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• Chiropractic a religion without an Evidence Base
• FDA puts new limits on cholesterol drug
• New Study Links Vaccines and Autism
• U.S. Orders Review of Risks of Some Birth Control Pills
• Smokers and the obese to pay Medicaid fee
• Should medical school be free?
• Faith healing parents on trial
• Goodbye to the food pyramid
• UNICEF buys vaccines for over half the world's children
• Sedentary work cited as factor in rising obesity: Another viewpoint

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• White House Press Release on Prescription Drug Abuse
• Epidemic: Responding to the Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis
• Turn in Your Used Drugs
• Prescription Drug Abuse: Office of National Drug Control Policy
• National Drug Control Policy
• New Regulations Require Doctor Training to Prescribe Pain Meds
  

 

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• Unvaccinated Kids Turned Away by Doctors
• Misuse of Drugs Crowds Emergency Rooms
• Medical Bankruptcy: Has Health Reform Made a Difference?
• FDA Pulls 500 Cold Medicines From the Market
• Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Vaccines
• Maternal and newborn outcomes in planned home birth vs planned hospital births
• Greater Germ Exposure Cuts Asthma Risk
• Colorado Faces a Fight Over Naturopathy
• Study Finds Cellphone Use Changes Brain Activity
• FDA Says Antipsychotic drugs During Pregnancy a Potential Risk to Newborns
  

 

 

 

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• Supreme Court: Drug Makers Can't Be Sued Over Vaccine Side Effects
• Supreme Court of United States Blog – Bruesewitz v Wyeth
  
• Bruesewitz v Wyeth – Copy of the Supreme Court Decision
  
• Wexler. S. BRUESEWITZ V. WYETH: THE UNAVOIDABLE” VACCINE PROBLEM. DUKE JOURNAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW & PUBLIC POLICY SIDEBAR [VOL. 6:93]
  

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• FDA Investigating Seizures in Kids From Flu Shots
• FDA Alert on Flu Shots & Seizures
• Associated Press Article on Flu Shots & Seizures
• Reuters Artisle on Flu Shots and Seizures
• Seizures from Flu Shots No Big Deal
• Flu Shot Caused Seizures in Australian Children Also
• Sanofi Shares Rise Despite News of Seizures
• Flu Vaccine helped lift Sanofi earnings per share on an adjusted basis by 13.1 percent.
• New Recommendations for Antiviral Agents for the Treatment of the Flu
  
  

 

 

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• Public Health Nurses Endorse Mandatory Annual Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Workers
• Requiring influenza vaccination for health care workers
• Mandating Influenza Vaccine: One Hospital’s Experience
• Requiring influenza vaccination for health care workers: seven truths we must accept
• Influenza Vaccination and Health Care Workers in the United States
• Influenza vaccination of healthcare workers in the United States, 1989-2002.
• Attitudes and practices regarding influenza vaccination among healthcare workers
• Self-reported influenza vaccination rates among health care workers in a large health system.
• Influenza vaccination of healthcare workers: institutional strategies for improving rates.
• Seasonal influenza vaccination campaigns for health care personnel: systematic review.
• Health behavior associated with influenza vaccination among healthcare workers in long-term-care facilities

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• Darvocet Pulled from Market
• Drug Maker Cited on Quality Issues
• 15 Most Dangerous Drugs
• Seizure Meds Tied to Suicide and Violent Deaths
• Grape Flavored Children's Tylenol Returns to Shelves
• 1 in 7 Medicare patients harmed during hospital stay
• Avandia Pulled from European Market
• Weight Loss Drug Pulled From Market
• Cholesterol Drug Pulled From Market
• Rhumatoid Arthritis Drug pulled
  
  

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• Former GlaxoSmithKline Lawyer Indicted
• G.O.P. to Fight Health Law With Purse Strings
• While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales
• Cheaper Drugs leads to Greater Use
• San Francisco Bans Toys with Fast Food
• Mothers of preterms 88% more likely to have obstetrical intervention now than in 1991
• Ultrasound scans linked to brain damage in babies
• Nobody Knows What's in a Placebo
• Reflections on Swine Flu and the International Response
• The Secret Lives of Big Pharma's 'Thought Leaders'

 

 

 

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• Estimates of Deaths Associated with Seasonal Influenza --- United States, 1976--2007
• Immunization Rates High for Toddlers
• AAP Recommends Mandatory Flu Vaccine for All Health Care Workers
• Dr. Sears Responds to AAP Policy Statement on Mandatory Flu Shots
• Vested Interests Pushing Mandated Flu Shots for Health Workers
• Infectious Disease Society Urges Mandatory Flu Shots for Health Workers
• CDC Flu Guidelines for Health Workers
• California Health Workers Avoid Flu Shots
• Swine Flu virus can mutate in immunosuppressed patients
• Swine flu can become drug-resistant quickly

 

 

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• Vaccine Case Before Supreme Court
• Are We Giving Our Soldiers Drugs That May Make Them Kill Themselves?
• Lifestyle Interventions Help Obese Women Lose Weight
• Effects of Diet and Physical Activity Interventions on Weight Loss and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
• Do Commercial Weight Loss Programs Have a Role?
• The State of Obesity and Obesity Research
• 191,000 Bottles of Lipitor Recalled
• Frequently Asked Questions About Health Reform
• The Fast Food Makeover
• Does taking antioxidant vitamin supplements help?