July of this year, the Food and Drug Administration released a study that condemned electronic cigarettes as an unsafe alternative for smokers, but not all physicians are convinced that the study was accurate or even completely transparent to the tax payers that fund them."We urge FDA to make public the laboratory data behind the July 22 condemnation of electronic cigarettes, along with comparable...
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July 22, 2008 file photo, a pedestrian walks past the Pfizer world headquarters in New York. Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drug company, on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 said it is closing six of its 20 research facilities, reorganizing others, and cutting the jobs of roughly 15 percent of its scientists and support staff. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file) (The Associated Press)Less than a month after buying...
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family of Jean Charles de Menezes revealed today they have agreed a compensation deal with the Metropolitan Police.Relatives of the Brazilian have been locked in a legal battle with the force since he was shot dead at Stockwell Tube station on July 22 2005.Mr Menezes, 27, was mistaken for failed suicide bomber Hussain Osman by members of the force's CO19 unit.In a statement released today, his family...
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Bonhomie between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party now seems to be history as both parties prepare to take on each other in the November 7 by-polls for the Ferozabad Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh.Cinestar Raj Babbar, once a close confidant of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, is pitted against Dimple Yadav, a political debutante and daughter-in-law of party president Mulayam Singh Yadav, from the...
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today reported net sales of $5.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, compared to net sales of $6.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008.The Company generated net income for the three months ended September 30, 2009, of $1.2 million, or $0.09 per share, compared to net income of $879,000, or $0.07 per share, for the three months ended September 30, 2008.Results for...
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H1N1 riskier than regular flu for asthmatic kids: Study < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateAsthma is a significant risk factor for severe disease in children who get H1N1 virus compared with the seasonal flu, says a new study led by researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario.The researchers looked at the charts of 58 children admitted to SickKids between May 8 and July...
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Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission cannot interrogate witnesses beyond office hours, the High Court has declared in a landmark ruling.Witnesses can only be questioned from 8.30am to 5.30pm each day, High Court (Appellate and Special Powers Division) judge Justice Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof said when allowing an application by businessman Tan Boon Wah, who had filed an originating summons on July 22...
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Melody(R) Transcatheter Valve Demonstrates Encouraging Results In Study On Patients With Congenital Heart Diseasedescribe six-month outcomes for patients using the Melody® Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve from Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT). The valve is implanted through a catheter procedure instead of open-heart surgery in patients with congenital heart disease affecting the function of their pulmonary...
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Asthma is a significant risk factor for severe disease in children who get H1N1 virus compared with the seasonal flu, says a new study led by researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario.The researchers looked at the charts of 58 children admitted to SickKids between May 8 and July 22, 2009 and compared them to 200 children admitted with seasonal influenza between...
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Asthma is a significant risk factor for severe disease in children who get H1N1 virus compared with the seasonal flu, says a new study led by researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario.The researchers looked at the charts of 58 children admitted to SickKids between May 8 and July 22, 2009 and compared them to 200 children admitted with seasonal influenza between...
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