Surgery for Mental Ills Offers Hope and Risk
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour 10 minutes agoMore than 500 people have undergone brain surgery for problems like depression, anxiety, Tourette’s syndrome, even obesity, most in studies.
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Provenge Action Date Assigned
Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Nov 25, 10:39 am ETThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide on whether to approve Provenge, a therapeutic vaccine by Dendreon for the treatment of prostate cancer in men, by May 1, 2010.
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FDA seeks injunction against Sharkco Inc.
UPI - Wed Nov 25, 9:28 am ETWASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it is seeking court action against a Louisiana seafood company because of alleged health safety violations.
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Good Earth provides alternative
The Billings Outpost - Thu Nov 26, 2:17 pm ETBy JENNIFER MOLK - For The Outpost There is no busier time of the year for food shopping, and Perry McNeese knows that. He’s been in the grocery business for 40 years. As general manager of Good Earth Market located in the heart of downtown Billings, the last few years he’s seen a surge of a different kind: that of more and more people choosing the healthy alternative of buying organic, combined ...
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Idahoans Want a Recipe for Food Safety
AG Weekly - Thu Nov 26, 1:24 pm ETBOISE, Idaho - Idahoans want a recipe for food safety from the federal government.
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Johnson & Johnson unit's HIV drug approved
The Star-Ledger - Wed Nov 25, 4:37 pm ETA division of Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that federal regulators granted full approval to an HIV drug designed to treat patients who have stopped responding to other treatments. The Food and Drug Administration gave Intelence preliminary approval in January...
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Illumina board to buy back up to $100 million in stock
San Diego Union-Tribune - Thu Nov 26, 3:14 am ETIllumina said its board has approved a plan to buy back up to $100 million of the San Diego company’s stock. The buyback program follows a $75 million stock repurchase plan the company announced in August and has recently completed.
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Teva Files 2nd Citizen's Petition To Block Generic Copaxone
Nasdaq - Wed Nov 25, 4:02 pm ETNEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA) has filed a second citizen's petition asking the Food and Drug Administration to block approval of a generic version of its Copaxone multiple sclerosis treatment, a move that comes after an initial attempt failed earlier this year.
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BioWatch: HGS seeks OK for hepatitis C treatment
Gazette.net - Thu Nov 26, 5:37 am ETAs expected, Human Genome Sciences has applied for federal regulatory approval to market its new treatment for hepatitis C.
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News & Notes
Gazette.net - Thu Nov 26, 5:00 am ETAn Ijamsville farm has been sanctioned by federal regulators for selling for slaughter dairy cattle and veal calves that contain illegal drugs.
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Unilever Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Sulfites in Certain Shedds Country Crock Chilled Side-Dishes
US Recall News - Wed Nov 25, 10:15 pm ETUnilever United States, Inc., of Englewood Cliffs, NJ, in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is voluntarily recalling certain Shedd’s Country Crock® chilled side-dish products because they may contain undeclared sulfites.
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'Remarkable faith'
Daily Local News - Thu Nov 26, 9:01 am ETNEWLIN — Gail McWilliams, who has an aggressive form of brain cancer, is looking forward to spending time with her family this Thanksgiving Day.
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Eyelash drug may help cancer patients
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Thu Nov 26, 4:15 am ETA St. Louis University dermatologist is leading a study to see if a prescription drug approved for cosmetic use to grow longer and fuller lashes will stimulate eyelash regrowth for cancer patients who lost hair from chemotherapy.
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Lilly, Bristol’s Erbitux Reduced Symptoms of Stomach Disorder
Bloomberg - Wed Nov 25, 2:28 pm ETNov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Eli Lilly & Co .’s cancer treatment Erbitux helped reduce pain and nausea in patients with a rare, precancerous stomach disorder, in a small trial.
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'Scarless' thyroid surgery uses 3-D, high-def robotic equipment
Science Daily - Wed Nov 25, 11:21 pm ETSurgeons are using a new form of endoscopic surgery that uses a small incision under the arm to remove all or a portion of the thyroid or parathyroid glands without leaving a scar on the neck.
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A Cancer-Fighting Implant
Technology Review - Wed Nov 25, 2:17 pm ETA polymer disc shrinks tumors in rodents by eliciting an immune attack.
FDA: Recalls
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Stryker Corporation’s Instruments Division Issues Worldwide Class 1 Recall of 23 Operating Room System II Surgical Navigation Systems; Catalog numbers 7700-100-000 and 7700-101-201
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Vita Food Products, Inc. Issues an Alert Announcing Undeclared Wheat in ELF Branded Herring in Sour Cream
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Timco Worldwide Inc. issuance of a voluntary recall of Large Seedless Watermelons because of possible health risk
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Unilever Issues Nationwide Allergy Alert on Undeclared Sulfites in Certain Shedd’s Country Crock® Chilled Side-Dish Products
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Five Crowns Marketing Voluntarily Recalling Cantaloupes Packed under the Majesty Label Because of a Potential Health Risk Due to Possible Contamination of Salmonella
Fri Nov 20, 6:14 pm EST
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Public Database Is Urged to Monitor Drug Safety
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