Archive for January, 2008
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
Drug maker Wyeth has won the opportunity to have a court ruling reviewed by the Supreme Court, in which a woman was awarded more than 6 million dollars by a Vermont jury after her arm was amputated after she received a Phenergan nausea injection.
The drug was injected into an artery ...
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
It is being reported that the FDA has approved a new HIV drug manufactured by Johnson and Johnson.
Intelence is the name of the drug, that is approved for HIV patients who are not responding to any other type of drug therapy.
It is the newest of a class of HIV drugs ...
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
It is being reported that a leading pioneer of cancer research has died at the age of 74.
Judah Folkman, 74, died on Monday from an apparent heart attack. He is best known for discovering the link between blood vessel growth and tumors becoming malignant.
Folkman was a professor of medicine at ...
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
It is being reported that 22 year old singer Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage.
This is a very unfortunate event, as it would have been the first child for her and boyfriend Ed Simons, who is one-half of the Chemical Brothers.
A report in British tabloid The Sun initially reported the ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
A California company is claiming that they have been able to create embryos of human clones by using DNA from the skin cells of two volunteers.
They did this using a method known as somatic cell nuclear transfer which involves removing DNA from donated human eggs, and replacing it with DNA ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
It is being reported that Eddie Murphy and his wife of 2 weeks have already split up.
New wife Tracey Edmonds and the comic actor have split only 2 weeks after their romantic wedding that was held in French Polynesia.
Under U.S. law, the couple needed a ceremony on U.S. soil to ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
It is being reported that the FDA is set to issue another warning pertaining to over the counter cough and cold medicines for use in children under the age of two.
Back in October they issued an initial warning and this second warning is to insure that the message reaches all ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
It is being reported that Matthew McConaughey will soon be a dad.
McConaughey reported the news himself on his web site, that his girlfriend, Brazilian model Camilla Alves, was indeed pregnant with his child.
McConaughey wrote, "My girlfriend Camila and I made a baby together ... it's 3 months growin in her ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
It is being reported that calcium has been linked to an increased risk of heart problems in older women.
The study performed by researchers from New Zealand featured 1,471 healthy women post menopause, with an average age of 74.
Half of the women received calcium supplements and the other half received a ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
It is being reported that Texas scientists have created the world's first genetically engineered super carrot.
The carrot packs a punch indeed, containing 41% more calcium than regular carrots, which is great news for people who ar allergic to dairy products.
The researchers say that their carrots may protect older people against ...
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