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Vytorin’s Effectiveness Questioned, Debate over Cancer Risk Continues
The debate over Vytorin’s cancer risk
continues as results of a controversial Vytorin study,...
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Fish Oil Effective Against Heart Failure, Statins Show No Effect
Fish oil, with its high concentration of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), has proven...
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New Drug Slows the Progression of Parkinson’s
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from Israel
and Lundbeck from Denmark introduced Azilect,...
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Americans Reject Lowering Drinking Age by Large Margin
A recent poll by Nationwide Insurance has found that Americans oppose lowering the minimum drinking...
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California Lawmakers Considering Ban of Bisphenol A in Baby Products
California
lawmakers are considering legislation that would ban bisphenol A (BPA) in
containers...
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Optimism Blends with Disappointment Three Years after Katrina
Despite feeling “abandoned” by the rest of the country, survivors
of Hurricane Katrina in New...
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Lawmakers Reach Consumer Safety Agreement
Congressional negotiators came to an agreement on Monday
regarding a ban on a family of toxins...
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Poorly Prepared Insurance Companies Hit by Medicare Payment Cuts
The foolish insurance companies are hit by an apparently unexpected-by-them problem. They did not...
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Tobacco Companies Manipulate Menthol To Lure Teens Into Smoking
US
researchers warned on Wednesday that tobacco companies manipulate the amount of
menthol in...
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Update: Bush's Veto on Medicare Bill Overridden
President Bush is vetoed Tuesday the HR 6331 bill which blocks cuts in Medicare payments....
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Bush’s Veto on Medicare Bill Swiftly Overridden by US Congress
Just hours after the White House vetoed the HR 6331 bill on
Tuesday, aimed at forestalling an 11...
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President Bush To Veto Bill Preventing Medicare Cuts. Override Next?
President Bush is expected to veto today the HR 6331 bill which would block cuts in Medicare...
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USDA Breaks the Silence on Meat Recalls
Following the numerous requests it has received from Congress and various consumer groups, the U.S....
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$40 Million National Campaign Launched to Reform Health Care
A coalition of unions plans to spend $40 million on an
advertising campaign launched on Tuesday at...
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Congress Fails To Pass Health Bill Protecting Senior Citizens
The Congress went on the 4th of July vacation without being able to pass the bill that would have...
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Ingredients in Fresh Salsa Now Probed in Salmonella Outbreak
Beginning with Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention expanded salmonella probe...
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VA to Warn Veterans about Chantix’s Suicidal Effects
Pfizer’s Chantix is once again in the center of attention
but not in a good way, following the...
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White House Wants Budget Extended for FDA
The Bush administration asked Congress on Monday for an
additional $275 million in the next year’s...
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Children Healthcare Varies Greatly by State
The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that seeks to promote better health care for all...
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Senator Kennedy Awaits Treatment News
With just a few days after the announcement of his recently
found brain tumor, Senator Edward M....
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Dennis Quaid Supports Patients’ Right to Sue Drugmakers
Actor Dennis Quaid testified again, this time before
Congress on Wednesday, about the nightmare he...
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Congress Hears Testimony of People Losing Relatives to Heparin
People who lost relatives to deadly reactions from the
blood-thinner heparin recounted their loved...
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US Loses Too Many Lives over Lack of Health Insurance
A
report published this week by Families USA, the national organization for
health care...
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Report Finds Lack of Insurance Is Linked to Higher Death Rates
A report issued Friday by Families USA, the national
organization for health care consumers,...
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Funeral Service Set for Girl Who Died after Tragic Pool Accident
A funeral service has been set for Abigail Taylor, the
six-year-old girl whose intestines were...
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Girl Harmed by Pool Drain Last Year Has Died
Abigail Taylor, the six year old girl whose intestines were sucked out by a pool drain, has died...
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US Health Care Spending Expected to Boom over the Next Decade
A new federal study revealed that government spending on health
care could double by 2017,...
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Bush Wants Wealthy Beneficiaries to Pay More for Medicare
President Bush has proposed to the Congress new legislation on the functioning of the Medicare...
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WHO: Tobacco Could Kill 1 Billion People In The Next Century
Have you ever tried to count to 1 billion? It will take some
time, isn’t it? Now try to imagine...
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Texas Researcher Admits to Leaking Avandia Report to Glaxo
A Texas researcher has admitted leaking results of a
confidential research to the makers of the...
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Science
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EPA Rejects Yazoo Backwater Project Over Environmental Concerns
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejected the Yahoo
Pumps Project proposal for the...
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Report: NASA Shuttle Program To Get Another Five Years
Saturday, The
Orlando Sentinel announced that, according to an internal e-mail,...
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NASA Program Seriously Imperiled by War Between Russia and Georgia
The war between Russia
and Georgia
may prove to be a serious problem for NASA, as its capability...
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NASA’s Program Could Get Affected By The Russia-Georgia War
According to a report in The Washington Post, the Russian-Georgian war may have several very...
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Update 1: NASA Pushes Back Space Shuttle Successor To 2014
Due to NASA's allegedly tight budget, the Agency has announced that Orion, the spacecraft designed...
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Possible Toxic Element Found on Mars Decreases Chances of Finding Life
NASA scientists announced Monday that they discovered what seems to be a
highly oxidizing...
