In what seems to be an endless battle over emergency contraception and its [unnecessary] restrictions, a Federal appeals court ordered the U.S.

Did the pharmaceutical industry paint itself into a corner this time? Maybe yes. According to an article that appeared in FiercePharma, one of the premier websites covering the drug industry, the recent, radical change in the strategy of the drug industry—out of traditional disease areas and into oncology—may have backfired. A record 11 oncology drugs [...]
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Senate environment committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is now saying she will seek to revise a bipartisan bill introduced by the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) to include provisions that Lautenberg precluded from the bill after industry criticized them. Apparently, Sen. Boxer — one of the most aggressively anti-chemical members of the Senate — [...]
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Brooklyn recently welcomed the New Jersey Nets — now the Brooklyn Nets — and has been booming with an influx of artsy types of all stripes. But as of late, Brooklyn has become home to a much more serious outbreak. Cases of measles have been increasing in several Orthodox Jewish communities since early May. At [...]
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Josh Bloom in Medical Progress Today, Hepatitis C miracles courtesy of me-too drugs

In their 2011 book, Vaccine Safety and Your Child: Separating Fact from Fiction, Dr. Paul A. Offit and Charlotte Moser explained how vaccines are made, how they are tested, and how they work—all while taking into consideration the fact that some parents may be hesitant to have their children vaccinated – although these hesitations are [...]
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As ACSH discusses in its publication, “Counterfeit Drugs: Coming to a Pharmacy Near You,” counterfeit drugs – fake, substandard, adulterated or falsely labeled – are a threat to global health. In fact, last June, 1.4 million counterfeit packets of Coartem, a malaria drug produced by Novartis, were found in a shipment from China to Angola, [...]
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Getting healthy isn’t always easy. Time restrictions and a lack of motivation often prevent Americans from being as fit as they could be. In fact, according to Arnt Erik Tjonna, from the K.G. Jebsen Center for Exercise in Medicine (JCEM), only about 15 to 30 percent of Americans exercise at the suggested rate of 30 [...]
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Anti-wrinkle creams step aside: a new study suggests applying sunscreen daily may work better to keep your skin looking young. Though it’s been widely suggested that sunscreen could delay skin aging, little evidence has been shown until now. In this first large study on sunscreen and skin aging published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, [...]
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