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News From Friday, December 25, 2009
9:58:55 PM Labeling standards for caffeine
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

To make any changes to current rules, the FDA would have to draft a proposed rule and then solicit public comment, said the agency's DeLancey. .... [more]

9:55:04 PM SPIE Photonics West to bring reports on new life-improving photonics
Biomed Middle East

The Biomedical Optics exhibition is also larger than ever, with 175 companies showing innovations and new products for molecular and microscopic imaging, ... [more]

9:35:46 PM Healthcare: Prevention efforts can be costly
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Lifestyle changes can cost money too, Russell has found, if the medical community gets involved. For example, a program to prevent diabetes in people at ... [more]

8:05:52 PM Contracts to Develop Field Tests for Radiation Exposures
Occupational Health Safety

The nine contracts worth up to $400 million have been awarded by the US Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and .... [more]

7:09:39 PM Cord tissue yields many, many stem cells
United Press International

25 (UPI) -- Umbilical cord tissue could be a source of plentiful stem cells, US researchers said. Bridget Deasy of the University of Pittsburgh School of ... [more]

5:56:04 PM Nestle rebuked by the FDA for misleading nutritional labeling
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

3 letter, the FDA said the company mislabeled its Boost drink, which comes in flavors like chocolate, vanilla and strawberry, “as a medical food for the ... [more]

4:44:12 PM Mesothelioma Researchers To Be Awarded Grants by the Department of Defense
Asbestos.Net News

.... the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee directed the DoD to add mesothelioma to its Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program, some 15 years later. ... [more]

4:14:29 PM Virginia Tech teams with automaker to improve car safety for women, fetuses
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Biomedical researchers are working with automakers to develop a computer-aided model of pregnant drivers and passengers so they can develop better ... [more]

3:43:16 PM Libertarian Party: How Liberty Makes Health Care Virtually Universal
Independent Political Report - Saginaw,MI,USA

Very few nutritional supplements are put through the FDA testing process. Consequently, manufacturers are banned from advertising their products to doctors. ... [more]

2:51:31 PM Scientists study car safety for pregnant women
WTKR Your NewsChannel 3 - Norfolk,VA,USA

Researchers at the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences are working to develop a computer-aided model of ... [more]

2:42:48 PM Scientists restore eye sight by stem cell treatment
Press Trust of India - New Delhi,India

London, Dec 25 (PTI) In yet another medical achievement, British scientists have restored eyesight of a partially blind person using pioneering stem cell ... [more]

2:30:43 PM U draws fire over plan to regulate business ties
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA

As a realist, I've come to question the reliability of any medical research done at the 'U' and the utter corruption of psychiatric research in particular. ... [more]

2:16:02 PM Senate bill vs. House bill: A comparison
Kansas City Star - MO,USA

Fees on drug and insurance companies and medical device makers. Tax on tanning salons. HOUSE: Calls for 5.4 percent surtax on couples grossing more $1 ... [more]

1:39:39 PM Mazabuka infections are criminal & barbaric-Doctor
Zambian Watchdog

Dr. Mapara says 'this is simply sanctioned murder (Grevious Bodily Harm) from the west, in the name of scientific research, by the Medical Research Council ... [more]

1:37:25 PM Albay officials promote 'evacuation center tourism'
Manila Bulletin - Manila,Philippines

With the national government heavily promoting medical tourism to energize the medical community in the country, local officials here are promoting another ... [more]

12:43:02 PM Newcastle technique uses stem cells to reverse eye damage
TopNews Arab Emirates

The North East England Stem Cell Institute in Newcastle has developed a new stem cell treatment that can potentially help restore good vision to thousands ... [more]

11:24:46 AM Bellingham man with failing heart thankful for support
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA

In Germany, the doctors will take Gelhar's own stem cells, which have the ability to evolve into other types of cells, from the bone marrow in his hip and ... [more]

10:02:03 AM Wilder named Fellow of American Institute
Iowa City Press Citizen - Iowa City,IA,USA

David G. Wilder, associate professor in the UI College of Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the American ... [more]

9:24:49 AM Protein that keeps stem cells poised for action identified
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India

Washington: Scientists from Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a protein that appears to play a critical role in keeping stem cells ... [more]

9:02:55 AM Web letter by Robert E. Durgin: Bayh goes to bat for medical device industry
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

With about 18500 direct medical device jobs in Indiana and another 75000 Hoosier families indirectly supported by these jobs, the medical device industry is ... [more]

8:27:10 AM Community Health enters deal with medical clinic
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA

Community Health Systems Inc. said that a subsidiary has entered an affiliation agreement with a multi-specialty clinic that has 32 locations in Washington ... [more]

8:22:47 AM Infectious, zoonotic disease programs catch $117 million in biomedical ...
DVM 360 - Lenex,KS,USA

.... a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recently awarded $117 million in grants to several veterinary programs for biomedical research. ... [more]

7:33:05 AM 2 new hospitals symbols of renewed health care contests
The Courier-Journal - Palmyra,NY,USA

He has been involved in the local medical community for more than 20 years. "The thing that I've seen change is that there is a great deal of consolidation ... [more]

7:21:38 AM Pfizer's resubmitted Lyrica for anxiety application rejected by FDA
TopNews - Little Rock,Arkansas,USA

Evidently disappointed at the FDA's rejection of the re-submitted Lyrica application, Steve Romano, Vice president, Medical Affairs Head, Primary Care ... [more]

5:50:22 AM Stem Cells Cure Blind Man
Gizmodo Australia - Sydney,NSW,Australia

By Jesus Diaz on December 24, 2009 at 12:40 PM 'Tis the time to be amazed: A 38-year-old man has regained vision in his blind eye thanks to a new stem cell ... [more]

5:20:11 AM Austin company plans IPO
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA

An Austin biomedical company has filed to raise $90 million in a public stock offering in 2010 amid early signs that the market for new offerings of shares ... [more]

4:31:32 AM Edwin Krebs, 91, Is Dead; Discovered a Crucial Bodily Process
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

Dr. Krebs was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and received a number of major prizes, among them: an Albert Lasker Basic Medicine Research ... [more]

3:18:17 AM Healthcare bill, medical tort reform
Fort Worth Star Telegram

I voted for men and women whom I expected to personally research and read and then make an informed decision on all legislation introduced. ... [more]

1:15:21 AM Utah must capitalize on its unique database
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA

By Kenneth G. Chahine Through a combination of rich genealogical records, the willingness of residents to participate in medical research, and the vision of ... [more]



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