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Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among women. An estimated 192,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. Not all breast cancers are the same, however. Some breast cancers are hormone positive meaning that the presence of certain hormones (estrogen for example) contributes to cancer and [...] Source: BBC News In 1998, Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s vaccination study appeared in the Brit Medical Journal Lancet. The study was seized upon by those of the anti-vaccination set. The problem? His research has been discredited for a number of reasons including the he is reported to have paid his son’s friends to obtain blood samples while they [...] Source: BBC Health; Pediatrics. Okay, okay…confession time. I throw “righty” and bat “lefty” and I can punt around on the pitch with either foot. Shocking, I’m sure. A study performed at the Imperial College London and published in Pediatrics journal has linked ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) with mixed handedness. Why? Damned if I know, read on… Apparently [...] Source: Reuters Health; American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, December 2009 Remember that post about the safety of prescription medications for pregnant women? http://www.medicalmalpracticelawyerblogphiladelphia.com/?p=528 Well, researchers in Washington (State not the Nation’s capital) have found in a study of 3,000 women, those taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) into their 2nd and 3rd trimesters had an increased [...] Contact: Hines Nut Company has initiated a recall of 270 packages of Pine Nuts, packaged under the brand name Harris Teeter Farmers Market. The Pine Nuts were purchased from Red River Foods in Camarillo, CA, and have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and [...] Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration That title could have gone terribly wrong. Never combine the words “cheese” and…well…in the same sentence… Company Contact: The Wisconsin Cheeseman® announced that it is recalling cheese log/cheese ball products in conjunction with the voluntary recall initiated by Parkers Farm, Inc. on January 15, 2010. Parkers Farm, Inc., [...] Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Rates of new diagnoses and rates of death from all cancers combined declined significantly in the most recent time period for men and women overall and for most racial and ethnic populations in the United States. The drops are driven largely by declines in rates of new cases and [...] Sources: Journal of the National Cancer Institute; BBC Health A brief preface: testing of drugs to see if they are effective in treating cancers is first done by researchers in laboratories on “cell-lines” grown in the laboratory. However while scientists can duplicate cells they still need original cells from human patients to start with. Following a review [...] Source: Assembly Subcommittee No. 804, State of NJ 213th Legislature As Amended on January 7, 2010 Because some of you asked and I listen. And there’s more than a few of you using marijuana a little too compassionately, but that’s not a value judgment. NJ’s governor has now signed the NJ compassionate use medical marijuana act into law. [...] Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration Yes, you know them better as TYLENOL and MOTRIN and TYLENOL PM oh and BENADRYL and CHILDREN’S TYLENOL and CHILDREN’S MOTRIN and ROLAIDS and ST. JOSEPH’S ASPIRIN… Consumer Contact: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 15, 2010 – Fort [...] |
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