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TopNews New Zealand Pfizer Disappointed in Study Results for Two Drugs Wall Street Journal Pfizer Inc. said it ended a Phase III trial for its experimental lung-cancer drug called figitumumab. The drug giant also announced two Phase III studies of its advanced breast-cancer drug Sutent failed to meet their primary endpoints. … Pfizer says Sutent breast cancer trials fail Reuters Pfizer ends study on potential lung cancer drug The Associated Press Pfizer's prospects for lung cancer drug fade The Star-Ledger – NJ.com Zacks.com
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National Post McCormick Expands Recall of Products Possibly Tainted with Salmonella Newsinferno.com McCormick & Company, Incorporated is expanding its March 5, 2010 recall to include additional products manufactured with HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein) supplied by Basic Food Flavors of Las Vegas, Nevada, because the ingredient has the potential to … McCormick expands product recall list Baltimore Sun Salmonella Recall Spreads Quickly to Other Products Consumer Affairs FDA says Basic Food Flavors knew plant was contaminated with salmonella Washington Post The Associated Press
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KVAL Study: Too many angiograms given Minneapolis Star Tribune A troublingly high number of US patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests. The researchers said the … Are Doctors Recommending Too Many Tests? ABC News Heart Angiograms Show No Disease in Almost 40% BusinessWeek Study Faults High Number of Angiograms Newsinferno.com Wall Street Journal
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CNM News Network US court rules again against vaccine-autism claims Reuters WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) – Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special US court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents … Vaccine court finds no link to autism CNN Federal Vaccine Court Rules Against Autism Families PR Newswire (press release) Supreme Court Vaccine Case Causes Drug Manufacturer Controversy CNM News Network Age of Autism (blog)
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BBC News Health Buzz: Variable Blood Pressure May Boost Stroke Risk U.S. News & World Report New research suggests that having unstable blood pressure—with episodes of hypertension—might put you at risk of stroke, the Associated Press reports. Peter Rothwell, a University of Oxford professor who authored four papers published … Occasional High Blood Pressure Risky, Too? WebMD People with variable blood pressure at stroke risk The Associated Press Variable Blood Pressure a New Stroke Risk Factor? BusinessWeek Telegraph.co.uk
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Indian Express Women on the pill may live longer The Associated Press LONDON — Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says. British researchers observed more than 46000 women for nearly four decades from 1968. They compared the number of … How birth control pills may affect our ability to find a proper mate. ABC News Birth Control Pill Could Fight Cancer, Heart Disease RedOrbit Women Taking Birth Control Pills May Out Live Those Who Don't dBTechno U.S. News & World Report
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Boston Globe Plavix gets new US FDA warning Reuters WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) – The blockbuster anti-clotting drug Plavix will carry a new warning about patients who have a poor response to the drug because they do not break it down well, US regulators said on Friday. … FDA warning: some patients cannot process Plavix The Associated Press FDA Adds Warning to Plavix Wall Street Journal Clopidogrel Receives Boxed Warning for Reduced Benefit in Poor Metabolizers Medscape MedPage Today
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Hair loss is a problem that is quite prevalent around the world. Most commonly, it is seen in adults, but in some cases, adolescents are also suffering from hair loss problems. Many individuals do prefer to let their baldness show it to the world, hence prefer to keep it untreated and unhidden, whereas there are [...]
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