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| Congress to Pfizer: Why is Robert Jarvik the Lipitor Man? |
| Published: January 7, 2008, 6:06 pm |
| Tags: Drugs, Advertising |
| NBC’s science guru Robert Bazell wrote last year that while Jarvik is an M.D., he doesn’t have “the strongest credentials.” His grades as an undergrad at Syracuse University weren’t good enough for U.S. med school, so he attended the University of Bologna in Italy, leaving after two years. In 1976, Jarvik |
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| Your best friend could be making you fat |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 9:38 pm |
| Tags: News |
| Researchers who have studied networks of obesity think so: they found that if someone's friend becomes obese, that person's chances of becoming obese increase by more than half. |
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| Electrodes let brain-injured man speak |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 1:05 pm |
| Tags: News |
| A brain-damaged man who could communicate only with slight eye or thumb movements for six years can speak again, after stimulating electrodes were placed in his brain, researchers report. |
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| Vaccines not linked to neurological ills |
| Published: September 26, 2007, 7:34 pm |
| Tags: News |
| A mercury-based preservative once used in many vaccines does not raise the risk of neurological problems in children, concludes a large federal study that researchers say should reassure parents about the safety of shots their kids received a decade or more ago. |
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| Experts: Cold meds don't help young |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 12:51 pm |
| Tags: News |
| Widely used cold and cough medicines have not been shown to work in anyone younger than 12, government health advisers said Friday, in urging the over-the-counter drugs be studied directly in children. |
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