The UN Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health issued 10 recommendations mandating a high level of accountability to save lives in these groups. Medscape Medical News
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Maternal diet during pregnancy does make a difference, 2 large studies show, but no need to hold off on solid foods beyond 4 months. Medscape Medical News
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The US government recently unveiled a multiagency-backed plan to address the prescription drug abuse epidemic. How can prescribers further address the problem? Medscape Neurology
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Nonsuicidal self-harm is a stronger predictor of attempted suicide than a previous history of attempted suicide. Medscape Medical News
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Black and white children with vitamin D deficiency both had higher fat levels, but blacks were more likely to have higher subcutaneous fat, and whites were more likely to have higher visceral fat. Medscape Medical News
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Results of a prospective clinical trial show that an accelerated hepatitis B vaccination schedule at 0, 1, and 4 months in high-risk pregnant women is effective, practical, and well tolerated. Reuters Health Information
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Internationally renowned bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, talks with Eli Y. Adashi, MD, about the ethics of clinical trials overseas and other hot button issues of debate in medicine. Medscape Internal Medicine
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The Vermont legislature has passed a bill to create a publicly funded healthcare system that aims to provide coverage to every Vermont resident by 2017.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — So-called “pay-for-delay” settlements — which occur when a brand-name drugmaker pays a generic company to delay introducing a generic rival as part of a patent settlement — increased by more than 60% in 2010, according to a new Federal Trade Commission report.
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ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd., a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel immune-based cancer therapies, today announced updated long-term data from a Phase I clinical trial of ICT-107, the Company’s lead cancer vaccine candidate for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer.
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