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Bayer shares jump on recommendation for Xarelto

Reuters - ‎55 minutes ago‎

FRANKFURT, March 20 (Reuters) - Bayer AG (BAYG.DE) shares jumped as much as 9 percent on Friday, following a green light for the German company's key new drug Xarelto from a US panel, putting it on track to win approval in its largest market.

'Era of open government' behind information policy reversal

CNN - ‎4 hours ago‎

By Terry Frieden WASHINGTON (CNN) -- To expand openness and transparency, the Obama administration has rescinded a Bush administration standard on withholding government documents, Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday.

PSA Testing: What Should Men Do?

BusinessWeek - ‎5 hours ago‎

By Ed Edelson THURSDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- In the wake of yesterday's publication of two major studies on the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test to detect prostate cancer -- one finding that it didn't save lives and another finding that it ...

House Panel Questions Industry on Food Safety

New York Times - ‎10 hours ago‎

By GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON - When Nestlé USA sent an auditor to examine a Texas peanut plant that is part of a salmonella outbreak, he found dozens of dead mice.

Maggots' Taste For Flesh May Cure Leg Ulcers

ABC News - ‎3 hours ago‎

By JOSEPH BROWNSTEIN With a worsening ulcer and the threat of losing a foot, Pam Mitchell was willing to try something drastic; she had live maggots put in her wound.

Spinal Shocks Ease Parkinson’s in Mice

New York Times - ‎17 hours ago‎

By SANDRA BLAKESLEE By electrically stimulating the spinal cords of rodents, scientists have reversed some of the worst symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

’07 US Births Break Baby Boom Record

New York Times - ‎Mar 18, 2009‎

By ERIK ECKHOLM More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than in any other year in American history, according to preliminary data reported Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics.

Researchers stress fitness for firefighters, EMTs

Boston Globe - ‎5 hours ago‎

By Kay Lazar Boston researchers are sounding the alarm about the physical fitness of candidates for firefighting and emergency medical technician jobs in Massachusetts.

Future docs greet their match

Columbus Dispatch - ‎51 minutes ago‎

By Suzanne Hoholik Clare Kelleher, a senior in OSU's medical school, finds that her residency assignment contains the words she wanted to see: Johns Hopkins.

Health care re-examined

The Tennessean - ‎4 hours ago‎

By Getahn Ward • THE TENNESSEAN • March 20, 2009 As the nation gears up for another debate on overhauling its health-care system, most people agree changes are needed to reduce costs and improve access for patients.

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