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FDA Avastin Hearing — live blogging
The two-day hearing on Genentech’s appeal of the Food and Drug Administration’s…
Texas Lawmakers Revisit Medicaid/Medicare Secession Scenario with Bill’s Intro
Consider this: With a rate approaching 30 percent, the state of Texas…
Having Purpose Adds Years to Your Life
Rush University studied 950 people with a mean age of 80…
Making Cigarette Smoking Uncool
Pause to consider the logic here. We decide it is not a…
Is Medicare A Good Deal?
Think about everything you will pay to support Medicare: the payroll taxes…
Extra Pounds at Midlife May Boost Dementia Risk Later
According to Health Day News, being overweight during middle age may increase…
Fed Gov’t Approves Covert Study of Access to Primary Care
The federal government is planning what has been termed as a “stealth…
SCOTUS Rules on a Couple of Important Pharma Cases
Clarence Thomas wrote for the 5-4 decision in which companies were shielded…
Do Overworked Medical Interns Cause Medical Errors? Let’s Sleep on It.
As of this writing, 5 air traffic controllers have been found asleep…
The Massachusetts Experiment Analyzed: Are We Ready for Global Payments?
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley released her office's second annual report, An…