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Trial Data on Anti-Seizure Drug Might Have Been Manipulated: Report
An unusual look at internal documents from a pharmaceutical company suggests that clinical data was manipulated to make a popular anti-seizure drug, gabapentin , look more effective than it actually was, thereby increasing possibilities for its off-label usage, according to a new report. Comment?
Report shows Pfizera s hand in Neurontin studies
A study of internal company documents suggests Pfizer Inc altered or omitted unfavorable study findings to expand its epilepsy drug Neurontin's market, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday, offering a look at how drugmakers influence scientific research. [ News Source ] Posted in Neurontin lawsuit Comment?
SC Johnson Makes Commitment to Clinton Global Initiative
In its continuing initiatives around Doing What's Right, SC Johnson, A Family Company, recently announced its first commitment as part of its involvement in the Clinton Global Initiative . Comment?
Standard & Poor's to change SmallCap 600 listings
Standard & Poor's said Wednesday it is making changes to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. Comment?
Review: Reports on Pfizer drug studies misleading
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... new uses for a Pfizer Inc. epilepsy drug found that reporting of the results was often misleading, indicating the medicine worked better than internal company documents showed. According to the report, when a company-funded study's primary finding ... Comment?
WSU graduate left for dead in middle of road
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Whitman Co. Sheriff's deputies are trying to determine exactly how a recent WSU grad found unconscious in the middle of a road early Wednesday was injured. Comment?
Study: Kidney angioplasty brings risks, no benefit
... are enduring unnecessary procedures and risks. In the study, published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, all the patients were treated with drugs to lower cholesterol, control blood pressure and prevent blood clots. Nearly 400 only got ... Comment?
Doctors Baffled by Girl Who Sneezes 12,0
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Ita TMs that time of year when everyone seems to be coughing and sneezing, but for a 12-year-old girl from Virginia, she cana TMt sit for more than a few seconds without someone saying "bless you." Ita TMs so bad, on a regular day Lauren Johnson can sneeze more than 12,000 times a day, fox43tv.com reported. Comment?
Ottawa Panel Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for...
Osteoarthritis affects a large and growing proportion of the population. The purpose of this project was to create guidelines for the use of therapeutic exercises and manual therapy in the management of adult patients with a diagnosis of OA. Comment?
Is there any good Cafe's in Hawaii?
Subject: Is there any good Cafe's in Hawaii? Does anyone know of any good espresso in Hawaii? What's the scene like? Sean Posted Wed Jul 28, 2004, 6:24pm Subject: Re: Is there any good Cafe's in Hawaii? When I'm in Honolulu, I usually head over to Coffee Talk on Waialae Avenue in the Kaimuki neighborhood. Comment?
Dynamically evaluated SQL Linq queries
The result is support for runtime query evaluations like: var result = source.Query> ; var result2 = source.Query ; var result3 = source.Query ; var result4 = source.Query I'm a big fan of LINQ, especially LINQ To Objects. Comment?
New Report Sounds 'Call to Revolutionize Chronic Pain Care'
... CME programs. The AAFP Live! pain management courses are offered in collaboration with the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the Center for Practical Bioethics, the Federation of State Medical Boards and the Federation of State Medical Boards ... Comment?
News Briefs: Week of Nov. 9-13
This roundup includes the following news briefs: Enforcement of 'Red Flags' Rule Delayed Until June 2010 The Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, has extended the enforcement deadline for a regulation known as the Identity Theft "Red Flags" Rule until June 1, 2010. Comment?
FPM's EHR User Satisfaction Survey Can Help
The plethora of electronic health record, or EHR, products on the market today may be daunting for purchasers, but an updated user satisfaction survey from Family Practice Management could help scale down the choices. Comment?
Tamiflu shortage may affect decision to get H1N1 vaccine
Many parents are worried about whether to give their child the H1N1 vaccine. The shots are, in some cases, in short supply, but so is some medicine to treat the swine flu. Comment?
New packaging aims to make mosquito nets more eco-friendly
BASF has developed a fully biodegradable packaging system for its Interceptor insecticide-treated mosquito nets. Comment?
Smoking banned on more Cape Cod beaches
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Falmouth has followed the trend set by two other Cape Cod towns, Yarmouth and Barnstable, and banned smoking on town beaches. Comment?
Valley School District Offers Free Flu Vaccines
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Brownsville ISD students are eligible for a free flu-mist vaccine. The Brownsville Independent School District started giving out the flu mist and H1N1 mist vaccines at 4 p.m. They'll continue to administer them until 7 p.m. Students will only be eligible for one vaccine not both. Comment?
Physical Therapy Treatment Effectiveness for Osteoarthritis of the...
Physical Therapy Treatment Effectiveness for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Randomized Comparison of Supervised Clinical Exercise and Manual Therapy Procedures Versus a Home Exercise Program Export PHYS THER , Vol. Comment?
Beaumont Hospitals start 24-hour swine flu center
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Wayne County residents wait to to be called to get in line for the H1N1 flu vaccine in Hamtramck, Mich. Comment?