The AP (7/31, Jalonick) reports that by a 283-142 margin, the House yesterday passed a far-reaching food safety bill Thursday in the wake of the recent outbreak of salmonella in peanuts that killed…
The International Journal of Cancer has reported that drinking coffee may decrease the risk of a woman getting endometrial cancer. In a population-based study cohort study the Division of…
Yesterday’s unveiling of a healthcare reform plan backed by the House Democratic leadership received coverage (though not top billing) from two network newscasts last night. This morning’s…
The filamentous shape of H1N1 shown budding from infected cells Image: courtesy Yoshihiro Kawaoka – University of Wisconsin The prestigious science journal Nature felt so strongly about the…
The CBS Evening News (4/30, lead story, 3:05, Couric) reported, An FDA panel recommended today that prescription Vicodin [hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen] and Percocet [oxycodone and…
Coverage of President Obama’s signing Monday of a bill granting the FDA greater regulatory control over tobacco focuses largely on his personal struggle with smoking and speculation about whether or…
I can hear Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Hannity and Chaney moaning and whining already about the American people getting control of the runaway train that their FDA has turned loose on the public for the…
New Lead for Autoimmune Disease Posted by SR in News, tags: auto-immune, lead identification, natural product Do you like Hydrangeas? They are beautiful flowering plants and now medical…
The Wall Street Journal (6/5, Dooren) reported that on June 5, staff from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that three medications currently approved to treat bipolar disorder and…
All Americans can celebrate the breaking news regarding a landmark achievement that was announced today in Washington D.C. From now on, the regulatory preemption of state common law will be strictly…
The Wall Street Journal (5/20, Rockoff) reports, Plaintiffs’ lawyers in lawsuits against AstraZeneca PLC plan to…release documents they say show executives at the drugmaker discussed…
The Wall Street Journal (5/19, Johnson) reports, The Justice Department and 16 states joined two whistleblower lawsuits alleging that Wyeth defrauded the government by offering discounts to…