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Doubts Cast On Credibility Of Some Published Clinical Trials
ScienceDaily - 6 hours 56 minutes ago
Randomized controlled trials are considered the "gold standard" research method for assessing new medical treatments. But new research shows that the design of a remarkable 93 percent of 2235 so-called RCTs published in some Chinese medical journals during 1994 to 2005 was flawed, casting doubt on the reliability of research...
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CMO reassures over supplies of Tamiflu
Health Service Journal - 8 hours 31 minutes ago
The government’s chief medical officer has said that Britain has enough Tamiflu after it was revealed that the number of new swine flu cases could hit 100,000 per day...
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J&J to take $1bn stake in Ireland's Elan$
Financial Times - 16 hours 56 minutes ago
Johnson & Johnson, the US healthcare products group, is to take a $1bn (£600m) minority stake in Elan and commit at least $500m more to help fund development of...
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Qld scientists play part in psychotic disorder research
ABC - 1 day ago
Queensland scientists involved in an international study have made discoveries about the genetic make-up of people with psychotic disorders...
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'Nanny state': Abbott slams smoking ban
Tony Abbott says NSW is playing nanny state politics with its ban on smoking in cars with children...
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Andrew Lansley waves a blank NHS pay cheque
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has made what appears to be an open ended pledge on the size of the next NHS pay settlement, in an interview with HSJ...
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Boy, 3, dies after getting swine flu
A three-year-old boy with swine flu has died in Victoria...
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Race for flu vaccine as death toll rises
Scientists are working rapidly to find a swine flu vaccine as the deadly virus claims another two victims...
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No Country for Old Men
The Health Care Blog -
4 days ago
By JEFF GOLDSMITH As we enter summer, the health reform process is moving into its Newtonian phase: irresistible forces meeting immovable objects. In both health cost and access, the trend is not our friend. There is ample evidence not only of intolerable inequities, but also intolerable waste and inappropriate use...
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University to unveil swine flu vaccine
Sky News -
4 days ago
A swine flu vaccine may not be available until next winter, despite fears of more deaths from the virus...
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