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In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists’email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
More than a dozen lawmakers’ statements on the health care debate were ghostwritten by lobbyists working for Genentech, a biotechnology company. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 15, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: By ROBERT PEAR Tags: Lobbying and Lobbyists House of Representatives Genetech Inc Speeches and Statements Congressional Record Reform and Reorganization Health Insurance and Managed Care Law and Legislation Source Type: news

Officials Defend Distribution of Flu Vaccine to Companiesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Citigroup received 1,200 doses and Goldman Sachs got 200, as shortages have continued and hospitals have not received the supplies they have requested. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 6, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: By JENNY ANDERSON Tags: Vaccination and Immunization Swine Influenza New York City Goldman Sachs Group GS NYSE Citigroup Inc C NYSE Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Shortages Medicine and Health Health and Mental Hygiene Department (NYC) Centers for Disea Source Type: news

Raging hormones: Unproven 'bioidenticals' for menopause contain estrogen too, experts sayemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional series examining... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - October 25, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Alternative medicine is becoming mainstreamemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Leon Wittman tweaked his shoulder in 1994 while attempting to keep his basement from flooding during a thunderstorm by scooping water out of a window well with a bucket. His left arm began to ache. He realized about a year later that he rarely used it... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 9, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

BioCryst sees healthy future after flu drugemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Jon Stonehouse is seeking life beyond Peramivir. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 16, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

10 FAQs for Immunization Programs and Providersemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Two different influenza vaccines are available this influenza season, and many persons will be recommended to receive both the seasonal influenza vaccine and the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccine (referred to in this document as 2009 H1N1 vaccine). (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - October 21, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

New treatments are available for chronic lymphocytic leukemiaemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I was recently diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. I am 55 years old, exercise regularly and feel fine. I have no symptoms. My doctor's approach is to "watch and wait." I'm uncomfortable with watchful waiting. Is there more... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Med, nursing schools teaching alternative remediesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional Associated Press... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 1, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Indoctrinating doctors? Alternative medicine goes mainstream at some med schoolsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional Associated Press... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 1, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Judge allows brain scan specialist to testify at Dugan sentencing hearing over objections from prosecutorsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A forensic psychologist in the vanguard of a new brain-scanning technique that studies criminal psychopaths will be allowed to testify next week that convicted murderer Brian Dugan's brain contains, according to Dugan's attorneys, "important... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - October 31, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Antiviral drug found to reduce severity of monoemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Mononucleosis, the curse of high school and college students, doesn't have to bring social and academic lives to a screeching halt, researchers say. Instead, the disease can be treated to shorten the duration of the illness and reduce the chance of... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - October 1, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Antiviral drug found to cut the severity of monoemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Mononucleosis, the curse of high school and college students, doesn't have to bring social and academic lives to a screeching halt, researchers say. Instead, the disease can be treated to shorten the duration of the illness and reduce the chance of... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - October 3, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Study offers hope for mono treatmentemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Mononucleosis, the curse of high school and college students, does not have to bring social and academic lives to a screeching halt, researchers reported this week. Instead, the disease can be treated to shorten its duration and reduce the chance of... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - September 15, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Interim Guidance for Workers who are Employed at Commercial Swine Farms: Preventing the Spread of Influenza A Viruses, Including the 2009 H1N1 Virusemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
In April 2009, an outbreak of 2009 H1N1 influenza virus infections were detected in people in North America and then spread around the world. (Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - November 4, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Swine Flu Is Widespread in 46 States as Vaccines Lagemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
President Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, allowing hospitals and local governments to set up alternate sites if needed to handle patients. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - October 25, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: By JACKIE CALMES and DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Swine Influenza Obama, Barack Epidemics Medicine and Health Emergency Medical Treatment Source Type: news

Antiviral drug found to reduce severity of monoemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Mononucleosis, the curse of high school and college students, doesn't have to bring social and academic lives to a screeching halt, researchers reported today. Instead, the disease can be treated to shorten the duration of the illness and reduce the... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - September 14, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Officials Defend Handling of Flu Vaccineemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Federal officials said the root causes of a nationwide shortage of swine flu vaccine were beyond their control. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Tags: Swine Influenza Vaccination and Immunization Shortages Medicine and Health Health and Human Services Department Source Type: news

Better watch out, better not cough: Santas lobby for swine flu vaccineemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine. Many of the nation's Santas want to be given priority for the vaccine and not just because of those runny-nosed kids. There's also the not-so-little matter of that... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - November 17, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Hospitalized Patients with 2009 H1N1 Influenza in the United States- April-June 2009: Questions and Answers, NEJMemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
(Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases)
Source: PandemicFlu.gov RSS Feed for News Releases - October 24, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Medical news: Study offers hope for mono treatmentemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Mononucleosis, the curse of high school and college students, does not have to bring social and academic lives to a screeching halt, researchers reported this week. Instead, the disease can be treated to shorten its duration and reduce the chance of... (Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research)
Source: OrlandoSentinel: Medical Research - September 22, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news