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  1. Trial Data on Anti-Seizure Drug Might Have Been Manipulated: ReportRead the original story

    5 min ago | Personal Injury Law News

    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.

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    Related Topix: Neurontin, Gabapentin (generic), Medication

  2. Report shows Pfizera s hand in Neurontin studiesRead the original story

    5 min ago | Personal Injury Law News

    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

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    Related Topix: Neurontin, Gabapentin (generic), Medication, Pfizer, Biotech, Healthcare Industry

  3. SC Johnson Makes Commitment to Clinton Global InitiativeRead the original story

    6 min ago | CSRwire.com

    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 .

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    Related Topix: Malaria, Health, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Wind Power

  4. Standard & Poor's to change SmallCap 600 listingsRead the original story

    7 min ago | Myrtle Beach Online

    Standard & Poor's said Wednesday it is making changes to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.

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    Related Topix: Cantel Medical, Medical Equipment, Healthcare Industry, Banking, Financial Services, Sterling Financial, Parris Island, SC, Semiconductors, Avx, Electronics, Business News

  5. Review: Reports on Pfizer drug studies misleadingRead the original story w/Photo

    8 min ago | KVAL-TV Eugene

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Pfizer, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Neurontin, Gabapentin (generic), Medication, California, Marketing, Food and Drug Administration

  6. WSU graduate left for dead in middle of roadRead the original story w/Photo

    8 min ago | KBCI CBS 2

    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.

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  7. Study: Kidney angioplasty brings risks, no benefitRead the original story

    8 min ago | KBCI CBS 2

    ... 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 ...

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  8. Doctors Baffled by Girl Who Sneezes 12,0Read the original story w/Photo

    9 min ago | Fox Charlotte

    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.

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  9. Ottawa Panel Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for...Read the original story

    9 min ago | CiteULike

    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.

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    Related Topix: Arthritis, Health

  10. Is there any good Cafe's in Hawaii?Read the original story

    9 min ago | CoffeeGeek.com

    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.

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    Related Topix: Hawaii, Drink, Coffee, Honolulu, HI

  11. Dynamically evaluated SQL Linq queriesRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Code Project

    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.

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    Related Topix: Microsoft

  12. New Report Sounds 'Call to Revolutionize Chronic Pain Care'Read the original story

    2 hrs ago | American Academy of Family Physicians

    ... 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 ...

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    Related Topix: Health, Pain, Chronic Pain, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, UC Los Angeles

  13. News Briefs: Week of Nov. 9-13Read the original story

    2 hrs ago | American Academy of Family Physicians

    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.

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    Related Topix: 9, Healthcare Law, Law, District of Columbia Government, Washington DC

  14. FPM's EHR User Satisfaction Survey Can HelpRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | American Academy of Family Physicians

    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.

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    Related Topix: Family Practice

  15. Tamiflu shortage may affect decision to get H1N1 vaccineRead the original story

    4 hrs ago | ABC Action News

    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.

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    Related Topix: Tamiflu, Oseltamivir (generic), Medication, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Influenza

  16. New packaging aims to make mosquito nets more eco-friendlyRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Packaging Digest - Sustainable Packaging News

    BASF has developed a fully biodegradable packaging system for its Interceptor insecticide-treated mosquito nets.

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    Related Topix: Malaria, Health

  17. Smoking banned on more Cape Cod beachesRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday Nov 3 | Examiner.com

    Falmouth has followed the trend set by two other Cape Cod towns, Yarmouth and Barnstable, and banned smoking on town beaches.

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    Related Topix: Smoking, Health

  18. Valley School District Offers Free Flu VaccinesRead the original story w/Photo

    11 min ago | KRGV

    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.

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    Related Topix: Education Etc., Brownsville, TX, Influenza, Health, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Cameron County, TX

  19. Physical Therapy Treatment Effectiveness for Osteoarthritis of the...Read the original story

    11 min ago | CiteULike

    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.

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    Related Topix: Arthritis, Health

  20. Beaumont Hospitals start 24-hour swine flu centerRead the original story w/Photo

    12 min ago | MLive.com

    Wayne County residents wait to to be called to get in line for the H1N1 flu vaccine in Hamtramck, Mich.

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    Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Wayne County, MI, Influenza, Hamtramck, MI