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FDA posts list of potential problem drugs
(AP)
AP - The government on Friday began posting a list of prescription drugs under investigation for potential safety problems in an effort to better inform doctors and patients.
Review panel criticizes Great Lakes health study
(AP)
AP - Substandard science has hurt a federal agency's seven-year effort to document possible links between industrial pollution and health problems in the Great Lakes region, an independent review panel said Friday.
Gene domino effect behind brain, pancreatic tumors
(AP)
AP - Scientists have mapped the cascade of genetic changes that turn normal cells in the brain and pancreas into two of the most lethal cancers. The result points to a new approach for fighting tumors and maybe even catching them sooner. Genes blamed for one person's brain tumor were different from the culprits for the next patient, making the puzzle of cancer genetics even more complicated.
FDA orders stronger warnings for 4 arthritis drugs
(AP)
AP - The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.
Study: Workers to pay more for health care
(AP)
AP - Get ready for another hike in copays and deductibles. A survey being released Thursday by the Mercer consulting firm found 59 percent of companies intend to keep down rising health care costs in 2009 by raising workers' deductibles, copays or out-of-pocket spending limits.
Obesity Worsens Asthma
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that obese
people who have asthma are nearly five times more likely to be
hospitalized for the problem and to have lower quality of life and worse
control of the disease than those with asthma who are normal weight.
Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate
(AP)
AP - Calling all ninth-grade boys! Raise your hand if this school sounds like fun: wearing jackets and ties every day, staying until 5 p.m., learning Latin and — to top it all off — no girls.
List of medications with potential safety problems
(AP)
AP - List of medications with potential safety problems
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