February 2008

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• Friday 29 February 2008 @ 6:46 am
  CDC Advisory Committee Recommends Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine for Children Ages Two to Five   Health Care (0)

  If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!CDC Advisory Committee Recommends Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine for Children Ages Two to Five A panel of immunization experts has voted to expand the recommendation for the nasal spray influenza vaccine… Source: www.cdc.gov
  FDA Approves Nexium for Use in [...]

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• Thursday 28 February 2008 @ 9:27 am
  FDA Alerts Health Care Providers to Risk of Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior with Antiepileptic Medications   Health Care (0)

  FDA Alerts Health Care Providers to Risk of Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior with Antiepileptic Medications The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued new information to health care professionals to alert them about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (suicidality) in patients who take drugs called antiepileptics to treat epilepsy, [...]

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• Wednesday 27 February 2008 @ 9:46 am
  CDC Releases New Data on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) from Multiple Communities in the United States   Health Care (0)

  CDC Releases New Data on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) from Multiple Communities in the United States The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported findings today from the first and largest summary of prevalence data from multiple U.S. communities participating in an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) surveillance project… Source: www.cdc.gov
  CDC Travel Health Book [...]

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• Tuesday 26 February 2008 @ 12:27 pm
  California Firm Recalls Beef Products Derived from Non-ambulatory Cattle   Health Care (0)

  California Firm Recalls Beef Products Derived from Non-ambulatory CattleHallmark/Westland Meat Packing Co., a Chino, Calif., establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 143,383,823 pounds of raw and frozen beef products that FSIS has determined to be unfit for human food because the cattle did not receive complete and proper inspection. …Source: www.pueblo.gsa.gov
  Two Contracts Awarded to Expand Domestic [...]

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• Monday 25 February 2008 @ 2:27 pm
  CDC Launches New Home Page and other Web Site Improvements   Health Care (0)

  CDC Launches New Home Page and other Web Site Improvements Usable Layout, New Search Engine and New Features Help People More Easily Find Information and Resources … Source: www.cdc.gov
  New Study Shows Tobacco Control Programs Cut Adult Smoking Rates Greater investments in state tobacco control programs are independently and significantly associated with larger and [...]

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• Sunday 24 February 2008 @ 4:46 pm
  NIEHS Selects Editor-In-Chief for Environmental Health Perspectives   Health Care (0)

  NIEHS Selects Editor-In-Chief for Environmental Health Perspectives Hugh A. Tilson, Ph.D., a nationally recognized environmental health scientist, has been named the new editor-in-chief of Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), a journal published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Tilson will start at NIEHS Nov. 26, [...]

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• Saturday 23 February 2008 @ 4:46 pm
  Community Measures Prevent Deaths During Pandemic, New Study Finds   Health Care (0)

  Community Measures Prevent Deaths During Pandemic, New Study Finds School closures and other community strategies designed to reduce the possibility of spreading disease between people during an epidemic can save lives, particularly when the measures are used in combination and implemented soon after an outbreak begins in a community… Source: www.cdc.gov
  CDC Media Briefing Preliminary [...]

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• Friday 22 February 2008 @ 7:46 pm
  NIH Scientists Detect Fatal Copper Disorder at Birth   Health Care (0)

  NIH Scientists Detect Fatal Copper Disorder at Birth A test developed by NIH scientists could greatly extend the survival of infants with Menkes disease, a rare, otherwise fatal disorder [...]

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• Thursday 21 February 2008 @ 11:45 pm
  NIEHS Selects Editor-In-Chief for Environmental Health Perspectives   Health Care (0)

  NIEHS Selects Editor-In-Chief for Environmental Health Perspectives Hugh A. Tilson, Ph.D., a nationally recognized environmental health scientist, has been named the new editor-in-chief of Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), a journal published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Tilson will start at NIEHS Nov. 26, [...]

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• Thursday 21 February 2008 @ 3:24 am
  FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Chantix   Health Care (0)

  FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Chantix The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a Public Health Advisory to alert health care providers, patients, and caregivers to new safety warnings concerning Chantix (varenicline), a prescription medication used to help patients stop smoking. As the agency’s review of the adverse event [...]

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