For many biological drugs, 'on the market' doesn't mean safe
usatoday.com — By Rita Rubin, USA TODAY Nearly one in four recently approved products in a relatively new class of medicines needed some type of regulatory action because of safety issues that arose after they came on the market, researchers report today......More… (Health)
FDA Approves Boston Scientific's Carotid Artery Stent
foxbusiness.com — Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Carotid WALLSTENT(R) Monorail(R) Endoprosthesis for the treatment of patients with carotid artery disease who are at high risk for ........More… (Health)
Scientists Discover 'Dinosaur Dance Floor'
washingtonpost.com — ยท Geologists have discovered prehistoric animal tracks along the Arizona-Utah state line that are so close together they are calling the area a "dinosaur dance floor......More… (Technology)
Many hospitals fail to please: survey
reuters.com — By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - New survey data ranking patients' experiences in US hospitals find many institutions fall short, particularly when it comes to managing pain, researchers said on Wednesday......More… (Health)
Study: US suicides rising; risk high in middle age
cnn.com — By Theresa Tamkins After a decade-long decrease, US suicide rates have started to rise, largely because of an increase in suicides among middle-aged white men and women......More… (Health)
Democratic VP nominee Biden releases medical records
cnn.com — By Caleb Hellerman (CNN) -- Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, 65, released his medical records Monday, detailing the treatment of two brain aneurysms in 1988 and other, mostly minor medical problems......More… (Health)
Loyalty a Factor in South Dakota Senate Race
nytimes.com — Senator Tim Johnson was welcomed back to his office on Capitol Hill in September of 2007 after having a brain hemorrhage the year before......More… (Politics)
Linda Hogan: PostJail Nick's a "Changed Person"
eonline.com — According to his mom, Nick Hogan went into jail a boy and came out a man. A man who still wants to be a kid, that is. "He's a changed person," Linda Hogan told local reporters Tuesday in an impromptu press conference outside her Florida home......More… (Movies)