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The Corner (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Kathryn, one of the funniest (in a mordant - ie, death-panel - kinda way) glimpses of socialized health care is Denys Arquand's Oscar-winner from a couple of years back, Barbarian Invasions ( Les Invasions Barbares ). If you're looking for popcorn and a movie to go with your Harry Reid this weekend, you'll love the opening: An old socialist professor ( il s'appelle Remy, but in the course of the movie...
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Right, Wing-Nut! (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Answer: Two tests that have for years been touted to save lives but coincidentally have been deemed as somewhat unnecessary now that the government has taken over health care. My mammogram piece is here ; and it asks two rhetorical questions: Why is the government fighting to cut back crucial cancer testing that can save lives, while fighting to pay for abortions, which only ends lives? The second...
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Brass and Ivory (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
What does cardiovascular disease look like in rheumatoid arthritis? The chronic inflammation which damages joints also takes its toll on the heart and arteries. The doctors at Johns Hopkins provide a summary of recent studies focused on RA and heart disease . Compared to the general population, rheumatoid arthritis patients have a significantly increased risk of heart attack and stroke and a shorter...
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bharatbook | yesterday
MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (MAP) is a development stage company, engaged in developing drug candidates to treat local respiratory and treatable diseases. The company also develops inhalable drug particles to facilitate pulmonary delivery. The company’s proprietary product candidate is Unit Dose Budesonide, a nebulized version of budesonide for the treatment of pediatric asthma in children. The
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bharatbook | yesterday
CorAssist Cardiovascular Ltd. (CorAssist) is engaged in the development and manufacture of innovative therapeutic products for the cardiovascular markets. It develops products such as minimally invasive medical devices and intraventricular devices that are used in the treatment of diastolic heart failure. The company is headquartered in Hezliya Pitauch, Israel. The company develops elastic and self-expanding
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bharatbook | yesterday
Symphony Medical, Inc. (Symphony Medical) is engaged in the design and development of biotherapeutic products for the cardiovascular markets. Its products portfolio includes biopolymers, cell therapies, catheter based biotherapeutics that are used in the treatment of atrial fibrillation and heart failure. Its products are designed to correct cardiac conduction disorders and cardiac arrhythmias. The
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FuturePundit (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
An MIT press release about the use of nanoparticles to deliver gene therapy contains an interesting statistic about the size of the overall effort to develop clinically useful gene therapies: In the United States alone almost 1000 gene therapy clinical trials are underway. That's a surprisingly large number. There are nearly 1,000 clinical trials under way in the United States involving gene therapy,...
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Getting Better (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
In yet another article addressing the war on cancer, The New York Times today tackles cancer prevention, focusing on alternative and mainstream Pharma products marketed to reduce the risk for cancer. While author Gina Kolata seems to have done her homework when it comes to the failure of alternative medicine to prevent cancer, she has missed the story completely when it comes to telling why the medical...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
When introducing your newborn to new foods, be sure to look out for signs of food allergies, said an expert at Baylor College of Medicine."Food allergies can occur in babies as young as six months old," said Dr.
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The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Miami, FL (AHN) – A new study suggests Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment may be kept at bay by building muscle strength. Researchers with the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago assessed more than 900 older people living in retirement homes who did not have dementia for muscle strength. During a mean follow-up of about 4 [...]
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OpinionBug.com (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Good question. According to my local news station last night, Tamiflu does indeed cure the flu. Yes, they actually said that. The news story was about the H1N1 flu deaths at Duke University Hospital. A male voice on the video said the three had a strain resistant to Tamiflu, a drug “commonly used to cure [...]
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2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Following seemingly quickly on the heels of the mammogram recommendations, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) published their pap smear data yesterday. Immediately, people were up in arms about this being some sort of "plot". Untrue. The pap smear guidelines raise the age for the first screening to 21, say that any woman age 30 with three normal paps can go three...
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Getting Better (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
In my efforts to have a rational discussion about the H1N1 flu shot I have been increasingly confronted with the following fear, expressed most commonly by concerned mothers and teenagers: Did you see that video on Youtube about the cheerleader who got the flu shot? Something called dystonia? She can’t walk unless she goes backwards. I don’t want to risk ending up like that. Apparently...
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Big Blueberry Eyes (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Getting a bit annoyed at the anon commenter(s) who keep leaving variations of this on my posts: It was certainly interesting for me to read that post. Thanx for it. I like such themes and everything that is connected to them. I would like to read a bit more soon. and leaving links to buy clomid and zithromax . Do people really have nothing better to do then troll blogs and leave useless comments?
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Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Power Line - Global Warming Bombshell The biggest news story of the day is one that has barely begun to break and will continue to reverberate for months or years to come. ... This and many other emails convey the impression that these theorists are making the "science" up as they go along, with data being manipulated until it yields the results that have been predetermined by political conviction....
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bharatbook | yesterday
MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (MAP) is a development stage company, engaged in developing drug candidates to treat local respiratory and treatable diseases. The company also develops inhalable drug particles to facilitate pulmonary delivery. The company’s proprietary product candidate is Unit Dose Budesonide, a nebulized version of budesonide for the treatment of pediatric asthma in children. The company
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bharatbook | yesterday
CorAssist Cardiovascular Ltd. (CorAssist) is engaged in the development and manufacture of innovative therapeutic products for the cardiovascular markets. It develops products such as minimally invasive medical devices and intraventricular devices that are used in the treatment of diastolic heart failure. The company is headquartered in Hezliya Pitauch, Israel. The company develops elastic and self-expanding
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bharatbook | yesterday
Symphony Medical, Inc. (Symphony Medical) is engaged in the design and development of biotherapeutic products for the cardiovascular markets. Its products portfolio includes biopolymers, cell therapies, catheter based biotherapeutics that are used in the treatment of atrial fibrillation and heart failure. Its products are designed to correct cardiac conduction disorders and cardiac arrhythmias. The
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