HPV Vaccine Gardasil Under Investigation For Adverse Events, New York Post Reports Lawyers for two girls who received Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil last month filed the first two claims under the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, the New York Post reports.One of the girls, Jesalee Parsons of Oklahoma, developed pancreatitis shortly after receiving the vaccine, according to her claim.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.compSivida Corp: BrachySil? Phase IIb Pancreatic Cancer Trials Commence pSivida Corp. (NASDAQ:PSDV)(ASX:PVA)(FF:PSI), a global drug delivery company announced that a Phase IIb clinical trial has commenced with BrachySil? (P32 BioSilicon?) as a potential new brachytherapy treatment for inoperable pancreatic cancer. The first patient has received treatment at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSuicide Prevention And Antidepressants Depression is the most important single factor predisposing to suicide, and more than half of all subjects completing suicide are known to have suffered from depression. Unfortunately, depression is still often untreated or undertreated, even after a suicide attempt. Antidepressive
drugs represent the cornerstone of treatment of depressive patients.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWellPoint Agrees To Pay $11.8M To California Hospitals Over Health Insurance Policy Cancellations WellPoint on Monday agreed to pay $11.8 million to about 480 private and public hospitals in California to resolve allegations that subsidiary Anthem Blue Cross failed to pay the bills of patients who had their
health insurance policies canceled after they received treatment, the Los Angeles Times reports (Girion, Los Angeles Times, 7/8).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comG8 Supports Biotech's Role In Addressing Global Food Security Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrial nations agree that biotechnology could help farmers to increase crop productivity and provide more
healthful food around the globe. Addressing the critical issue of global food security, the leaders agreed today to "promote science-based risk analysis including on the contribution of seed varieties developed through biotechnology.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMedicare Physician Pay Patch Bill Might Gain Enough Votes For Cloture In Senate, Baucus Says Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) on Monday said that a House-passed bill (HR 6331) that would delay a 10.6% reduction to Medicare physician fees that was scheduled to take effect last week might have enough votes in the Senate to gain cloture, even though it failed by one vote on June 26, CongressDaily reports (Edney, CongressDaily, 7/7).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSpain: 21st Congress Of The College Of Neuropsychopharmacology, Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2008 Neuropsychopharmacology and mental disorders: Bridging the gap between science and
medicine The enormous burden and amount of suffering associated with mental disorders represent one of the biggest challenges for
health care systems in Europe today. This challenge is marked by the immense scope and costs of mental disorders.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comCourt Case Highlights Need For Workers To Consider Elderly Residents, UK The
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning companies undertaking gas mains replacement and central heating installations of the serious consequences that can result when safe systems of work are not adopted when working in elderly persons' properties.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comAurora(R) Breast MRI Society Debuts The Journal Of Breast MRI The Aurora� Breast MRI Society, a rapidly growing group of dedicated breast
health specialists committed to advancing the use of cutting-edge dedicated breast MRI technology, debuted its inaugural issue of The Journal of Breast MRI.
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