Group Deplores Delays in Notice on Unsafe Products
Washington Post -
By Annys Shin An advocacy group criticized the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday for sometimes taking six months or more to notify the public about dangerous products, and complained that it took some companies nearly three years to report …
Candidate to Lead CPSC Comes
Safety agency slow to publicize hazards: report
Archive for January, 2008
Group Deplores Delays in Notice on Unsafe Products - Washington Post
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Compound cuts cerebral palsy in preemies (AP)
Thursday, January 31st, 2008AP - Doctors can cut the risk of cerebral palsy in half for very premature babies by giving their mothers magnesium sulfate just before they give birth, new research shows.
Fizzy drinks linked to gout - Guardian Unlimited
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Fizzy drinks linked to gout
Guardian Unlimited -
This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Friday February 01 2008. It was last updated at 12:43 on February 01 2008. Men who consume large amounts of fizzy or sugary drinks are at higher risk of contracting gout than those who abstain, …
Blame Sweet Soda for Gout?
Gout surge blamed on sweet drinks
Medicare's Drug Program Enrollment Up, Costs Down - Forbes
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Medicare's Drug Program Enrollment Up, Costs Down
Forbes -
THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — The three-year-old Medicare Part D drug program is seeing the number of its enrollees climb, even as costs for the program fall, US health officials announced Thursday.
Pelosi: 'President Bush's Proposed Medicare and Medicaid Cuts Are …
Samples Used To Study Medicare Coverage Differ Significantly From …
FDA gives arGentis treatment 'orphan' designation - Bizjournals.com
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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FDA gives arGentis treatment 'orphan' designation
Bizjournals.com -
Memphis-based arGentis Pharmaceuticals LLC's systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, treatment has been given orphan drug designation by the Food and Drug Administration.
FDA Bowed to Drug Company Pressure in Reassigning Reviewer
Senate inquiry rebukes FDA: 'scientific process … compromised'
Parenting lessons don’t stop toddler tantrums: study (AFP)
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
AFP - A new study shows that parent training programmes fail to reduce behavioural problems in toddlers, suggesting that coaching on how to rear children may be a waste of time and money.
Mercury in Childhood Vaccines Excreted Quickly (HealthDay)
Thursday, January 31st, 2008HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) — The latest chapter in the debate
over whether childhood vaccines can cause autism was written Wednesday
with release of a study that showed the controversial mercury-containing
preservative thimerosal is rapidly excreted from babies’ bodies and can’t
reach toxic levels.
Atkins-Like Diet Cuts Epileptic Seizures (HealthDay)
Thursday, January 31st, 2008HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — Adults with epilepsy who
have failed other treatments may be able to dramatically reduce their
number of seizures by following a modified Atkins-like diet, Johns Hopkins
researchers report.
Atkins-Like Diet Cuts Epileptic Seizures (HealthDay)
Thursday, January 31st, 2008HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — Adults with epilepsy who
have failed other treatments may be able to dramatically reduce their
number of seizures by following a modified Atkins-like diet, Johns Hopkins
researchers report.
Study Spots Gene That Plays Role in Infertility (HealthDay)
Thursday, January 31st, 2008HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) — Scientists think they have
discovered a mechanism that prompts early menopause and might account for
some infertility problems in women.