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1 hr ago | Daily-Jeff.com

Funding for key gas drilling health study stalled

Geisinger Health System spokeswoman Amanda O'Rourke said Wednesday the $1 million grant that was announced in February 2012 remains the only funding for a project that was projected to cost at least $25 million.

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Related Topix: Hospital Administration, Medicine, Geisinger Health System

6 hrs ago | Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

Ann Romney takes on San Diego City Hall

La Jolla homeowner Ann Romney had a beef about coastline development procedures so she complained to her city council.

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Related Topix: La Jolla Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Medicine, US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney

6 hrs ago | NBC Miami

"Violent" Sports Gambling Ring Busted by FBI

FBI agents in Southern California served search and arrest warrants Wednesday morning as part of an ongoing investigation involving an international sports gambling ring, according to officials.

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Related Topix: La-Jolla, CA, San Diego, CA, La Jolla (San Diego, CA), La Jolla Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Medicine

10 hrs ago | ArkansasBusiness.com

CALS Considers Naming New Children's Library for Hillary Clinton

The Central Arkansas Library System is considering a plan to name its new children's library in honor of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Medicine, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Hospital Administration

14 hrs ago | Ghanamma.com

Kim Kardashian names baby Kaidence Donda West

The reality TV star gave birth to the couple's first child on Saturday in Los Angeles, California, and a loose-lipped nurse at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the hospital where she had her baby, has allegedly revealed their new arrival's name.

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Related Topix: Cedars Medical Center, Medicine, CedarsSinai Medical Center, Hospital Administration

18 hrs ago | Connecticut Post

Police identify man shot to death in Hartford

Authorities say 19-year-old city resident Keith Callabrass was shot multiple times Sunday night on Cleveland Avenue in the North End.

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Related Topix: Hartford, CT, St Francis Hospital, Medicine, Hospital Administration

22 hrs ago | KSPR

Mother is charged after death of infant from Mountain View

A five month old girl is dead and her mother, 21 year old Bobbie M. Derryberry is facing multiple charges.

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Related Topix: Howell County, MO, St Francis Hospital, Hospital Administration, Medicine

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Seattle Times

Ark. AG seeks to uphold verdict against J&J

Arkansas' attorney general filed a brief Tuesday backed by his counterparts in 35 other states asking the Arkansas Supreme Court to uphold a $1.2 billion fine levied against Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary over the marketing of the antipsychotics drug Risperdal.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Johnson & Johnson, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Johnson and Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals, Advanced Transit Dynamics, VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Startups

KSTP

Report: US Adult Smoking Rate Dips to 18 Percent

Fewer U.S. adults are smoking, a new government report says. Last year, about 18 percent of adults participating in a national health survey described themselves as current smokers.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Lung Cancer

The Indianapolis Star

FDA investigates Zyprexa Relprevv patient deaths

Federal regulators are investigating the deaths of two patients who received injections of a longer-lasting version of Eli Lilly’s antipsychotic Zyprexa.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Zyprexa, Zydis, Olanzapine (generic), Food and Drug Administration, Biotech, Eli Lilly

The Washington Post

Medtronic's Infuse No Better Than Bone Graft With More Risk

Medtronic Inc.'s Infuse, designed to help bones heal after spinal surgery, works no better than a graft and carries side effects including an increased risk of cancer, two independent reviews found.

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Related Topix: Startups, Medtronic, Medicine, Horizon Therapeutics, Medical Equipment, Kyphon, Salient Surgical Technologies, Business News

USA Today

How to guard against a quack

Con artists come in all shapes and sizes. Some even have medical degrees. Here's a look at how to guard against quackery in making medical choices.

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Related Topix: Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center, Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Law, Law

CNews

FBI relies on secret U.S. surveillance law, records show

An illustration picture shows the logo of the U.S. National Security Agency on the display of an iPhone in Berlin, June 7, 2013.

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Prison, Reuters, Media, Medicine, Triad Hospitals, Computers, IT Services, Hospital Administration, Thomson

Mon Jun 17, 2013

WTOP-FM Washington

Best employer for boomers is right here

The Bethesda-based National Institutes of Health landed the No. 1 spot on the list.

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Related Topix: National Institutes of Health, Biotech, Medicine, Health, AARP

Reno Gazette-Journal

Paper: CDC didn't check Legionnaires records

Federal health officials believe a fatal outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System started in 2011, but they did not check hospital records that show Legionella bacteria appeared nearly four years earlier, a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review investigation found.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Medicine

Reuters

Orphan drugmaker ViroPharma attracts takeover interest -sources

ViroPharma Inc is attracting preliminary interest from several pharmaceutical companies about buying the orphan drugmaker, according to three people familiar with the matter.

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Related Topix: Biotech, ViroPharma, Medicine, Genetics, Genzyme General

Courier News

Johnson & Johnson to buy Aragon for at least $650M

The headquarters building of Johnson & Johnson stands in New Brunswick in this 2009 file photo.

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Related Topix: Johnson & Johnson, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Johnson and Johnson Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals, Advanced Transit Dynamics, VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Startups, Johnson Controls

TheBostonChannel.com

Minority children lack access to specialists

African-American and Hispanic children are far less likely to be seen by specialists -- for autism, but also other medical conditions -- and also less likely to receive specialized medical tests than their white peers, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts General Hospital, Hospital Administration, Opinion

Local10.com

Minority children lack access to specialists

African-American and Hispanic children are far less likely to be seen by specialists -- for autism, but also other medical conditions -- and also less likely to receive specialized medical tests than their white peers, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts General Hospital, Hospital Administration, Life, Gastroenterology, Food, Nutrition

The Clarion-Ledger

Supreme Court ruling frees your genes, opens market

Cases that get to the Supreme Court often involve complex issues over which the justices can reasonably disagree: Obamacare, "partial birth abortion" and the disputed Bush-Gore election, just to name a few.

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Related Topix: Abortion, Genetics, Medicine, Biotech, Myriad Genetics, Biology, Science

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