CBS Moneywatch.com By Marlys Harris | Nov 22, 2010 Could the blogger next door be accepting dough from big companies to shill their products? According to Kara McGuire, a staffer with the Minneapolis StarTribune, the answer is literally ‘yes.” Her recent story, “A New Recipe for the Web”, described General Mills’ efforts to promote its cake mixes […]
Archives for November 2010
HPV test is next step for women
Mirror United Kingdom By Miriam Stoppard 22/11/2010 We’ve made great inroads in the fight against cervical cancer. Before the cervical screening programme was introduced in 1988, the death rate from the disease had tripled over 20 years. Now regular smear tests save an estimated 5,000 lives a year, according to the charity Cancer Research UK. […]
FDA advisory backs Merck & Co’s Gardasil for prevention of anal cancer and AIN in both men and women
thepharmaletter Article | 19 November 2010 The US Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee has advised that the data presented support an indication for drug giant Merck & Co’s (NYSE: MRK) Gardasil ([Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent [Types 6, 11, 16, and 18] Vaccine, Recombinant) for the prevention of anal cancer and […]
Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science
The Atlantic Brave Thinkers November 2010 Much of what medical researchers conclude in their studies is misleading, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong. So why are doctors—to a striking extent—still drawing upon misinformation in their everyday practice? Dr. John Ioannidis has spent his career challenging his peers by exposing their bad science. By David H. Freedman In […]
One-off ‘six inoculation’ jabs to be introduced to one-year-olds
Mail Online United Kingdom By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:05 PM on 21st November 2010 A ‘super vaccination’ intensive day for babies just after they turn one will involve three injections including the controversial MMR jab. The chief medical officer has instructed GPs to inoculate children on a same day surgery visit with […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- …
- 18
- Next Page »