Friday, January 7, 2011

ainted Alcohol Pads Recalled



Tainted Alcohol Pads Recalled
MedPage Today
By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today All lots of isopropyl alcohol prep pads, swabs, and swabsticks made by Triad Group have been recalled because of possible contamination by Bacillus cereus bacteria. The recall was initiated following a ...
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Will autism fraud report be a vaccine booster?
USA Today
By PhotoDisc ATLANTA (AP) — This week more shame was heaped upon the discredited British researcher whose work gave rise to the childhood-vaccines-cause-autism movement, as a prominent medical journal published a report that the man had faked his data. ...
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New Fluoride Recommendations Buck Decades-Old Dental Health Practices
ABC News
By SARAH NETTER After decades of touting the importance of fluoride, federal officials now say that many Americans may be getting too much of a good thing. For years, parents have heeded their dentists' warnings and had their children take fluoride ...
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Alzheimer's Blood Test Could Be On The Way
RTT News
(RTTNews) - A new testing technique may lead to the development of a blood test for Alzheimer's disease, which could be an important step in identifying the debilitating disease early on and implementing steps to prevent it. The technique, featured in ...
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"Off Label" Antipsychotic Prescriptions Expensive, Dangerous
Medical News Today
Antipsychotic medications are the most expensive and most sold medication class of drugs on the market. However a new study implies there is a severe lack of proof that these medications are helpful, but do in fact cause massive side effects. ...
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Patient cut from transplant list dies
Arizona Daily Star
A patient who was refused a liver transplant because of state budget cuts has died, Tucson's University Medical Center confirmed Wednesday. The death was "most likely" due to the defunding of certain organ transplants that had been previously covered ...
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