2008 February :: Medical News Week

All Her Favourite Fruit [Aardvarchaeology]

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

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The Importance Of Avoiding Dietary Fats To Avoid Cancer

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Dietary Fats and Cancer

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DARA BioSciences, Inc. and Point Therapeutics, Inc. Announce Consummation of Merger

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

RALEIGH, N.C. and WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ — DARA BioSciences, Inc. (”DARA”) and Point Therapeutics, Inc. (”Point”) announced the consummation of their merger transaction, effective as of the close of business on February 12, 2008, 2008.

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Genzyme Delivers Strong Fourth Quarter to Conclude Outstanding Year

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Reaffirms Outlook for Continued Growth

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Genzyme Corporation today reported financial results for the full year and fourth quarter of 2007 and provided an outlook for continued strong growth in 2008 and beyond.

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Massachusetts Medical Society to raise awareness of men’s health issues

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Waltham, MA June 3, 2004–The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) announced today that the organization will expand beyond its role of simply raising awareness of the poor state of men’s health to one of identifying specific prevention and treatment strategies to improve men’s physical, psychological, and emotional health.

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?The buzz in neighborhood nursing home care?

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

OREM, UT September 23, 2004 — Beehive Homes a provider of elderly assisted living care in home sized facilities has been servicing Utah for the last 14 years. What started out as a care home for mom, has blossomed into more than 30 homes throughout Utah and over 100 homes throughout 16 states as far reaching as Indiana.

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More Use of ‘Cochrane’ Through Canada-Wide Licensing?

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

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Post Traumatic Stress Is a Risk Factor for Chronic Disease

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are just as likely to have long term health problems as people with chronic disease risk factors like high white blood cell counts. However, very few healthcare providers screen PTSD patients for these biological markers.

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The Human Animal: The Biology of Love [Greg Laden's Blog]

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Contains brief nudity and sexually suggestive material.

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Baxter’s Multiple-Dose Vial Heparin Linked to Severe Allergic Reactions

Friday, February 15th, 2008

FDA advises health care practitioners to switch suppliers and limit use of drug until problem identified

ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 11, 2008–The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that Baxter Healthcare Corporation has temporarily stopped manufacturing multiple-dose vials of the injectable blood-thinning drug heparin due to reports of serious allergic reactions and hypotension (low blood pressure) in patients who receive high “bolus” doses of the drug.

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