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Congress Report: Bush Administration Changed Environmental Policy
A new congressional report reveals that the Bush administration changed their initial standing on...
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The Global Warming Issue Needs To Be Addressed NOW
20 years ago, James Hansen, a highly respected NASA
scientist sounded for the first time the alarm...
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Fermilab, US science face disaster due to trimmed budget for 2008
America’s most famous particle physics lab will almost certainly cease to develop key projects, due...
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Students Grants Rise, Interest Rates Drop
With the newly approved bill that stipulates a $20.2billion
boost in financial support for college...
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Bush Signs Bill to Boost Scientific Research in the US
President Bush signed on August 9 the COMPETES Act, which should boost scientific research in the...
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Bald Eagle Off The Endangered Species List
The U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service announced today that the
bald eagle will be removed from the...
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Technology
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CWA: Download Speeds In The US Are Still Way Too Slow
As found in the results of a recently completed study conducted by Communications Workers of...
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Congress Inquires 33 Companies On Web Data Collection Practices
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has initiated an
inquiry into Internet network operators’...
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Viacom Gets The Logs, Google Gets To Keep The Source Code
Viacom got a partial victory in the $1 billion lawsuit
against Google Inc. and its YouTube...
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DMCA Caught In The Middle Of The Viacom-Google Lawsuit
The Viacom – YouTube battle has been in the spotlight for over
a year now, but after Viacom...
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The New Net Neutrality Bill
A new bill on neutrality and broadband policy was introduced
yesterday by Representatives John...
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FCC Caps Universal Service Fund At March 2008 Level
The Federal Communications Commission
announced its decision to limit payment to wireless...
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Mobile Giants Agree on Long Term Evolution (LTE)
World's largest mobile technology companies have agreed upon a framework regarding the emerging...
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The Library of Congress Goes Digital
In Thomas Jefferson’s day, the Library of Congress decided
to show how modern an historic...
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Microsoft Releases Windows Mobile 6.1 and IE Mobile
Microsoft has released a new version of its successful Windows Mobile operating system. The new...
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Jobs Said No, But Adobe Is Working On Flash Player For iPhone
Several weeks after Steve Jobs
made an unflattering comment on Adobe’s Flash player, considering...
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Bill Gates Wants More Highly Skilled Immigrants
Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates, in a hearing Wednesday before members of Congress, pledged...
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Gates Asks Congress For Commitment To Progress And Innovation
Bill Gates testified Wednesday before
the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, on the...
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OK Go, ACLU, CCA Testify In Favor Of Net Neutrality
The Tuesday hearing of the
Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Task Force reunited advocates for...
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Jobs Thinks iPhone Too Good For Flash
Steve Jobs said a big NO to
Adobe’s Flash Lite on this week’s annual meeting with Apple...
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Yahoo Presents OneConnect Mobile Service In Barcelona
The Barcelona Mobile World
Conference unveiled a new service brought by Yahoo, oneConnect, a...
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Android Unveiled At Barcelona – Is iPhone In Trouble?
The GSMA Mobile World Conference
in Barcelona unveiled the first mobile phones especially designed...
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Android Prototypes Expected At The Mobile World Congress
Next week’s GSMA Mobile World
Congress in Barcelona is expected to unveil prototype phones based...
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The 700Mhz Auction Raises $3.2B, Fourth Bidding Round Starts
Today the fourth round of bidding is scheduled for the Federal Communications Commission auction...
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Flickr Publishes 3,000 Vintage Photos
Yahoo-owned photo sharing website and web services suite Flickr has been tapped by the U.S. Library...
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Microsoft Teams Up With Library of Congress
Thanks to the new partnership between Microsoft and the
Library of Congress, the vistors will have...
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Google and Wikipedia Urge Government to Make Data More Accessible
Google is already a major part of our lives. The popular search engine has become one of our...
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Appeals Court Back FCC’s Decision on Verizon’s Broadband Business
Sprint Nextel Corp. and Quest Communications International
were given an unfavorable decision on...
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The Government Got All of AT&T's Internet and Voice Traffic
The U.S. government is apparently spying on all Internet traffic and voice calls going through...
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Three Robots Cross DARPA Urban Challenge Finish Line
Three robotic cars have crossed the DARPA Urban Challenge finish line in the allotted time. The...
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NASA Yields to Congress, Will Release Aviation Safety Data
NASA boss Michael Griffin promised Congress on Wednesday to release to the public all the research...
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NASA Backtracks on Withholding Information on Air Safety
NASA administrator Michael D. Griffin says in a statement that he regrets the way information on...
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Poker Aficionados Dislike Online Gambling Restrictions
Poker players were lobbying Wednesday on Capitol Hill for online gaming to not suffer restrictions...
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AP: NASA Hid Report that Found Near-Collisions Skyrocketed
The Associated Press revealed Monday that the U.S. government is withholding vital air safety...
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Verizon, Others Turned In Customer Data without Court Orders
Verizon acknowledged that it provided data on customers at the request of the government 720 times...
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Yahoo Execs Summoned before House Committee over False Statements
The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee asked two top officials of Yahoo! Inc. to come and respond...
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