orleans Times-Picayune - 2 hours 59 minutes ago
David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune AmeriPure Oysters in Franklin uses a pasteurization process to essentially eliminate the vibrio bacteria from oysters. The bands around the oysters prevent the shells from popping open during the bacterial treatment process.
Nutrition Quiz
The Sacramento Bee - Sun Nov 22, 2:50 am ET
We highly recommend the Tufts Health Letter as gripping bedtime reading. It recently turned its attention to aspartame. Take our quiz on the popular sugar substitute.
A slow, exacting process at Sanofi
The Morning Call - Sun Nov 22, 6:10 am ET
H1N1 vaccinemaker opens production facility in hopes of easing fears about safety H1N1 vaccinemaker opens production facility in hopes of easing fears about safety.
Questions remain about risk to public
The Oklahoman - Sat Nov 21, 5:05 pm ET
The debate over whether antidepressants play a role in suicides and homicides has taken twists and turns over the years. Drug company GlaxoSmithKline sent a letter in May 2006 to health care professionals warning them to take precautions with some Paxil patients with major depressive disorders who may become more depressed and/or have thoughts of suicide "whether or not they are taking ...
Online ads for drugs pose special dilemmas for the FDA
The Morning Call - Sun Nov 22, 4:06 am ET
Google, Yahoo and the pharmaceutical industry are pushing to change the way prescription drugs are hawked online. That's not a bad thing necessarily.
Washington businesses break ties to industrial-food chain
Seattle Times - Sun Nov 22, 3:15 am ET
In the confusing web that is the nation's industrial food-supply system, small companies in Washington state are trying to untangle themselves, taking over processing, commissioning independent testing, buying more things locally and checking out sources more carefully.
High-tech pump does what her heart can't
The News & Observer - Sat Nov 21, 10:21 pm ET
Leonor Ortiz Childers' heart is too weak to keep her alive.
Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: 'Gummy Bear' Implants Would Offer More Natural Breast Shape Than Current Options
CBS 6 Richmond - Sat Nov 21, 3:29 pm ET
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently heard something in the news about "gummy bear" implants. How are they different from other breast implants? Have they been approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), and if not, do you think they eventually will be?
Pfizer's Geodon gets expanded FDA approval
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 2:15 pm ET
Pfizer Inc. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved Geodon as a part of a combination maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder in adults.
Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote
AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 1:16 am ET
Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.
Week in Review
Pioneer Press - Sun Nov 22, 1:07 am ET
Compellent Technologies (NYSE: CML): The producer of storage-area networks announced the pricing of its public offering of 3.34 million shares of its common stock at $19.25 per share. The offering includes 100,000 shares sold by Compellent and 3.2 million shares sold by existing stockholders.
Thousands line up early for swine flu vaccine
The Capital - Sun Nov 22, 12:54 am ET
The county's first walk-in clinic for the swine flu vaccine opened at 11:30 a.m. yesterday, but the first takers began lining up at 8:30 a.m. Elisabeth Hulette — The Capital Elizabeth Davis of Pasadena holds her daughter, 4-year-old Ryplee, as she gets a swine flu shot from Inez Cage, a nurse with the county Health Department.
Attorney General Mark Shurtleff glad USDA has agreed to probe
Deseret News - Sat Nov 21, 8:08 pm ET
Shurtleff glad USDA has agreed to probe
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves ABILIFY® (aripiprazole) for the Treatment of Irritability Associated with ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Nov 20, 6:50 pm ET
PRINCETON, N.J. & TOKYO----Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the supplemental New Drug Application for ABILIFY® for the treatment of irritability associated with autistic disorder in pediatric patients ages 6 to 17 years, including symptoms of aggression towards others, deliberate self ...