Headlines for 12/20/2009

As Interest in H1N1 Vaccine Wanes, Surplus Feared 

Radiation From CT Scans May Raise Cancer Risk 

Alzheimer's Drug Trial Altered After 9 Deaths

Fighting Swine Flu With Pepperoni

New CDC estimate: 1 in 110 children have autism

Report finds poor ethics policing at CDC

Kids' Swine flu shots recalled; not strong enough

One Psychiatrist, 21 Months, 96,685 Prescriptions

Low vax demand could threaten H1N1 profits

Headlines for 12/13/2009

Pharma Deal With White House Delays Health Reform

Sisters Get Stomachs Removed to Avoid Cancer

Pelosi asks to see better way than public option

Swine Flu Infection Rates Continue to Fall

Soldiers get mass swine flu shots before holidays

AIDS Drugs Don't Need Routine Lab Monitoring

Should Docs’ Prescribing Habits Be for Sale?

Pfizer, Merck, Abbott and Lilly Deals in SEC Insider Trading Probe

FDA reviewer: Crestor benefits outweigh risks

Menopause, as Brought to You by Big Pharma

Poor Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics

HEADINES FOR 12/5/2009

Senate OKs health care amendment on mammogram access

College students encouraged to get H1N1 vaccine

CDC: Few Serious Reactions After Swine Flu Vaccine

Glaxo's swine flu shot may give kids fever

Antipsychotics, Diabetes & Kids

How the Drug Industry Spends $20 Billion a Year On Marketing

NJ AG: Clampdown On Pharma Influence On Docs

Questioning a $30,000-a-Month Cancer Drug

Headlines for 11/22/2009

$100 million vote? Sen. Landrieu announces support of key healthcare vote



In Medical Research, Who Should Define Conflict of Interest?

Critics See Health Care Rationing Behind New Mammography Recommendations

JOBS 'SAVED OR CREATED' IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS THAT DON'T EXIST

Women Who Drink 2 or More Diet Sodas Daily Double Their Risk of Kidney Function Decline, Study Shows

Headlines for 11/15/2009

Virginia Family Claims H1N1 Vaccine Sickened Son

Offspring of Cloned Meat Making Its Way Into U.S. Food Supply

Google’s Pitch to FDA for Online Drug Ads

Senator Asks How Many Troops Are on Antidepressants

Pharma Will Fight House Health Reform Bill

Path to Alternative Therapies Is Littered With Obstacles

Headlines for 11/01/2009

H1N1 Scams; Buyer Beware

FDA OKs Experimental Drug to Treat H1N1

GAO: FDA fails to follow up on unproven drugs

1 in 5 kids get little vitamin D, study says

New Injection Could Cure Snoring

Can Cholesterol Pills Really Prevent Flu Deaths?

Headlines for 10/25/2009

A DR. PRETTY VIDEO HEADLINE UPDATE JUST FOR YOU ROBERT!

Does the Vaccine Matter?

Nurses win temporary injunction against influenza vaccine; Canadians suspend seasonal flu shots; firemen refuse H1N1 vaccine

Commentary: Somers' cancer advice is risky

An advisory panel on vaccines at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta has decided not to recommend the human papillomavirus(HPV) vaccine Gardasil for all boys and young men, according to reporting by The Baltimore Sun and The New York Times.

Age 40 or Older? Every Woman Needs a Mammogram, Even Publishers

FDA warns: Swine flu scams lurk on the Internet

Diabetes Drug May Boost Weight Loss in Obese Patients

Bad Reaction No Good Reason to Avoid Future Shots

Pharma Payments to Mental Health Group: More to Come?

Inside the $7 Billion Swine Flu Vaccine Industry

Pfizer rejoins pharma stampede to India

Vax crisis could spur swift peramivir approval

Headlines for 10/18/2009

Judge Halts Flu Vaccine Mandate For Health Workers

New York Health Care Employees Won't Be Forced To Get H1N1 Vaccine...For Now

CDC Official Downplays H1N1 Vaccine Risks

Woman: Flu Shot Gave Me Neurological Disorder

H3N8 Flu Is Truly One for the Dogs

2 swine flu vaccine doses for kids under 10 likely

$2.5M verdict over birth defects blamed on Paxil

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trial Questioned As Experts Check Data

Merck & Co.’s Gardasil, a vaccine used to prevent cervical cancer in women, won U.S. regulatory approval for preventing genital warts in boys.

Giving babies Tylenol to prevent fever when they get childhood vaccinations may backfire and make the shots a little less effective, surprising new research suggests.

Anti-Smoking Vaccine Goes Up In Smoke

Potential For Creating Less Toxic Anti-HIV Drugs Following Discovery Of Enzyme Structure

Targeting Drugs With Nanoparticles

Strategies For Reducing Painful Breast Cancer Drug Side Effects

Headlines for 10/10/2009

Doctor Arrested on Charges of Selling Herbs as Cancer Cure

Vaccinating girls, not boys, against HPV is best bet

GSK's $3.2B bet on pandemic pays off

Childhood: Autism Diagnoses Rising, U.S. Reports

The Claim: With a Runny Nose, Green Calls for an Antibiotic

'Swine Flu Parties' Or Intentionally Catching H1N1 A Very Bad Idea, Says Expert

Regular Flu Vaccine Supplies Run Short in Places

Virus Is Found in Many With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

'No Flu Shots for My Kids'

CDC: 76 children dead of swine flu as cases rise

US, other nations stop counting pandemic flu cases

Pfizer halts enrollment in lung cancer trial

'Breakthrough' Drug May Put an End to Menstrual Misery

Officials Tell Wary Americans: H1N1 Vaccination Is Safe, Get It

Obama's Peace Prize Draws Criticism, Even From Some Liberals

Breast cancer patients have low vitamin D levels