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Novartis fined $422.5M in marketing, kickback case
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 18:14
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. will pay $422.5 million in penalties for marketing an epilepsy medicine for unapproved uses and for paying kickbacks to doctors to prescribe it and five other drugs, federal officials announced Thursday.
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JJ, FDA leaders take heat for 'phantom' recall
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 17:58
Johnson amp;amp; Johnson executives and the Food and Drug Administration both shouldered the blame Thursday for a secret recall in which hired contractors quietly bought up defective painkillers to clear them from store shelves.
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Mattel#39;s Fisher-Price to recall 10 million products
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 17:41
Fisher-Price, a unit of toymaker Mattel Inc, on Thursday said it will recall about 10 million toys and other items in the United States and Canada due to the potential for serious injuries.
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What happens to leftover frozen embryos?
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 17:40
Couples who have frozen embryos left over after undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) are more likely to donate them to other infertile couples if the embryos were conceived with a donated egg, new research shows.
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How many women induce their own abortions?
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 17:06
While recent media reports have raised concerns over women inducing their own abortions, particularly with a cheap ulcer drug called misoprostol, a new study suggests that the practice may actually be relatively rare.
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Genetic Glitch Tied to Disrupted Sperm Production
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 17:02
THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The cause of male infertility often escapes experts, but scientists have found a genetic mutation that appears to disrupt sperm production.
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Scientists Sequence Genome of #39;West Nile#39; Mosquito
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 17:02
THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to combat the West Nile virus, an international team of scientists has sequenced the genetic code of the mosquito that transmits the illness to humans.
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US scientists find new way to generate human stem cells
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 16:54
US researchers have found a new, quot;remarkably efficientquot; way to generate human stem cells that could provide an alternative to using embryonic stem cells in treating disease, a study published Thursday said.
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CDC chief picks 6 'winnable battles' in health
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 16:21
Where would you start if you were charged with keeping the nation healthy? Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has chosen six priorities mdash; winnable battles, he calls them.
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Coffee, tea linked to lower risk of brain tumor
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 14:59
Coffee and tea lovers may have a decreased likelihood of developing the most common form of malignant brain tumor in adults, a new study suggests.
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U.S. researchers make stem cells quickly from skin
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 14:58
Researchers have found a surprisingly quick and apparently safe way to transform ordinary skin cells into both stem cells -- the body#39;s master cells -- and muscle cells.
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FDA to ban unapproved oral colchicine products
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 14:57
U.S. regulator the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to ban unapproved oral colchicine products to treat gout, according to a document posted online by the U.S. Office of the Federal Register.
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Bisphenol-A chemical used in baby bottles safe: EU agency
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 13:42
Bisphenol-A, a chemical used in baby bottles that is banned in Australia, Denmark, Canada and France, poses no health risks, the European Food Safety Authority said Friday.
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EU watchdog says no need to cut cap on BPA in food
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 13:19
The European Union#39;s food safety watchdog said it saw no need to cut the official limit on accepted exposure to bisphenol A, a chemical in plastic containers which some experts believe may harm human health.
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Glaxo#39;s herpes vaccine fails in trial, NIH says
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 12:29
GlaxoSmithKline said on Thursday that it was stopping development of a genital herpes vaccine after it failed to protect women against the virus.
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Twin study may quiet doubts over PTSD-trauma link
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 12:24
Trauma really is the trigger of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, suggests a new study that could help settle an ongoing debate.
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Study shows progress with stem cell alternative
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 12:06
Scientists reported more progress Thursday with a method of creating stem cells without using embryos.
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Disney backs Michelle Obama#39;s child obesity campaign
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 12:02
The Walt Disney Company on Thursday threw its weight behind a campaign championed by US First Lady Michelle Obama to push back child obesity.
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Africa risks leap in diabetes: minister
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 11:35
Africa is set to be hit by a 24 percent increase in diseases such as diabetes within three years as the developing world faces a sharp rise in non-contagious illness, South Africa#39;s health minister warned on Thursday.
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FDA exec: agency too slow to order JJ recall
Health Headlines - Thu, 09/30/2010 - 11:01
The Food and Drug Administration should have acted sooner to halt a secret recall by Johnson amp; Johnson in which the company last year bought up defective packets of Motrin from stores across the country, a top official from the agency says.
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