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USDA approves shot for cows aimed at E. coli

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A Minnesota company has won federal approval to become the first in the U.S. to market an E. coli vaccine for cattle, a new weapon against a foodborne disease that can cause serious illness in people and even death.





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FDA approves cancer treatment for dogs

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug made specifically to treat cancer in dogs.


Deadline arrives in Google book-scan deal (AP)

Deadline in Google book deal extended to Friday

Technology / Internet

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google says it needs until Friday to come up with a new proposal that would give it the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.


FDA requires strong amputation warning on sedative

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Makers of injected promethazine, a sedative also used to treat nausea and vomiting, are being required to put the strongest warning possible on the product because it can cause tissue damage leading to amputation, ...


FDA medical device approvals get external review

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created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is asking the government's top medical advisers to review its system for approving certain types of medical devices, which has been criticized by safety advocates and government watchdogs.


Amazon.com makes its case against Google book deal

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Amazon.com is warning a federal judge that Google will be able to overcharge consumers and stifle competition if it wins court approval to add millions more titles to its already vast digital library.


FDA OKs vitamin C trial for cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 12, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (30) | comments 0

Federal approval of a clinical trial on intravenous vitamin C as a cancer treatment lends credence to alternative cancer care, U.S. researchers said.


Pfizer drug found with serious side effect

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created Nov 01, 2006 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. says clinical trials of its heart medication torcetrapib suggest the drug has a potentially serious side effect.


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Google willing to share digital books with rivals

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created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Google will let other online companies sell its digital copies of out-of-print books if a class-action settlement with U.S. authors and publishers wins court approval.


Cockatoos might halt pulp mill project

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 20, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A $650 million Australian pulp mill project might be halted by the red-tail black cockatoo, although the bird has never been seen at the planned site.


Device approval exposes political pressure on FDA

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has taken the unprecedented step of acknowledging that it buckled to "extreme" pressure from Capitol Hill in its approval of a knee repair device last year. While FDA officials call ...



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